Kane haunts City as Liverpool close in – 5 things we learned in Premier League

Harry Kane and Tottenham blew the title race wide open as Manchester City lost in the Premier League for the first time since October.

Liverpool took advantage of City’s slip as Mohamed Salah claimed his 150th goal for the Reds, while Manchester United ended a 10-month wait to score from a corner.

Here, the PA news agency takes a look at some of the main talking points from the latest round of fixtures.

Harry Kane topped Manchester City’s summer shopping list, Pep Guardiola saw the England captain as the final piece in his City jigsaw and Kane was keen to join the league champions. But the planned move never materialised, and Kane finally arrived at the Etihad Stadium to dent City’s title hopes. Striker Kane made one and scored two, his second coming in the final seconds of stoppage time to snatch a 3-2 win as he and Son Heung-min moved level with former Chelsea pair Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard on the list of most Premier League goal combinations (36).

The common consensus was that City had one hand on the Premier League trophy after 14 wins from 15 games and facing a Spurs side on a three-match losing streak. But Liverpool have refused to go away and Jurgen Klopp’s men reduced the gap to six points by recovering from a goal down to beat Norwich 3-1. Liverpool also have a game in hand and have now won eight consecutive games. Mohamed Salah – who became the second fastest player to 150 Liverpool goals – Sadio Mane and new boy Luis Diaz all scored on Saturday, and the Reds’ trip to the Etihad Stadium on April 9 is looking increasingly important.

No Manchester United fan would have been excited by the sight of Luke Shaw trotting over to take a corner at Elland Road on Sunday. After all, United had not scored once from