LONDON, Nov 29 : Manchester City's Phil Foden scored in the first and 91st minutes as the hosts withstood a stirring Leeds United fightback to win 3-2 and close the gap on Premier League leaders Arsenal to four points and Sunderland also won a five-goal thriller against Bournemouth to move fourth on Saturday.
Newcastle United produced arguably their best performance of the season to win 4-1 at Everton, while Igor Thiago scored two goals as Brentford beat Burnley 3-1 at home.
Tottenham Hotspur's woeful home form continued as they went down 2-1 to Fulham - their 10th Premier League defeat in their stadium in the calendar year matching a club record.
The momentum City were beginning to build was halted by last weekend's league defeat at Newcastle and then a home loss to Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, but they looked back on course as goals by Foden and Josko Gvardiol put them in charge in the opening 25 minutes at The Etihad.
Foden struck from a Matheus Nunes cross to catch Leeds cold and Gvardiol rewarded their domination when he poked home a point-blank effort from a corner.
City were unrecognisable in the second half though as Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin pulled a goal back in the 50th before Lukas Nmecha levelled from a rebound after his penalty, awarded for a foul by Gvardiol on Calvert-Lewin, was saved.
Pep Guardiola's City side finally roused themselves and as they piled on some late pressure Foden found space in the box to fire in the winner and send the home fans into raptures.
Victory put City on 25 points from 13 games, with Arsenal on 29 before they visit third-placed Chelsea, with 23, on Sunday.
"In the end we were able to close it and get the three points and after two defeats it's massively important
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