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12/14 10:26 CST Man City and Aston Villa win to stay in touch with Premier
League leader Arsenal
Man City and Aston Villa win to stay in touch with Premier League leader Arsenal
By JAMES ROBSON
AP Soccer Writer
MANCHESTER, England (AP) --- Manchester City and Aston Villa kept the pressure
on Premier League leader Arsenal with wins on Sunday.
Nottingham Forest pulled further away from the relegation zone with a 3-0
against Tottenham and Sunderland beat Newcastle 1-0 in the Tyne-Wear derby
after an own goal from Nick Woltemade.
Arsenal had extended its lead at the top of the standings to five points with a
2-1 win against Wolves on Saturday. But a day later its closest rivals both
responded with victories - second-place City winning 3-0 at Crystal Palace and
Villa, in third, twice coming back to beat West Ham 3-2 at the London Stadium.
City is two points behind Arsenal and Villa is a point further back.
Revenge for City
Beaten by Palace in the FA Cup final last season, City exacted some revenge to
take all three points at Selhurst Park.
Erling Haaland scored his 101st Premier League goal to put City in front late
in the first half and he got his second of the match with an 89th-minute
penalty. The Norwegian has 36 goals in 27 appearances for club and country in
another remarkable scoring season. He is the league's leading scorer with 17
goals.
Phil Foden got City's other goal in between Haaland's double.
Rogers leads Villa fightback
Morgan Rogers scored twice in the second half to extend Aston Villa's winning
run to nine-straight games and keep Unai Emery's team on the heels of Arsenal
and City.
Villa has lost just one of its last 13 games in the league and won 10 of its
last 11, but twice had to come from behind at relegation fighting West Ham.
Mateus Fernandes scored the fastest goal in England's top flight this season
when putting the home team 1-0 up after just 29 seconds. But Konstantinos
Mavropanos' own goal leveled the game eight minutes later.
Jarrod Bowen then gave West Ham the lead at halftime with his second goal in as
many games in the 24th.
Rogers leveled the game again five minutes after the break and struck the
winner in the 79th.
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