Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Manchester City moved to within three points of the top of the Premier League with a 2-1 win at home to top-of the table Arsenal after a tense encounter in the Etihad Stadium. Goals from Rayan Cherki after 16 minutes and Erling Haaland after 65 minutes leave Pep Guardiola’s side three points behind Arsenal but with an extra game to play, and City will go top with a win away to second-from-bottom Burnley reports Xinhua.
Cherki scored a wonderful individual goal to open the scoring, beating two defenders and slotting a right-foot shot past David Raya. However, barely a minute later, a dreadful mistake from Gianluigi Donnarumma gifted Kai Havertz an equalizer as the City goalkeeper dwelt on the ball and allow Havertz to block his clearance into the goal.
The first half was an even affair, but City controlled things better after the break with Haaland scoring the winner after a swift break and holding off a strong challenge from Gabriel, who later saw a header deflected on the post.
Virgil van Dijk’s late header gave Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 win away to Everton in the first derby to be played in Everton’s new Hill Dickinson Stadium. Playing in his last Merseyside derby, Mohamed Salah scored his ninth goal against Everton after 29 minutes to put Liverpool ahead and equal Steve Gerrard’s record of goals against Everton.
Beto pulled Everton back into the game in the 54th minute, but Liverpool was the better team in the closing stages.
