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Manchester City crush Liverpool to mark Guardiola’s 1,000 match

MANCHESTER: Manchester City celebrated Pep Guardiola’s 1,000th game in management with a statement 3-0 win over Liverpool to close to within four points of Premier League leaders Arsenal.Erling Haaland shrugged off missing an early penalty to head in his 99th Premier League goal before Nico Gonzalez’s deflected effort and a wonder strike from Jeremy Doku confirmed City’s status as Arsenal’s major title rivals.Liverpool have now lost five of their last six league games to leave the defending champions down in eighth, eight points off the top.Arsenal’s 10-game winning run came to an end in a 2-2 draw at Sunderland on Saturday and Guardiola’s men took full advantage in the battle of the two sides that have dominated the Premier League over the past decade.“Thank you to the players and staff for giving me that incredible present,” said Guardiola on marking his 1,000th game in style.“I said to the players ‘guys, don’t do it because yesterday Arsenal didn’t win. Let’s do it to believe ourselves’.“We play against the champions of England.

Newcastle’s miserable away form continues with 3-1 loss at Brentford

LONDON: Newcastle United’s miserable away run in the Premier League continued on Sunday with a 3-1 defeat by Brentford after Dan Burn conceded a second-half penalty and was sent off. Igor Thiago made it 2-1 from the spot in the 78th minute, after a 56th-minute Kevin Schade equalizer, as the hosts fought back from going a goal down against the run of play in the 27th at the Gtech Community Stadium. Thiago then grabbed his second, and eighth league goal of the season, in the fifth minute of stoppage time. Burn was sent off in the 73rd for his second yellow for fouling Dango Ouattara and Newcastle replaced concussed goalkeeper Nick Pope with Aaron Ramsdale off the bench in a rash of substitutes once VAR confirmed the penalty. Newcastle have yet to win away in the league this season, losing five and drawing four in the top flight since last April, while faring considerably better at home, in the Champions League and in cup competitions. Sunday was their third straight away defeat in the league while Brentford moved up to 12th. “The Champions League, you have to forget about it to a degree but the Premier League is everything,” manager Eddie Howe said.