Man City Beat Leeds to Put Pressure on Arsenal 

PREMIER LEAGUE 

Manchester City ramped up the pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race by moving to within two points of the summit with a 1-0 win at Leeds.

Antoine Semenyo scored the decisive goal right on the stroke of half-time when finishing off a flowing move.

City looked to be missing the influence of Erling Haaland, who was missing through injury, as Leeds squandered 1.27 worth of expected goals before the break with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Brendan Aaronson particularly wasteful in front of goal.

Leeds will be wondering how they did not score after making a sprightly start and giving City real cause for early concern.

Calvert-Lewin had a golden opportunity inside the opening four minutes, but the Englishman somehow poked wide from eight yards after connecting with Brenden Aaronson’s cross from the right.

The ex-Everton man struck another effort wide from a tricky angle and was unable to add to his 10 league goals this season, as Semenyo’s winner sent the hosts six points clear of the relegation zone.

There was little response from Leeds in the second half though as City showed their ability to grind out results in the run-in once again. Focus now switches to Arsenal today when they host Chelsea. 

Frustrations boiled over at the final whistle for Leeds boss Daniel Farke who was shown a red card after he charged over to the officials in an angry manner.