This season’s English Premiere league (EPL) was predicted to go down to the wire and favorites Manchester City and Liverpool are ensuring they honor that notion with the title chase currently down to only point .
Title chasing Liverpool 69 points, who trailed City by one point, got the ball rolling earlier with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Watford, to temporarily lead the standings by two. Goals from Brazilian center back Fabinho and Portugal striker Diogo Jota confirmed all three points for the Reds as they challenged on Pep Guardiola and ‘Cityzens’ to respond to the result.
Answered they did, with a similar score line over league strugglers Burnley to reclaim the one-point advantage in the standings. City’s goals came from inspirational captain Kevin De Bruyne and the ever-reliable ILKay Gundogan in minutes the 5th and 25th minutes respectively, as they fight to retain their league title.
The result sets an even more mouthwatering showdown between the two when the meet next Sunday April 10 in potentially title deciding fixture, before again facing each other in the FA Cup semi-finals.
With the two clubs, swapping league titles in the last two years the fixture has developed into a mini rivalry that not only involves points but also for bragging rights.
The other notable game on the day saw Chelsea embarrassed at home by Brentford 4-1 on the back of mercurial performance of midfield maestro Christian Eriksen. The Dane who netted Brentford’s third in the 56th minute was scoring his first EPL goal since his cardiac arrest in ‘Euros’ 2020.
While sixth place Manchester United needed a late Fred goal to rescue a point in a scrappy game with Leicester City
The top four in the standings: Manchester City 72 points closely followed by Liverpool 71, then a beleaguered looking Chelsea 59 in third with Arsenal 54 points wrapping up the fourth and final automatic champions league spot.
