Manchester City survive Leicester City fightback to win 6-3, Arsenal rout Norwich City 5-0

Leicester City hit three targets within the second half after conceding 4 within the first however Manchester City then put the sport to mattress with two extra targets of their very own whereas Arsenal recorded their largest win beneath Mikel Arteta. Laporte restored City’s two-goal cushion. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSWest Ham fell to a 2-3 loss to SouthamptonSaka scored twice as Arsenal ran riot at NorwichWest Ham fell to sixth behind TottenhamManchester City survived a spirited Leicester City fightback to earn an exciting 6-3 victory on Sunday, a ninth Premier League win in a row transferring them six factors clear the highest of the standings. Arsenal, in the meantime stayed six factors forward of fifth-placed North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur, though they’ve performed three video games greater than the latter.

Spurs themselves stayed within the hunt by beating Crystal Palace 3-0. They got a lift when West Ham United misplaced 3-2 to Southampton. The London membership have fallen to sixth 28 factors, trailing Spurs and main Manchester United by some extent after performed two extra matches than each golf equipment.With second-placed Liverpool not in motion after their conflict with Leeds United was postponed as a result of COVID-19 circumstances on the Yorkshire membership, City appeared out of sight halfway by means of the primary half on the Etihad Stadium.The in-form champions raced right into a fifth-minute lead by means of Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, earlier than a Riyad Mahrez penalty put the hosts in management 9 minutes later.Things went from unhealthy to worse for a Leicester facet struggling to duplicate final season’s type, with Ilkay Gundogan and one other penalty, transformed by Raheem Sterling, giving the hosts a four-goal lead inside 25 minutes.Despite wanting useless and buried, Leicester stormed again within the second half as targets from James Maddison, Ademola Lookman and Kelechi Iheanacho threatened to derail the league leaders.Aymeric Laporte’s 69th-minute header and Sterling’s late second took the champions over the road, nonetheless, as they moved on to 47 factors, six away from Liverpool, from 19 matches. Leicester dropped to tenth.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.