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City surge on, Man Utd down Spurs LONDON: City main- fought from one down to beat put them ahead after 15 minutes. tained their charge towards the Swansea City 2-1 with second-half Substitute Sterling scored his ninth of title with a 3-2 win at goals from Sead Kolasinac and Aaron the season in all competitions four West Bromwich Albion as Manchester Ramsey. minutes after coming on in the second United kept within five points of their ’s Juergen Klopp got the half with City’s only late moment of neighbours with a crucial 1-0 win over better of his best friend, Huddersfield concern en route to a 13th straight win fellow contenders Tottenham Hotspur. boss David Wagner, in a 3-0 win at coming when careless defending from Goals from Leroy Sane, Anfield where Daniel Sturridge, Nicolas Otamendi let in Matty Phillips Fernandinho and Raheem Sterling Roberto Firmino and Georginio for a consolation. moved the leaders on to 28 points- Wijnaldum scored in the second half to City’s 28 points equalled the tally equalling the best return after 10 push the Reds to sixth on 16 points. accrued by Chelsea in 2005 and City matches of a Premier League season- Watford’s giddy ascent, though, was themselves in 2011 — and both those as irresistible City took their cam- checked with a 1-0 home defeat by sides went on to win the title. paign’s tally of league goals to a struggling Stoke City-Darren Fletcher Mourinho hailed United’s win in diffi- remarkable 35. hit the target in the 16th minute-that cult windy and rainy conditions in the Earlier, Jose Mourinho received the drops them to seventh on 15. lunchtime fixture between the second response he had demanded from his At the other end of the table, and third-placed teams as “deserved” United side following their humbling Crystal Palace escaped with an aston- after they had created the lion’s share defeat at Huddersfield Town the previ- ishing 2-2 draw with West Ham United, of chances. ous week as an 81st minute goal from coming back from two down and earn- The best one had come when substitute Anthony Martial preserved ing a draw in the seventh minute of Romelu Lukaku headed against the their perfect home record. stoppage time through Wilfried Zaha. foot of the post. Eventually, Martial The win, their sixth straight victory Pep Guardiola’s Man City continue struck 10 minutes after coming on, in the league at without to look unstoppable at domestic level, latching on to Lukaku’s flicked header conceding a goal, moved United on to having opened up in brilliant fashion from ’s goalkick. 23 points, three clear of Spurs. Arsenal with Sane scoring his sixth goal in sev- It was a scruffy left-foot finish from marched to within a point of en league games after just 10 minutes. the Frenchman, leaving Mourinho to MAMCHESTER: Manchester United’s Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (R) wins a header during the Tottenham with Arsene Wenger left to Though Jay Rodriguez equalised smile: “Martial scores with a bad shot- English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at celebrate a successful 800th Premier quickly, City were in complete control but the bad shots can be the most Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England. — AFP League match in charge as his side once Fernandinho’s deflected effort beautiful.” —Reuters