{"id":1552,"date":"2024-02-11T01:15:20","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=1552"},"modified":"2024-02-11T01:15:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T01:15:20","slug":"haaland-and-de-bruyne-back-in-tandem-as-man-city-keeps-pressure-on-liverpool-in-epl-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=1552","title":{"rendered":"Haaland and De Bruyne back in tandem as Man City keeps pressure on Liverpool in EPL title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Watch out, Premier League. The competition&#8217;s most lethal attacking combination is back in tandem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Erling Haaland and Kevin De Bruyne \u2014 both recently back from long injury absences \u2014 linked up for the clinching goal in Manchester City&#8217;s 2-0 win over Everton on Saturday in what will be a worrying sight for the defending champions&#8217; rivals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad><i><strong>[Erling Haaland&#8217;s double leads Man City to sixth straight victory in Premier League]<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Liverpool remained in first place after a 3-1 victory over Burnley, but City is ominously placed on the leader&#8217;s shoulder, two points behind with a game in hand, and with its superstar attackers back in the groove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Make it 12 times that De Bruyne has set up Haaland for a goal since they started playing together at the beginning of last season following the striker&#8217;s move to England. No other Premier League partnership has delivered that many goals in this period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>And there was something so familiar with the way De Bruyne collected the ball in center-field and slid in Haaland, who bundled his marker off the ball and opened his body to steer home a finish in the 85th minute. It was Haaland&#8217;s second of the game, after breaking Everton&#8217;s stubborn resistance in the 71st by pouncing on a loose ball following a corner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>City has won six games in a row in the league, and 10 straight in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Still, Liverpool is holding strong at the top, with Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez \u2014 the starting front three while\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Mohamed Salah is out injured \u2014 all scoring at Anfield. Vincent Kompany, the Man City great in charge of Burnley, couldn&#8217;t do his old club a favor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Liverpool bounced back from only its second league loss this season, at Arsenal last weekend, though there might be concerns over the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold after he came off at halftime, when the score was 1-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad>Son Heung-min marked his return from Asian Cup duty with South Korea by setting up Brennan Johnson for the stoppage-time winner as Tottenham beat Brighton 2-1. In other results, Fulham beat Bournemouth 3-1, Ivan Toney scored again as Brentford won 2-0 at Wolverhampton and last-place Sheffield United won for just the third time this season, 3-1 at relegation rival Luton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad><i>Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mg-t-b-20 ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt88 mg-t-b-20 article-content\" data-v-253f0cad><i><strong>[Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? <\/strong><\/i><i><strong>Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily<\/strong><\/i><i><strong>.]<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch out, Premier League. The competition&#8217;s most lethal attacking combination is back in tandem. 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