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Jurgen Klopps Liverpool now have a two-point advantage, albeit having played a game more, and now the pressure is on Man City to respond when they host ...

I think the Champions League is a big one for Pep Guardiola and those players after what happened last year. "As fabulous as Liverpool were against Man Utd, they got a large slice of luck with Naby Keita not getting sent off because that may have impacted in the games coming up if a midfield player or two were to get injured. What we have is the most marvellous race on our hands. "They are the types of games, maybe after a Champions League semi-final, Liverpool have got Newcastle at 12.30pm and just maybe, if the game catches up with you, you draw an away game 1-1. Who will win the Premier League title? You feel like the title is gone if someone draws a game.

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Having made the FA Cup final and recovered from exiting the Champions League, Chelsea have less at stake but Thomas Tuchel is not one for letting up on his players, though his team did lose this fixture in May last year when the Champions League final had been reached. Manchester City v Brighton (8pm UK time kick-off): Brighton were very good on Saturday at Spurs, to follow up beating Arsenal the previous week, and looked to pose a bigger threat to City than Liverpool did to Manchester United last night. Newcastle v Crystal Palace (7.45pm): Perhaps Palace’s season ended in that rather drab semi-final loss to Chelsea, but Newcastle have been fun to watch on the field of late, with Bruno Guimarães already hitting levels of Geordie South American folk hero of Nobby Solano levels. To face Crystal Palace, Newcastle make no changes from the team that beat Leicester while Palace make four changes from Wembley, including the return of Conor Gallagher to the team. Kevin de Bruyne is risen for City, and that’s a big deal, not least because Leandro Trossard, the Brighton match-winner at Tottenham, is absent. He is already on the bench and doing much better. The confidence he has to receive the ball in any area of the pitch shows a lot of courage and then there’s his work ethic as well. City are knocking on the door, and with real menace. It’s rancorous at Everton, where the home team have gone close after a slow start, Richarlison missing a good chance. Marcel Bout has departed from his role as head of global scouting after eight years with the club. Jim leaves the club with our warmest thanks for his significant contribution and our very best wishes for the future. On a more genuine note, I am pleased for Poch to land a league title given how often the trophy stick seems to be used to beat him.”

Liverpool kept up the pressure on title rivals Manchester City on Tuesday night with a convincing victory over Manchester United 24 hours before City's ...

Liverpool's 4-0 win over United took them two points clear of City before the reigning champions' meeting with Brighton on Wednesday night. The Liverpool is the focus for both sides this weekend, though, with Klopp's men putting the pressure on their rivals with a win on Tuesday night. This season's situation is vastly different to the one faced by Liverpool last term.

Manchester City return to Premier League action on Wednesday night when they host Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium.

"They deserved the win against Spurs, every credit to them. Speaking to BetVictor, Owen commented: "Despite the defeat, I’m sure Pep Guardiola will have been proud with the effort he saw from his side. Manchester City return to Premier League action on Wednesday night when they host Brighton and Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City's hectic schedule is taking its toll on their players after club medical staff had to treat 71 different injuries last week.

This is not an argument, it's a fact, because I lived it." I don't like it, it's difficult to handle. "That's why it was more difficult, but you tell me how you compete.

Kevin De Bruyne will make his 300th Manchester City appearance against Brighton and Hove Albion as he returns to the starting XI as one of six changes.

His return is a welcome boost for Guardiola, after the Catalan revealed that he was reluctant to introduce him against Liverpool at Wembley for fear of aggravating a foot problem and potentially losing him for longer. It’s a milestone night for De Bruyne, who becomes the 39th player in the Club’s history to clock up a triple century of appearances. The Belgian should be the most advanced of the midfield trio, pushing up to support Bernardo Silva, who looks set to lead the line up front, with Mahrez on the right and Foden operating off the left.

Manchester City restore their one-point advantage over Liverpool at the top of the Premier League with victory over a resolute Brighton.

Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 victory over Brighton at the Etihad Stadium, the goals coming from Riyad Mahrez, ...

The ball came to Mahrez, he finished with the help of a deflection, and City celebrated. The manager was now in arm-waving mode, semaphoring Silva and Foden to pull wide and hectoring Aymeric Laporte. De Bruyne had run the match thus far and a simple stab of the ball from him into Brighton’s area allowed Ilkay Gündogan to hit the ball goalwards, Lewis Dunk’s block saving his team. City were cruising along in third gear but had no opener to show for their ascendancy on entering the first half’s closing phase. He was less enamoured with how Marc Cucurella hoofed the ball straight out at one point, but the manager still offered encouragement to the left of his three centre-backs. And if City beat Watford here on Saturday Liverpool will have to stew overnight on a four-point deficit before their Merseyside derby with Everton at Anfield.

Pep Guardiola oversaw his 250th win as Manchester City manager to break a record previously held by Jose Mourinho as his side beat Brighton 3-0.

Guardiola's 250th win came in his 344th match as City boss. Pep Guardiola oversaw his 250th win as Manchester City manager on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola Breaks Jose Mourinho Record As Man City Keep Premier League Title Bid On Track

Report and free match highlights as Manchester City return to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 home win over Brighton; second-half goals from Riyad ...

Man City are back at home on Saturday when they host Watford at the Etihad; kick-off 3pm. "In the end, the quality of opponent means you are going to concede. We have to learn from it." "We defended really well but we didn't play as well as I think we can. We didn't concede a lot and we were incredibly aggressive. In this kind of mood, there aren't many better in world football than the City star. Sometimes we can win, we can lose, but we give everything." He has now been directly involved in six goals in his last five Premier League games. And if we win all our games we will be champions. "Some people aren't pleased when we lose but I am always pleased with my players. You could easily make the argument that he is currently the best midfielder on the planet, perhaps even the best player in the world. His performance against the Seagulls was another example of his greatness.

City held their nerve against Brighton to edge back one point ahead in the title race. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

Miguel Almiron scored the only goal at St. James' Park to round off a disappointing week for Crystal Palace after their FA Cup semi-final exit to Chelsea. Bukayo Saka then sealed the win with a stoppage-time penalty after he had been brought down by Azpilicueta. Chelsea took just four minutes to equalise as Timo Werner's deflected shot caught Aaron Ramsdale napping at his near post. But they moved level on points with fourth-placed Tottenham after a six-goal thriller. Scoring goals has been a problem for his men since the departure of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, but Eddie Nketiah took his chance with a rare start to score his first Premier League goals in over a year. Arsenal were in pole position for a return to the Champions League until a run of three consecutive defeats.

Pep Guardiola clocked up his 250th win as Manchester City manager as we beat Brighton 3-0 in the Premier League.

424 – Alex Ferguson 396 – José Mourinho 344 – Pep Guardiola

MANCHESTER, England : Manchester City regained their one-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win over Brighton and Hove Albion while ...

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Liverpool and Man City have six Premier League fixtures each still to play. For fans of both clubs, whenever the other is playing will be just as nervy as ...

If it is that same midweek, it will be the Wednesday given Manchester City are playing on the previous Sunday, which means Liverpool will be up first again. Meanwhile, Liverpool supporters will have to endure another six versions of the Manchester City 90 minutes as well as their own side's games — hopefully this time with a different outcome to three years back. Liverpool's draw with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium last week means that it remains out of the Reds' hands.

Both Liverpool and Manchester City have six games remaining with just one point separating the two sides.

- Wolves (A) – TBC - Aston Villa (H) – Sun 22 May, 4pm - Newcastle United (H) – Sun 8 May, 4.30pm - Wolves (H) – Sun 22 May, 4pm - Aston Villa (A) – Tue 10 May, 8pm - Tottenham (H) – Sat 7 May, 7.45pm

For now it's as you were in the title race with six games to go, although Pep Guardiola and his players were reminded by Brighton & Hove Albion that these next ...

"It is one of the happiest days as next season we will be in the Champions League," said Guardiola. "People take it for granted but we have to be in the Champions League. When it happens mathematically it's because we have done really well. City will need everyone -- particularly key players like De Bruyne and Dias -- if they are going to hold off Liverpool and safely negotiate these next six games while also trying to win the Champions League for the first time in their history. If we don't win all the games, Liverpool will be champions. They might need a bit more here on Saturday, particularly if Watford are as organised and resilient as Brighton. This time City get to put the pressure on Liverpool with Jurgen Klopp's side not in action until 24 hours later against Everton at Anfield. "It happened three years ago, we won 14 in a row to be champions. When Bernardo Silva scored the third on 82 minutes, the home supporters finally got up the courage to chant "champions, champions, champions."

Anxiety was sweeping around Etihad Stadium, with the groans becoming more audible as City's players struggled to make their dominance count in the early ...

We have been criticised, and rightly so with the expectations we have. For so long in a fight to avoid relegation, Saudi-owned Newcastle is now up to 11th place and on course for a finish in the top half of the standings. That was a given, though. The home fans needn’t have worried. It’s even tighter in the race for a top-four finish and qualification for the Champions League. “If we drop two points, Liverpool will be champions.”