Premier League: Liverpool rise 13 points clear; Manchester City go fourth

London: Leaders Liverpool continued their relentless march towards the Premier League title with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United on Wednesday, moving 13 points clear thanks to goals in each half from Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.

Arne Slot's men extended their gaping lead over second-placed Arsenal, who have a game in hand. Newcastle slipped one spot to sixth, three points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.

Szoboszlai struck in the 11th minute when Luis Diaz worked the ball down the left before cutting it back for the unmarked Hungarian, who Newcastle's Sandro Tonali had allowed to dart away into space.

The midfielder fired home a close-range shot that sailed through two sets of legs and past goalkeeper Nick Pope.

Newcastle were better after the break, but Mac Allister doubled the home side's lead in the 63rd minute, when Mohamed Salah cut the ball back for the Argentinian, who punished the visitors for their sloppy defending with a blistering shot into the top corner.

Manchester City's Erling Haaland became the second player to score at least 20 goals in each of his first three Premier League seasons, scoring the winner as the champions won 1-0 at Tottenham Hotspur to return to the top four.

Haaland, back after missing Sunday's 2-0 home defeat by Liverpool because of injury, turned in Jeremy Doku's low cross in the 12th minute to put Pep Guardiola's side ahead.

The Norwegian could have added to his tally as City dominated the opening period with home keeper Guglielmo Vicario making good saves from him and Doku while Savinho put a great chance over the crossbar.

City's profligacy almost proved costly as Tottenham dominated the second half with Wilson Odobert and Mathys Tel squandering chances and Son Heung-min denied by Ederson after coming off the bench.

Victory lifted City to fourth on 47 points from 27 games while Tottenham are 13th on 33.

Arsenal’s faint title hopes dimmed even further after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Nottingham Forest despite dominating Wednesday's encounter at the City Ground between the second and third-placed teams.

Harry Maguire's header earned 10-man Manchester United a 3-2 victory over Ipswich Town, a vital victory that pulled Ruben Amorim's struggling side clear of the Premier League relegation zone.

Jake O’Brien scored his first goal for Everton as the Merseyside club came from behind to draw 1-1 at Brentford and stretch their unbeaten run in the Premier League under returning manager David Moyes to seven games. Agencies.

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