City, Reds draw – Leicester top

MANCHESTER City’s Kevin De Bruyne missed a potential matchwinning penalty as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Liverpool in the Premier League last night.

Liverpool took the lead in the 13th minute when Sadio Mane turned sharply in the box and went down after contact from

Kyle Walker and Mohamed Salah converted the spot kick.

An even better turn produced City’s equaliser in the 31st minute when De Bruyne found Gabriel

Jesus in the box and the Brazilian’s superb twist set him free of Trent Alexander-Arnold and earned him just enough space to poke past Alisson.

City then wasted an opportunity to take the lead three minutes before the interval when De Bruyne missed a penalty awarded after his cross struck the arm of Joe Gomez and referee Craig Pawson gave the spot-kick after checking the pitchside monitor.

Yet the excitement of the opening 45 minutes was not replicated after the break as City gained greater control but struggled to create real openings.

Ederson did well to save from Diogo Jota at the near post and at the other end Jesus was off-target after being found unmarked in the box by Joao Cancelo.

Liverpool are third on 17 points after eight games with 11th-placed City on 12 points, having played a game fewer.

Leicester City went top with a tense 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers as striker Jamie Vardy scored one penalty and had another saved.

Vardy made no mistake with his first spot-kick in the 15th minute after Wolves were penalised for handball, but just before half-time he struck his second straight down the middle and into the legs of goalkeeper Rui Patricio after Rayan Ait Nouri brought down James Justin.

There were late chances for both sides as Leicester goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel pulled off a stunning save to deny Ruben Neves and Harvey Barnes blazed a late deflected shot over the bar at the other end.

Leicester climbed to the top of the table with 18 points from eight games, one ahead of Tottenham Hotspur.

Earlier, Tottenham striker Harry Kane chalked off yet another milestone as his 150th Premier League goal earned his side a 1-0 win at struggling West Bromwich Albion to send them top.

It looked as though West Brom had successfully stifled Tottenham’s formidable front trio of Kane, Gareth Bale and Son Heung-min, starting together in the league for the first time, but Kane headed home in the 88th minute.

Spurs moved top temporarily with 17 points from eight gamees, while winless West Brom remained third bottom in the standings.