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By Lori Ewing
MANCHESTER, England, Nov 29 : Manchester City's Phil Foden delivered in dramatic fashion by scoring in the first and 91st minutes for a 3-2 win over Leeds United on Saturday in a breathless finish that kept Pep Guardiola's side firmly in the Premier League title race.
The game seemed headed for a draw after second-half goals by Leeds substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha brought the visitors level but seconds into added time Foden found some space in the box and fired home to send the fans into raptures.
The victory left City second on 25 points, four behind Arsenal, who visit third-placed Chelsea (23 points) on Sunday. Leeds remain in the relegation zone in 18th with 11 points.
CITY KEEN TO PUT THINGS RIGHT
Guardiola's men were keen to put things right after two straight losses, including a 2-0 home defeat by Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday, and wasted little time.
Before the game was a minute old, Matheus Nunes worked the ball down the wing and crossed to Foden, whose first-time shot glanced off the underside of the bar and went in past goalkeeper Lucas Perri.
City continued to dominate and Josko Gvardiol doubled their lead in the 25th when he poked home a point-blank effort from a corner when Nico O'Reilly's header fell at the Croat's feet. There was a lengthy VAR check for offside but the goal stood.
City were lackadaisical after the break though and Leeds' Ao Tanaka pounced on a casual attempted clearance to slide the ball to substitute Calvert-Lewin who pulled one back in the 50th minute. The former Everton striker appeared to briefly lose possession in the box but Nunes touched it into his path.
Nmecha equalised in the 68th minute. A
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