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2019 Manchester City Come PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS

25th, Aston Villa Saturday December 21st Southampton
1-3
Ings 21, 51
Grealish 75
Stephens 31
December From Behind To Defeat Att: 41,834 0-1 Rodriguez 89
H/T: 0-2
Burnley
AFC Bournemouth
H/T: 0-0
Brighton & Hove Albion
| Leicester City Att: 10,020 0-1 Sheffield United
McBurnie 23
EXAMINER Everton 0-0 Leicester City
Att: 30,505
H/T: 0-1
Arsenal
Att: 39,336
H/T: 0-0
3-1
Manchester City
Gündogan 43 (pen)
IRISH Mahrez 30 Vardy 22
Gabriel Jesus 69
Att: 54,415
H/T: 2-1
Newcastle United 1-0 Crystal Palace
Almiron 83
Att: 45,453 H/T: 0-0
Norwich City 1-2 Wolves
Cantwell 17 Saiss 60
Jiménez 81
Att: 27,053 H/T: 1-0
Sunday December 22nd
Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Chelsea
Willian 12, 49+ (pen)
Red Card: Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur) 62 min
Att: 61,104 H/T: xxx
Watford 2-0 Manchester United
Sarr 50
Deeney 54 (pen)
Att: 21,488 H/T: 0-0
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Team P W D L F A GD Pts.
Liverpool 17 16 1 0 42 14 28 49
Leicester City 18 12 3 3 41 14 27 39
Manchester City 18 12 2 4 50 20 30 38
Gabriel Jesus of Manchester City celebrates after poking home the third goal for the hosts - set up brilliantly by Kevin de Chelsea 18 10 2 6 33 25 8 32
Bruyne Sheffield United 18 7 7 4 22 16 6 28
anchester City came For manager Pep Guardiola, good save from Schmeichel with Wolves 18 6 7 9 5 3 6 26 22 4 6 27
32
26
26
Tottenham
18
from behind to turn it also ended a difficult week on a ferocious strike from the edge Manchester United 18 6 7 5 26 22 4 25
Mup the heat on a high after the loss of his assis- of the box. Newcastle United 18 7 7 4 3 7 8 18 24 -6 25
18
-6
24
23
29
Burnley
Leicester with a 3-1 defeat of tant coach Mikel Arteta to City went ahead two minutes Arsenal 18 5 6 8 5 5 7 24 27 -3 23
Crystal Palace
-5
23
15
20
18
the Foxes at the Etihad Arsenal. before half-time after Raheem Brighton 18 5 5 8 21 26 -5 20
Stadium. Mahrez and De Bruyne shone Sterling fell over Ricardo Pereira AFC Bournemouth 18 5 5 4 4 9 9 19 25 -6 19
18
20
29
-9
19
Everton
The Premier League champi- throughout, with the former to win a penalty. Gundogan West Ham United 17 5 5 4 3 8 10 19 28 -9 19
21
-16 18
Southampton
18
37
ons were stung by a breakaway having a shot blocked before tucked away neatly from the Aston Villa 18 4 3 11 24 33 -9 15
goal from Jamie Vardy but, with teeing up the latter for the spot but Ederson needed to push Norwich City 18 3 2 3 6 12 19 37 -18 12
18
-21 12
10
11
Watford
32
Kevin De Bruyne pulling the game’s first serious opportunity. away a scuffed James Maddison
strings, hit back in style to move The Belgian clipped a low effort effort to ensure they took the PREMIER LEAGUE FIXTURES
back within a point of Brendan against a post. lead into the break.
Rodgers’ second-placed side. Mahrez then had another City started the second period Thursday December 26th
Aston Villa v Norwich City (10am)
Riyad Mahrez, also impres- shot deflected before setting up well, with Sterling having a shot AFC Bournemouth v Arsenal (10am)
sive against his former club, Jesus for a close-range effort blocked and Mahrez putting a Chelsea v Southampton (10am)
struck a deflected equalizer and saved by Schmeichel. difficult half-volley wide. De Crystal Palace v West Ham United (10am)
Everton v Burnley (10am)
Ilkay Gundogan netted a penalty Leicester threatened when Bruyne also broke into the area Leicester City v Liverpool (3pm)
before De Bruyne teed up Vardy broke clear down the but Jesus failed to make the Manchester United v Newcastle United (12.30pm)
Sheffield United v Watford (10am)
Gabriel Jesus for the third. right and pulled the ball back most of his pass. Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton & Hove Albion (7.30am)
De Bruyne looked back to his across goal but Harvey Barnes Vardy got behind City’s Friday December 27th
best and hit the woodwork as was unable to make contact. defense again to whip in a fine Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester City (2.45pm)
Saturday December 28th
well as forcing two good saves City failed to heed that warn- cross, but Barnes turned it wide Brighton & Hove Albion v AFC Bournemouth (7.30am)
from Kasper Schmeichel before ing and were punished after 22 under pressure from Ederson Burnley v Manchester United (12.30pm)
leaving the field with cramp in minutes when Barnes picked out and was injured as he collided Newcastle United v Everton (10am)
injury time. Vardy with a fine through-ball. with the keeper. Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur (12.30pm)
Southampton v Crystal Palace (10am)
City remain 11 points behind Vardy raced past Fernandinho to Mahrez tested Schmeichel Watford v Aston Villa (10am)
runaway leaders Liverpool – take the ball into the box and he with a fine strike from the edge West Ham United v Leicester City (12.30pm)
who were not in Premier recovered from a heavy touch to of the box, but City were not to Sunday December 29th
Arsenal v Chelsea (9am)
League action this weekend – lift his finish over Ederson. be denied for much longer. With Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers (11.30am)
but the impressive nature of the Things could have got worse 21 minutes to play, De Bruyne Manchester City v Sheffield United (1pm)
Wednesday January 1st, 2020
victory suggests they will still for City when Vardy weaved broke through the Leicester Arsenal v Manchester United (3pm)
have a big say in the second half through the area again but this rearguard again and this time Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea (7.30am)
Burnley v Aston Villa (7.30am)
of the season. time he shot over. Jesus could not miss at the far Manchester City v Everton (12.30pm)
Leicester did catch City on The hosts needed to respond post. Newcastle United v Leicester City (10am)
the break on occasions but this and did so as Mahrez found the De Bruyne wanted more and Norwich City v Crystal Palace (12.30pm)
Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur (10am)
time the hosts dealt with that net with a shot that took a had a good strike tipped over the Watford v Wolverhampton Wanderers (10am)
threat much better than they did wicked deflection off Caglar bar by Schmeichel as City won West Ham United v AFC Bournemouth (12.30pm)
against Manchester United in Soyuncu. with something of their old Thursday January 2nd
their previous home game. De Bruyne then forced a swagger. C Liverpool v Sheffield United (3pm)