AFP: Arsenal and Manchester City both enjoyed four-goal Saturdays as neither side ceded any ground in the Premier League title race.
City still trail the Gunners by eight points at the top of the table, but have a game in hand and a 4-1 humiliation of Liverpool was further evidence that Pep Guardiola’s men are finding their best form of the season for the run-in. It was a former City forward who stole the headlines for Arsenal as Gabriel Jesus scored twice on his first league start since November as Leeds were swept aside 4-1 at the Emirates.At the other end of the table, Leicester finally lost patience with Brendan Rodgers after a 2-1 defeat at Crystal Palace saw the Foxes slip to second bottom.Grealish comes good
Despite costing City a Premier League record £100 million when he signed from Aston Villa in 2021, Jack Grealish spent most of last season watching his new club win the title from the bench.
Not for the first time in Pep Guardiola’s time in charge at the Etihad, it has taken a second season for a major signing to come good and City are finally getting the player they splashed out for.Grealish set up Julian Alvarez’s equaliser and rounded off a brilliant performance with City’s final goal against Liverpool.But his contribution going the other way was just as decisive as he charged back over 50 yards to prevent Mohamed Salah running clear on goal when Liverpool led 1-0.”I could not imagine with the big name he is and the price the club paid to have this humility to run like a teenager,” said Guardiola of Grealish’s work ethic.