Manchester City keeps Liverpool at bay

Bournemouth (SID) Defending champions Manchester City successfully defended their lead in the English Premier League on matchday eleven. With the German national soccer player Leroy Sane in the starting line-up, team manager Pep Guardiola Kellerkind's team defeated FC Southampton 6:1 (4:1) and thus moved past Liverpool FC, who won 1:1 (0:0) on Saturday. 3) had temporarily taken the lead at Arsenal FC had temporarily taken the lead at Arsenal FC and fell back to third place after Chelsea FC beat Crystal Palace 1-1 (0-XNUMX). An own goal from Wesley Hoedt (6th), who was shot by Sane, Kun Agüero (12th), David Silva (18th), Raheem Sterling (45th, 67th) and Sane (90th + 1) made it Shooting festival perfect for TSG Hoffenheim's last group opponent in the current Champions League. ManCity celebrated its ninth win of the season and remained undefeated even without the ailing Ilkay Gündogan. Danny Ings (30th, penalty kick) scored the consolation goal for the guests led by former Bayern and Schalke professional Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg, who have been waiting for a three-pointer for seven rounds and are stuck in the bottom of the table. Morata (32nd, 65th) and Pedro (70th) scored for Chelsea, while Andros Townsend (53rd) was successful for the guests. The day before, Liverpool, still undefeated, missed a “big point” in the championship. Liverpool team manager Jürgen Klopp was still satisfied. "It's not that nice, but a point at Arsenal is always a good result," said Klopp, mourning his team's many missed chances. "Virgil van Dijk told me afterwards that he should have scored a hat-trick, but he didn't even manage to score," said the Reds coach. James Milner gave Liverpool the lead (61'), Alexandre Lacazette scored the deserved equalizer (82'). Arsenal (23), who competed against Liverpool with Bernd Leno, Mesut Özil and Shkodran Mustafi in the starting eleven, are still lying in wait. A week after the tragic death of club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester City celebrated a victory. The former champions won 1-0 (0-0) at Cardiff City and moved into the middle of the table with 16 points. Demarai Gray (55th) scored the visitors' goal. "The result is not important. What is more important is that they do their best to honor our club owner," explained team manager Claude Puel before the encounter. Srivaddhanaprabha died in a helicopter crash after Leicester's home game against West Ham United last Saturday. The multi-day memorial service for the Thai businessman began on Saturday with a large delegation from Leicester at a temple in Bangkok. Meanwhile, Manchester United celebrated a narrow win at AFC Bournemouth thanks to joker Marcus Rashford. The substitute national player scored in stoppage time (90th + 2) to give the English football record champions a 2-1 (1-1) win. With 20 points, team manager Jose Mourinho's team drew level with Bournemouth. Callum Wilson (11th) gave the hosts the lead, Anthony Martial (35th) equalized for the former Champions League winner. Rashford then secured the three points.

GB Premier League International	SP	TV	P
1. Arsenal FC	30	72:24	68
2. Liverpool FC	29	67:27	67
3.Manchester City	30	67:29	67
4. Aston Villa	31	63:46	59
5.Tottenham	30	62:44	57
6. Manchester Utd.	29	40:40	48
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Manchester City keeps Liverpool at bay

Liverpool FC missed a “big point”, but at least temporarily took the lead in the English Premier League.

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