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\nLONDON
\nManchester City\u2019s march to the Premier League title stalled on Saturday as 10-man Leeds beat the runaway leaders 2-1, while Liverpool climbed into fourth place after Trent Alexander-Arnold\u2019s late strike sealed a 2-1 win against Aston Villa.
\nCity are counting down to their third title in four seasons, but Stuart Dallas\u2019 stoppage-time strike leaves them still needing 11 points from their last six games to clinch the crown.
\nTheir first defeat in seven matches in all competitions came after Pep Guardiola made seven changes following their midweek Champions League quarter-final first-leg win over Borussia Dortmund.
\nWith Kevin De Bruyne on the bench at the Etihad Stadium, City were blow their best against lively Leeds and now turn their attention to cup competitions next week.
\nThey have a 2-1 lead to defend in the second leg at Dortmund on Wednesday before Saturday\u2019s FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea at Wembley.
\n\u201cWe did not create enough for the forwards. It is part of the game,\u201d Guardiola said. \u201cWhen they defend in the way they were you have to stop them running and we did not do that.\u201d
\nLeeds took the lead against the run of play three minutes before half-time.
\nHelder Costa broke down the left and passed inside to Patrick Bamford.
\nNorthern Ireland midfielder Dallas took Bamford\u2019s lay-off on the edge of the area and hit a firm low shot that left Ederson rooted to the spot as it rebounded in off the post.
\nMoments later, Leeds defender Liam Cooper was dismissed for a foul on Gabriel Jesus.
\nReferee Andre Marriner initially booked Cooper after he caught the Brazilian on the knee, but changed his decision to a red card after reviewing the incident on the pitchside monitor.
\nCity equalised in the 76th minute when Bernardo Silva flicked the ball into the path of Ferran Torres and the Spaniard clipped his shot past Illan Meslier.
\nBut in the first minute of stoppage time, City were caught by brilliant Leeds counter.
\nDallas raced onto a fine through ball from Ezgjan Alioski and guided a cool finish past Ederson.
\nIt was Leeds\u2019 first victory against one of the Premier League\u2019s \u2018big six\u2019 clubs since their promotion last season.
\nLiverpool are desperately trying to salvage their troubled campaign by qualifying for next season\u2019s Champions League via a top-four finish.
\nBeaten 3-1 by Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday, Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side knocked West Ham out of fourth place in the most dramatic fashion at Anfield.
\nLiverpool had lost their previous six home league matches, but Alexander-Arnold clinched their first success in front of the Kop since December as the Reds avenged their humiliating 7-2 defeat at Villa in October.
\nVilla striker Ollie Watkins scored a hat-trick in that rout and he was back on the scoresheet after 43 minutes.
\nTaking a touch from John McGinn\u2019s pass into the Liverpool area, Watkins hit a low shot that squirmed under Alisson Becker\u2019s weak attempted save.
\nLiverpool were denied an equaliser moments later when Roberto Firmino\u2019s close-range finish was chalked off by VAR for an extremely tight offside call against Diogo Jota in the build-up.
\nBut Mohamed Salah levelled in the 57th minute with a close-range header after Andrew Robertson\u2019s shot was parried into his path by Emiliano Martinez.
\nVilla winger Trezeguet hit the post in the second half, but Alexander-Arnold won it in added time when the right-back blasted home from the edge of the area.
\nIn Saturday\u2019s late game, sixth-placed Chelsea will move above Liverpool into fourth place if they beat Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
\nMeanwhile, Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traore struck deep into stoppage time to give his side a 1-0 win at Fulham that leaves the Londoners languishing in the bottom three of the Premier League with six games left to play.
\nWith the players wearing black armbands and two minutes of silence observed to mark the passing of Prince Philip, the first decent chance fell to Fulham midway through the first half as Ruben Loftus-Cheek headed just wide.
\nWolves had a goal ruled out on the stroke of halftime by VAR when Daniel Podence was judged to have been offside before he crossed for Willian Jose to send a powerful header past Alphonse Areola.
\nThe home side pressed forward in the second half but it was Traore who came up trumps, breaking away late and blasting the ball home to leave Fulham in 18th place in the table with 26 points, three behind 17th-placed Newcastle United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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