Premier League wrap: Manchester City drop points again; Chelsea edge Hammers; Liverpool held by Everton

Pep
Guardiola’s
side
failed
to
have
a
shot
on
target
in
the
first
half,
yet
they
went
ahead
five
minutes
after
the
interval
when
Haaland
prodded
home
from
close
range
for
his
10th
goal
of
the
season.

City
were
made
to
pay
for
a
host
of
missed
chances
after
that
as
Bailey
rifled
in
with
16
minutes
remaining
to
send
Villa
Park
wild,
delighting
under-pressure
home
boss
Steven
Gerrard.

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The
second-placed
champions
moved
to
a
point
adrift
of
leaders
Arsenal,
who
face
a
test
against
improving
Manchester
United
on
Sunday.

Meanwhile,
Villa
climbed
to
17th
spot.

POINTS
TABLE
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RESULTS

City
started
in
typically
dominant
mood,
with
Kyle
Walker
blazing
over
and
Kevin
De
Bruyne
lashing
wide
inside
the
opening
10
minutes.

Villa
withstood
that
early
pressure,
though,
and
almost
took
the
lead
in
the
38th
minute
when
Ollie
Watkins’ effort
was
deflected
narrowly
wide
by
John
Stones.

City
went
ahead
in
the
50th
minute
with
their
first
shot
on
target,
Haaland
stealing
in
at
the
back
post
to
convert
De
Bruyne’s
looping
cross.

The
former
Borussia
Dortmund
striker
almost
had
a
second
shortly
after
the
hour
mark,
yet
his
instinctive
effort
was
kept
out
by
the
legs
of
Emiliano
Martinez.

De
Bruyne
then
clipped
the
top
of
the
crossbar
with
a
free-kick
from
20
yards,
before
Martinez
again
denied
Haaland.

Villa
snatched
a
point
on
a
rare
foray
forward
as
Bailey
whipped
home
from
15
yards
after
being
picked
out
by
Jacob
Ramsey.

Earlier,
Kai
Havertz
came
off
the
bench
to
seal
a
much-needed
victory
for
Chelsea
at
Stamford
Bridge,
as
the
Blues
came
from
behind
to
beat
London
rivals
West
Ham
2-1.

Thomas
Tuchel’s
team
were
booed
off
after
failing
to
manage
a
single
shot
on
target
in
a
dismal
first
half,
and
fell
behind
shortly
after
the
hour
when
Antonio
converted
following
a
goalmouth
scramble.

But
Ben
Chilwell
poked
past
Lukasz
Fabianski
to
level
the
scores
with
15
minutes
remaining,
and
Havertz
was
on
hand
to
turn
the
full-back’s
cross
home
to
put
the
Blues
ahead
late
on.

Meanwhile,
Harry
Kane
equalled
Thierry
Henry’s
record
for
the
most
goals
scored
in
Premier
League
London
derbies
as
Tottenham
beat
Fulham
2-1.

Pierre-Emile
Hojbjerg
opened
the
scoring
in
the
first
half
and
former
Arsenal
goalkeeper
Bernd
Leno
kept
the
score
respectable
with
several
fine
saves.

Kane
was
able
to
double
Spurs’
advantage
after
tapping
home
from
close
range,
with
the
goal
also
taking
him
third
in
the
competition’s
all-time
scoring
chart.

Fulham
were
not
done
though,
Aleksander
Mitrovic
scoring
for
the
fourth
consecutive
game,
though
it
proved
to
merely
be
a
consolation.

In
the
earlier
kick-off,
Jordan
Pickford
frustrated
Liverpool
with
a
stunning
goalkeeping
performance
in
an
absorbing
0-0
draw
with
Everton
at
Goodison
Park.

The
England
number
one
made
a
string
of
excellent
saves,
while
opposite
number
Alisson
also
had
to
be
sharp
to
prevent
a
home
win
in
a
Merseyside
derby
that
could
have
been
flooded
with
goals.