Man City loses ground to Liverpool after shock Wolves loss

CHAMPION Manchester City has lost more ground on English Premier League leader Liverpool after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat at home to Wolves.

Adama Traore struck both goals late in Sunday’s match to leave City still second, but eight points behind Liverpool going into the international break. Arsenal is a point behind City in third after a 1-0 win over Bournemouth, while Chelsea won 4-1 at Southampton to move up to fifth, a further point back.

And there is more pressure on Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after a 1-0 loss at Newcastle left his side in 12th place.

“We did not make good process, we had problems in that sense,” City coach Pep Guardiola said.

“We are a team that plays a specific way but it is a bad day, that happens sometimes.

“When you win games, you think about the other one. Now we have the international break, then can come back and go to the other games.”

David Luiz scored the only goal after nine minutes as Arsenal moved up to third thanks to a hard-fought win over Bournemouth.

Chelsea is on its heels in fifth after a win at Southampton, with Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount, N’Golo Kante and Michy Batshuayi scoring.

Matty Longstaff scored on his debut as Newcastle beat Manchester United to move out of the bottom three.

The 19-year-old fired the only goal from long range 18 minutes from time to lift Newcastle, managed by United great Steve Bruce, to 16th. Manchester United is five points off fourth-placed Leicester but only two above the relegation zone.

“We’ll have these days, we have these downs,” Solskjaer said. “It’s disappointing but we’ll keep on working and we know where we want to get to.”

United goalkeeper David De Gea apologised to supporters after the loss.