The Manchester City footballers surprisingly lost in the 31st round of the English league on their field 1: 2 with Leeds. Both goals for the newcomer were scored by Stuart Dallas, who scored in the 91st minute. The leader of the table was not helped by the long power play, which he played from the set time of the first half after the exclusion of Liam Cooper.
Liverpool turned the duel around with Aston Villa, his 2: 1 win was scored by Trent Alexander-Arnold in the set time.
Dallas opened the scoring in the 42nd minute with an accurate shot for the pole. It was Leeds’ eleventh goal after a shot from behind 16, which is the best balance this season in the Premier League. But then Cooper slipped a sharp slip with Sterling, and the main judge gave him a red card after consulting with a video referee.
Pepa Guardiola’s charges, who spared some support before Wednesday’s retaliation for the Champions League quarter-final in Dortmund, used a power play in the 76th minute after a shot by Ferrán Torres, but in the end did not reach the points. At the set time, he ran Dallas again on the vertical behind the defense and arranged for a surprising win for Leeds.
Thanks to her, the newcomer to the competition got to the ninth place in the incomplete table. The “Citizens” lost after six competitive victories and in the first place they have a lead of 14 points over the city rivals United, who have two good matches.
Liverpool lost the opening match to Aston Villa 2: 7 in the autumn and did not start well at its Anfield stadium. After 43 minutes, Ollie Watkins made a spectacular save.
In the 57th minute, however, Mohamed Salah won, who again caught up with the 19th goal of the season at the top of the table of shooters Harry Kane from Tottenham. The Egyptian gunner ended the almost thirteen-hour wait for the “Reds” for a home league goal from the game. Alexander-Arnold made the home team’s keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 1 – 0 after Alexander-Arnold managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.
Liverpool tuned in to retaliate for the Champions League quarter-finals at Real Madrid and moved up to fourth place ahead of West Ham. Aston Villa is tenth.
Before the matches, all the actors kept two minutes of silence in honor of the memory of Prince Philip, the husband of the British Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Friday at the age of 99. The footballers played the match with black straps on their sleeves.
English Football League – Round 31:
Manchester City – Leeds 1:2 (76. Torres – 42. a 90.+1 Dallas), Liverpool – Aston Villa 2:1 (57. Salah, 90. Alexander-Arnold – 43. Watkins),
18:30 Crystal Palace – Chelsea.
Table:
| 1. | Manchester City | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 67:23 | 74 |
| 2. | Manchester United | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 58:33 | 60 |
| 3. | Leicester | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53:34 | 56 |
| 4. | Liverpool | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 53:37 | 52 |
| 5. | West Ham United | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 48:37 | 52 |
| 6. | Chelsea | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46:30 | 51 |
| 7. | Tottenham | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 51:32 | 49 |
| 8. | Everton | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 41:38 | 47 |
| 9. | Leeds | 31 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 49:49 | 45 |
| 10. | Aston Villa | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 43:33 | 44 |
| 11. | Arsenal | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 40:35 | 42 |
| 12. | Wolverhampton | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 31:41 | 38 |
| 13. | Crystal Palace | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32:48 | 38 |
| 14. | Southampton | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 39:53 | 36 |
| 15. | Burnley | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 24:40 | 33 |
| 16. | Brighton | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33:38 | 32 |
| 17. | Newcastle | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30:50 | 29 |
| 18. | Fulham | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 24:42 | 26 |
| 19. | West Bromwich | 30 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25:59 | 21 |
| 20. | Sheffield United | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17:52 | 14 |
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