Manchester City's Title Bid Hit by Shock Defeat at Leicester

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2018 16 Liverpool gain six-point lead Manchester City’s title bid hit by shock defeat at Leicester Fresh from a 6-2 hammering Tottenham thrash of Everton, Christian Eriksen, • Son Heung-min and Lucas Mou- Bournemouth to ra put Tottenham 3-0 up before leapfrog City into second half-time at Wembley. Kane then got his goal just 11 goals have been scored Pogba strikes twice after the hour mark before Son by Tottenham in four as• Man Utd win on recorded his second double in as days firing the club many games. back into the title race Solskjaer home debut Pogba was again to the fore as Solskjaer’s dream start contin- AFP | London ued unabated in his first outing in charge at Old Trafford. Richarlison all netted for the iverpool moved six points Nemanja Matic tapped home Toffees. clear at the top of the Pre- from close range to give the At the bottom Cardiff moved Lmier League as the leaders hosts a half-time advantage. three points clear of the relega- eased past Newcastle 4-0 at An- Everton bounced back from tion zone by holding out for a field and Manchester City were their Tottenham thrashing by 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace. beaten for the second time in inflicting similar punishment But Fulham remain rooted five days, 2-1 at Leicester. on Burnley with a 5-1 victory in the bottom three as Romain Tottenham leapfrog City into at Turf Moor as Lucas Digne Saiss’s late equaliser secured second after thrashing Bourne- scored two free-kicks and Yer- Wolves a share of the points in a mouth 5-0, while Manchester ry Mina, Gylfi Sigurdsson and 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage. United’s perfect start under caretaker manager Ole Gunnar English Premier League Solskjaer continued with Paul Pogba scoring twice in a 3-1 win Fulham 1 - 1 Wolverhampton over Huddersfield. Burnley 1 - 5 Everton Liverpool manager Jurgen Crystal Palace 0 - 0 Cardiff City Klopp has tried in recent days to stress that it is still far too Leicester City 2 - 1 Manchester City early for his side to be talking of Liverpool 4 - 0 Newcastle United ending a near three-decade wait Liverpool’s Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah shoots to score their second goal from the penalty spot Manchester United 3 - 1 Huddersfield Town to win the title in December. However, another routine win marksman who made the game lost 3-2 to Crystal Palace on Sat- Palace on Saturday they were hit Tottenham Hotspur 5 - 0 Bournemouth and a 12th clean sheet in 19 Pre- safe when Mohamed Salah urday with Sergio Aguero and by another wonder strike when Brighton 0 - 0 Arsenal mier League games will do little scored from the penalty spot Kevin De Bruyne returning, Ricardo Pereira fired home nine to dampen expectations ahead two minutes into the second half but even they couldn’t prevent minutes from time. Italian Serie A of a huge week for Liverpool to move into a three-way lead a third defeat in four Premier A terrible afternoon for City with Arsenal visiting Anfield on as the league’s top scorer with League games. was compounded by a red card Frosinone 0 - 0 Milan Saturday before a visit to City on Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Aguero set up Bernardo Silva for Fabian Delph late on. Atalanta 2 - 2 Juventus January 3. and Harry Kane. to give the champions a perfect Bologna 0 - 2 Lazio After a slow start Liverpool Xherdan Shaqiri and Fabinho’s start, but Marc Albrighton lev- Spurs run riot again went in front through an unlike- first Liverpool goal rounded off elled just five minutes later. As City flounder, Spurs are Cagliari 1 - 0 Genoa ly source when Dejan Lovren the scoring. City dominated possession firing back into the title race as Fiorentina 0 - 1 Parma volleyed home after 12 minutes. City boss Pep Guardiola made throughout, but after Andros Mauricio Pochettino’s men have Sampdoria 2 - 0 Chievo It was a far more familiar three changes from the side that Townsend’s incredible volley for now scored 11 goals in four days..

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