Manchester City Lose Again

Manchester City were beaten 2-1 at Leicester to drop to third in the Premier League table — seven points behind leaders Liverpool.

Bernardo Silva gave Pep Guardiola’s side a lead inside 13 minutes, collecting Sergio Aguero’s pass and keeping his cool to slot past Kasper Schmeichel, but five minutes later, the scores were level as Marc Albrighton headed in Jamie Vardy’s cross.

City then dominated possession but were unable to find a winner and had to rely on some last-ditch defending to stop Leicester adding to their tally.

And, for the second week in a row, they were beaten by a rocket from outside the box as Ricardo Pereira made it 2-1. Things got worse for City when Fabian Delph was given a straight red card for a shocking tackle on the matchwinner late on.

Leaders Liverpool dispatched Newcastle 4-0 to continue their impressive form over the Christmas period and open up a six-point lead at the top of the table.

Liverpool made the perfect start when Dejan Lovren opened the scoring on 11 minutes. The defender hammered an effort into the roof of the net after Newcastle failed to clear a corner.

Newcastle managed to hold firm until half time but within minutes of the restart they were two down as Mohamed Salah scored his 13th league goal of the season from the penalty spot following an innocuous foul on him by Paul Dummett.

Liverpool’s enormous pressure threatened to give them a third goal at any moment, and it came when Xherdan Shaqiri stabbed home Trent Alexander-Arnold’s low cross from close range in the 79th minute. Fabinho made it 4-0 by heading home Salah’s corner.

City’s defeat opened the door for Tottenham who had the opportunity to move level with City with a victory, and duly delivered as they made it 11 goals in three days with a 5-0 victory over Bournemouth.