Manchester City returned to winning ways with a 2-0 win at Leicester. Leader Liverpool didn’t show any weakness.
Manchester City ended its crisis of results on Sunday in coach Pep Guardiola’s anniversary game. After only one win from 13 competitive games, England’s football champions succeeded in the 500th game with Guardiola On the sidelines the longed-for liberation came with a 2-0 win in the Premier League at Leicester City. The Brazilian Savinho (21st) with his first league goal for the “Citizens” and the recently hapless star striker Erling Haaland (74th) ensured a conciliatory end to the year after there had been one blow after another in the past few weeks.
City is in fifth place in the table, the gap is Leader Liverpool is still 14 points. The Reds didn’t show any weakness in their visit to West Ham and won clearly 5-0.
There was also a sense of success for Crystal Palace. The trainer’s team Oliver Glasner celebrated a 2-1 win at Southampton and gained some breathing room in the bottom third of the table. Trevoh Chalobah (31′) and Eberechi Eze (52′) scored at Selhurst Park, where Palace had fallen behind in the 14th minute. As league 15th. The Londoners are now three points ahead of Everton, but have played one more game.