Manchester City moved back ahead of Liverpool thanks to a brace from Raheem Sterling and a goal from Gabriel Jesus.
English Premier League: Gabriel Jesus (90′) Crystal Palace 1-3 Manchester City
If Manchester City retain the Premier League title, the signs are they will have done it the boring way.
Sunday’s win at Crystal Palace — beyond a nine-minute spell after Luka Milivojevic’s clever free-kick to make it 2-1 — not a contest. And that has become a consistent theme.
If you seek drama and tension, or perhaps simply to be moved by football, City’s Premier League games are probably not for you. They are exhibitions of control and it is difficult, when they perform with this kind of clarity,…
Johan Cruyff famously once remarked: “Italians can’t beat us but we can certainly lose against them.” It summed up the clash of footballing cultures at the time. His Ajax and Barcelona teams could out-play their Serie A counterparts but give up one chance, allow one counter, make one mistake and expect to be punished.
MANCHESTER, England — It is often in the most testing circumstances that you find out the most about a player and whether he is the man who can make a difference when it matters, so Manchester United’s 1-0 Champions League defeat against Barcelona on Wednesday at Old Trafford can be regarded only as a bad night for Romelu Lukaku.
By definition a first leg is about preparing the ground for a forthcoming fixture, but Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Porto at Anfield isn’t just significant in relation to the second leg in Portugal next week, but in relation to their title run-in too. Five games from the end of a potentially title-winning season, Jurgen Klopp has suddenly stumbled upon a new midfield: Fabinho, Naby Keita and Jordan Henderson.
LONDON — As Harry Kane hobbled down the tunnel 11 minutes into the second half of Tottenham’s Champions League quarterfinal against Manchester City, unable to walk on his injured ankle after a reckless challenge on Fabian Delph, the immediate conclusion would be to suggest that his team’s hopes of a place in the semifinals had disappeared with him.
Eden Hazard scored two brilliant goals for Chelsea in a win over London rivals West Ham that puts the Blues in third.