NECK TO NECK RACE : Man City take Premier League lead from Liverpool again

Manchester City watched Liverpool take top spot in the Premier League table on Tuesday night and then promptly claimed it back.

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 four weeks will not be straightforward.

City won 3-0 but during a goalless first half the fans inside the Etihad Stadium grew gradually more anxious.

It wasn’t until Phil Foden scored the second with 25 minutes to go that the tension began to dissipate. When Bernardo Silva scored the third on 82 minutes, the home supporters finally got up the courage to chant “champions, champions, champions.”