Erling Haaland scored his 50th goal of the season on Sunday as Manchester City beat Fulham to return to the Premier League summit, with wins over Newcastle and Manchester United moving into the top four. Liverpool beat Tottenham 4-3 in a thriller to keep up their improbable pursuit of a Champions League place but Southampton and Leeds are staring at the abyss. City’s 2-1 win at Craven Cottage moved Pep Guardiola’s men a point clear of long-time leaders Arsenal with a game in hand.
The defending champions, chasing their fifth Premier League title in six seasons, were ahead in the third minute when Haaland scored from the penalty spot. Julian Alvarez was spoiled.
Haaland’s 34th Premier League goal of the season equals the competition record of Andy Cole and Allen Shearer — set in the days of 42-game campaigns.
The Norwegian is the first player since 1931 to reach a half-century of goals in all competitions in a single English top-flight season.
City boss Guardiola said, “Before Winston Churchill was prime minister? Wow. Seems like a long time ago. Congratulations to Erling.”
Fulham equalized in the 15th minute with the help of Carlos Vinicius But Alvarez restored City’s lead nine minutes before half-time.
Treble-chasing City, top for the first time in 10 weeks, have won their last eight league games and are unbeaten in their last 18 matches in all competitions.
They are red-hot favorites to retain their title by taking full advantage of Arsenal’s stumbling block – the Gunners are winless in their last four games.
Arsenal host battling Chelsea on Tuesday, with City at home to West Ham the following day.
“It is important but Arsenal will play on Tuesday,” said Guardiola. “The important West Ham game is, it is a game in hand. After that we will be top of the table and it will be more real.”
wilson double
calum wilson Coming off the bench to score twice, third-placed Newcastle came back to beat Southampton 3–1 and push their opponents towards relegation.
The England forward was left out of Eddie Howe’s starting line-up despite scoring twice at Everton in midweek, but he responded in the right way.
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The win keeps Newcastle two points ahead of Manchester United but Southampton remain at the foot of the table, six points from safety and with just four games to play.
Erik ten Haag’s Manchester United beat in-form Aston Villa 1-0. bruno Fernandes.
“We go game by game and next we have Brighton so we need to work hard again,” Ten Haag told the BBC.
“We need to show passion again and not worry about the table. We are in full control (in the race for the top four). It is all about us and it is in our hands.”
The match came just two days after Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Jim Ratcliffe submitted their third, and what is expected to be their last, offer to buy United from unpopular American owners The Glazers.
Other parties are interested in minority investment, and it was reported that Joel And Avraham Glazer could remain a stakeholder under a deal proposed by British billionaire Ratcliffe.
A group of United fans marched to Old Trafford on Sunday in protest against the Glazers, carrying a huge banner reading “Full sale only”.
seven goals at anfield
In the subsequent kick-off, Liverpool hit managerless Tottenham with a three-goal blitz in the first 15 minutes, but the visitors fought back and Richardson scored an improbable equalizer in the 93rd minute.
Just when it seemed Spurs had grabbed a dramatic point diogo jota The game was won, leaving the Reds in fifth place, seven points behind fourth-placed Manchester United, with one game more to play.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Sky: “Thanks to Diogo Jota we got away with it – it makes it spectacular and everyone goes home.”
colombia midfielder jefferson Lerma scored twice in four first-half minutes as Bournemouth moved 10 points clear of the relegation zone with a 4-1 home win over Leeds, who are in deep trouble.
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