Man City back on track with win over Wolves, West Ham continue revival

LONDON, Jan 24 : Manchester City returned to winning ways with a 2-0 defeat of bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers moving them four points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday, while at the other end of the table West Ham United continued their revival.

City manager Pep Guardiola left leading scorer Erling Haaland out of the starting line-up but they got their first league win in nearly a month thanks to goals by Omar Marmoush and new signing Antoine Semenyo.

Arsenal, who host fifth-placed Manchester United on Sunday, have 50 points with City on 46 having played a game more.

West Ham beat Sunderland 3-1 for a second successive league win, with captain Jarrod Bowen setting a club record with an assist and a goal in the win at the London Stadium.

They remain third from bottom but have closed the gap on 17th-placed Nottingham Forest to two points ahead of Forest's Sunday game at Brentford.

Second-from-bottom Burnley drew a third successive Premier League game as Cristian Romero's late equaliser for Tottenham Hotspur in a 2-2 draw denied them a precious victory.

Fulham moved up to seventh in the table as they came from a goal down to beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 - Harry Wilson scoring with a brilliant late free kick at Craven Cottage.

Yasin Ayari had put Brighton in front in the first half but substitute Samuel Chukwueze equalised.

City went into their clash with improving Wolves on a barren run of three draws and one defeat from their previous four league games and with this week's 3-1 defeat at Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League still fresh in their minds.

Their slump has allowed Arsenal to forge clear at the top and has coincided with Haaland's loss of form with the Norwegian scoring only once in his last eight