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    Manchester City go top of the League; Leicester thrash Arsenal; United and Chelsea settle for draw

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    Aguero scored for City

    Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League table thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 victory away at Burnley.
    Sergio Aguero scored the lone goal which was cleared off the line only for goal-line technology to pass the goal for already going inches over the line. City are fighting deep and only have two matches to secure a second consecutive Premier League title. They now have 92 points, one point above Liverpool who sit second.

    Since 1970/71 where Arsenal and Leeds both had 90+ points in a single season, this is the first time since then in English football that two teams would have 90+ points.
    City have won each of their last 12 Premier League matches since losing 1-2 to Newcastle in January and have only conceded three goals while scoring 27 goals in the process.
    Burnley have only won one of their last 16 home Premier League matches against the big six.
    Aguero is the second player in Premier League history to score 20+ goals for five consecutive seasons, he took after Thierry Henry who did that between 2001/02 and 2005/06.

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    Maitland-Niles received his marching order against Leicester City

    Arsenal stumbled to third straight League defeats while conceding three goals in each of those defeats for the first time since May 1966 as Leicester City thrashed the Gunners 3-0. Ashley Maitland-Niles saw red in the first-half and this made Unai Emery's side suffered the more as goal from Youri Tielemans and a brace from Jamie Vardy was enough to do justice to Arsenal. The hope for top-four may have ended with just two games to go and the Gunners may have to focus on winning the Europa League to qualify for the Champions League next season. They are 5th with 66 points, two points behind Chelsea who are 4th and a point above 6th United.

    This is the first time since 1983 that Leicester City would win back-to-back home League matches against the Gunners.
    Only Manchester City and Liverpool have secured more Premier League points than Brendan Rodgers since he took over at Leicester.
    Arsenal have been shown five Premier League red cards this season, only Manchester United have seen more in the competition.
    Tielemans has scored three and assisted four in his last nine Premier League matches.
    Vardy has now scored eight Premier League goals against Arsenal, more than he has against any other side.

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    Marcos Alonso equalised for Chelsea

    David De Gea's blunder rescued a point for Chelsea at Old Trafford as Marcos Alonso scored an equalising goal after Juan Mata had given Manchester United the early lead. The match ended 1-1 and Chelsea now have the advantage in the race for the top four having gathered 68 points, two points above 5th Arsenal and three points above 6th United.

    De Gea has now commited three errors leading to goals in his last four matches in all competitions, that's as many as he had in his previous 123 matches in all competitions.
    This is the first time since December 2015 that United would fail to win in four consecutive games across all competitions.
    Chelsea failed to win any of their three matches against United in all competitions this season.
    Manchester United have only kept two clean sheets in 18 Premier League games at Old Trafford this season, the worst since 1962-63.

    Results in full...
    Premier League
    Leicester 3-0 Arsenal
    Burnley 0-1 Manchester City
    Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea

    Serie A
    Frosinone 0-2 Napoli
    Chievo 1-1 Parma
    SPAL 1-1 Genoa
    Sampdoria 1-2 Lazio
    Torino 2-0 Milan

    LaLiga
    Valencia 0-1 Eibar
    Girona 1-0 Sevilla
    Real Sociedad 2-1 Getafe
    Villarreal 1-1 SD Huesca
    Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Real Madrid

    Bundesliga
    Hoffenheim 1-4 Wolfsburg
    1. FC Nürnberg 1-1 Bayern München

    Ligue 1
    Angers 1-1 Reims
    Lille 5-0 Nimes
    Nice 3-0 Guingamp
    Amiens 0-0 Strasbourg
    Caen 1-0 Dijon
    Saint-Etienne 2-0 Toulouse
    Marseille 1-2 Nantes

    Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
    Serie A
    Atalanta Vs Udinese 6:00pm
    Fiorentina Vs Sassuolo 8:00pm

    LaLiga
    Real Betis Vs RCD Espanyol 8:00pm

    All time is in GMT+1...

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