City widens gap; Palace climbs out of relegation zone

LONDON: Manchester City emphatically underlined its complete dominance of the Premier League as it beat Tottenham 41 to go 14 points clear at the top of the table.

Ilkay Gundogan put Pep Guardiola’s side ahead with a 14thminute header from a Leroy Sane corner and while Spurs had its moments, City ran away with it in the second half.

Kevin De Bruyne blasted in the second in the 70th minute and five minutes later City missed a penalty when Gabriel Jesus struck the post.

The third came 10 minutes from the end when Raheem Sterling tapped in from close range after a typically devastating City counterattack, and the England forward added a fourth after a mistake from Eric Dier left him to cheekily round Lloris and slot home.

Christian Eriksen scored an injurytime consolation for Spurs with a fine solo effort.

Arsenal moved back into the Premier League’s top four as Crystal Palace climbed out of the relegation places.

Mesut Ozil scored the only goal as Arsenal beat Newcastle to jump up to fourth place, while Palace is now 14th after its 30 win at 10man Leicester.

Arsenal ended a threematch winless run thanks to a brilliant strike from Ozil.

It came in the 23rd minute when Alexis Sanchez’s blocked shot fell to the German, who powered a leftfooted volley past Rob Elliot.

The loss drops Newcastle, which is winless in nine, into the relegation zone.

It replaces Palace, whose first away win of the season vaulted it up the table.

Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha and Bakary Sako scored as the Eagles made it seven straight unbeaten.

Leicester’s Wilfred Ndidi was sent off in the second half after picking up his second yellow card.

Burnley was held to a 00 draw at Brighton but it was enough to lift the Clarets into fifth.

Brighton’s Glenn Murray missed a penalty and Burnley’s James Tarkowski had a header cleared off the line.

Chelsea beat Southampton 10 for its eighth win in 10 league games.

Marcos Alonso’s longdistance free kick was the difference as the Blues pulled level on points with secondplace Manchester United, which plays today.

Both teams had a man dismissed as Huddersfield won 41 at Watford.

Aaron Mooy scored twice for the Terriers and Elias Kachunga and Laurent Depoitre each added a goal.

Watford’s Troy Deeney was shown a red card in the first half and Huddersfield’s Jonathan Hogg was sent off for a second yellow in the 61st minute.

West Ham continued its revival under David Moyes, beating Stoke City 30 to heap more pressure on Mark Hughes.

Secondplaced Manchester United plays today at West Bromwich Albion.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a free kick to break Gremio’s brave resistance and give Real Madrid a 10 victory over the South American champion in the Club World Cup final in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Ronaldo’s 53rdminute strike gave Real its second world title in a row, the third in the past four seasons, and ended Gremio’s hopes of pulling off what would have been a huge upset. — DPA/AP

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