Manchester City’s Phil Foden delivered in dramatic fashion by scoring in the first and 91st minutes for a dramatic 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 The team is second with 25 points. They are four points behind Arsenal who will visit Chelsea on Sunday (23 points). Leeds remain in the relegation zone in 18th with 11 points.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. The goal was upheld after a long VAR check.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. Nunes touched the ball to the former Everton forward in the box. Nmecha scored in the second half. A penalty was awarded to the visitors for Gvardiol’s tackle on Calvert-Lewin and although Gianluigi Donnarumma saved Nmecha’s initial effort, the forward rushed in to fire the rebound into the empty net.Foden’s late goal came amid a flurry of chances for City The death of the savior“I was so hungry today to play and prove to myself I could still score goals,” Foden said. “I missed a few chances against Newcastle and wanted to put it right.“The title race is never straightforward,” He added. “There’s always ups and downs and periods where you can’t seem to get going and we’ve had that.“The belief and togetherness came through at the end. Hopefully that’s the case today that we can kick on from here.”The win ended a run of two consecutive defeats for City Answered some questions in all the competitions.
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