Liverpool move 11 points clear in PL with comfortable Man City win | OneFootball

Two more Premier League games took place on Sunday as the title race and race for Europe took shape.

Here's how it all unfolded.

Man City lose to Liverpool

Scorers: Salah 14', Szoboszlai 37'

Mohamed Salah starred once more as Liverpool opened up a massive 11 point gap at the top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over reigning champions Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

It was the hosts who began on the front foot, with Jeremy Doku terrorising Trent Alexander-Arnold in the opening five minutes.

City continued to see most of the ball, with their decision to play with Phil Foden as a false nine seeming to have caught Liverpool out in the early phases.

But from a mistake at the back, Liverpool forced a corner and from it the ball was cut back to Mo Salah, who made no mistake from 12 yards out to put the Premier League leaders ahead against the run of play.

Guardiola's side searched for a response, but could not find a way to penetrate a menacing Liverpool block, with the home side reduced to shots from distance.

They thought that they had bought themselves level on the half hour mark after a fine finish from their own Egyptian Omar Marmoush, only to be denied by the offside flag.

And that mistake was punished six minutes later as Salah turned provider, teeing up Dominik Szoboszlai to poke fire past Ederson to double Liverpool's advantage 10 minutes before half time.

The game threatened to open up in the second half as City pushed for a goal back, leaving massive spaced for Liverpool to run into.

And 10 minutes in, they survived a massive scare after Szoboszlai squared the ball to Jones for a tap in, only for VAR to rule it out for offside.

City looked to make the most of that let off, but despite continuing to have the vast majority of the ball, they could not put any sustained pressure on the Liverpool backline, who were comfortable for the most part.

In fact, Liverpool came closer to adding a third seven minutes from time as Salah and Szoboszlai combined only for Khusanov to make a last ditch sliding block to deny the Hungarian.

But the game petered out in the closing stages, with Liverpool easing to all three points and taking a giant step towards title success.

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Newcastle survive Nottingham Forest comeback

Scorers: Miley 22', Murphy 25', Isak 32'' [pen], 35'; Hudson-Odoi 6', Milenkovic 62', Yates 90'

Newcastle edged past Nottingham Forest in a seven goal thriller at St James' Park in a titanic battle for the European spots.

Eddie Howe's side dominated the ball in the early stages, with Forest settling into their familiar defensive shape and looking to hit the Magpies on the break.

But with their first attack of the game, Forest got themselves ahead as Jacob Murphy was robbed by Callum Hudson-Odoi from a Newcastle throw in, before the Forest attacker found the bottom corner from 25 yards out.

Newcastle continued to dominate the ball, and levelled the game midway through the first half when a free-kick was only half cleared by Nottingham Forest, allowing Lewis Miley to drill home from 14 yards out for his second goal in Newcastle colours.

Two minutes later, they were ahead. As Forest pushed forwards, they were hit on the break as Anthony Gordon ran clear of the Magpies defence before his deflected cross fell into the path of Jacob Murphy, who bundled home with his midriff.

And their first half blitz continued when Ola Aina was adjudged to have handled the ball inside the penalty area, allowing Alexander Isak to tuck home the penalty despite Sels getting a hand to his spot-kick.

Forest's incredible first half falloff continued through Isak again moments later, as Joe Willock set up the Swede to fire past Sels to put his side 4-1 up heading into half time.

It was almost five immediately after the interval as Fabian Schar hit the post with a header, with Forest failing to start with any impetus.

Finally though, they burst into life and should have pulled a goal back only for Anthony Elanga to poke over from just four yards out with the goal gaping.

On the hour, they managed to do just that though, as a corner was hooked back across by Chris Wood before being flicked home by Milenkovic to breathe new life into the game.

Forest continued to push as Eddie Howe shuffled the pack to try and rejuvenate his side in the final 20 minutes, with Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes entering the fray.

But as time ran down, the visitors still couldn't find a way to narrow the deficit further, with Milenkovic and Murillo both heading wide.

With the last kick of normal time though, a corner wasn't cleared, allowing Ryan Yates to tap home from six yards and leaving Forest with three minutes of additional time to find an equaliser.

Despite their late salvo though, they could not find another goal, leaving Eddie Howe's side to cling onto a precious three points in the race for Europe.

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