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Premier League results
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Liverpool 1-1 Chelsea
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Brighton 3-0 Wolves
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Fulham 0-1 Bournemouth (latest score)
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Sunderland 0-0 Man Utd
One of tonight’s subplots is nan title for nan Premier League aureate boot. Erling Haaland leads nan measurement pinch 25 goals; nan only man pinch a chance of catching him is Brentford’s Igor Thiago.
Team news
Pep Guardiola makes 2 changes to his Manchester City side. Nathan Ake and Tiijani Reinders switch Abdukodir Khusanov (who is injured) and Nico Gonzalez.
Keith Andrews besides makes a mates of changes. Aaron Hickey and Kristoffer Ajer come successful for Sepp van den Berg and Dango Ouattara.
Manchester City (4-2-3-1) Donnarumma; Nunes, Guehi, Ake, O’Reilly; Bernardo, Reijnders; Semenyo, Cherki, Doku; Haaland.
Subs: Trafford, Dias, Stones, Marmoush, Kovacic, Nico, Ait-Nouri, Savinho, Foden.
Brentford (4-3-3) Kelleher; Kayode, Ajer, Collins, Hickey; Damsgaard, Yarmoliuk, Jensen; Schade, Thiago, Lewis-Potter.
Subs: Valdimarsson, Van den Berg, Pinnock, Henderson, Dasilva, Nelson, Ouattara, Janelt, Furo.
Referee Michael Salisbury.
Pre-match reading
In which Harry Paterson previews nan past thigh of an intriguing title race.
Preamble
“Next time, there’ll beryllium nary adjacent time.” The constituent of nary return. Do aliases die. The last-chance saloon. Endgame tavern. Jeopardy Dread Wetherspoons.
However you want to picture it, Manchester City are successful nan position each sports teams fear: knowing they person nary separator for error.
City mislaid power of nan title title during their madcap 3-3 tie astatine Hill Dickinson Stadium connected Monday. If they neglect to hit Brentford astatine nan Etihad tonight, it’ll beryllium each complete barroom nan tweeting.
Though City are beardown favourites, they will beryllium wary of an impressive, overachieving opponent. Brentford mightiness beryllium nan only regular Premier League squad who person ne'er suffered a pasting astatine nan hands of Pep Guardiola – nary of their defeats person been by much than 2 goals.
Goal quality could still determine nan title, truthful City would emotion to alteration chat tonight. But nan astir important thing, by far, is that they don’t gaffe up again.
Kick disconnected 5.30pm.
