On Sunday, the last two matches of the 24th round of the English Premier League were played.
The penultimate match took place at the Etihad Stadium, where Manchester City clashed with Swansea. Gabriel Jesus's brace led the "Cityzens" to a dramatically fought victory against the "Swans".
From the start of the match, Pep Guardiola's players demonstrated a high level of play. The pressure from the "Cityzens" was felt in the opponents' half from the first minute to the last minute of the game.
In the 11th minute, the hosts scored the first goal when 19-year-old "Man City" newcomer from Brazil Gabriel Jesus found himself with the ball in the opponent's penalty area and beat the opponent's goalkeeper with a precise strike.
Throughout the rest of the match, "Man City" created many dangerous opportunities, but all the hard work was erased in the 81st minute by Gylfi Sigurdsson - the Icelandic player sent the ball into the "Man City" goal with a cunning shot and equalized the score.
The "Cityzens" had nowhere to retreat, so only the central defenders did not play in attack, while all others actively pressed the "Swans". In the 92nd minute, the high pressure paid off - G. Jesus scored with a second attempt, beating Lukasz Fabianski and securing a crucial victory for his team.
After the victory, "Man City" rose to third place, leaving "Arsenal" and "Liverpool" behind. The gap from the leaders is still significant - 9 points.
At 18:00 local time, in the last round match, "Leicester City" faced "Manchester United". The "Red Devils" defeated the country's champions 3-0 without much difficulty, who suffered their fourth consecutive defeat.
In the 42nd minute, after an impressive raid, Henrikh Mkhitaryan put the visitors ahead. "The Foxes" completely collapsed at the end of the first half - Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the second goal after a great pass from Antonio Valencia.
The final point was set in the 49th minute when Juan Mata scored after a great attack, beating Kasper Schmeichel and ending the match with a score of 3-0.
"Man Utd" have 45 points and reduced the gap from fourth-placed "Arsenal" to two points. "Leicester", it seems, will have to fight hard for survival in the league this season - they are only two points away from the last place.
Results:
"Man City" 2 - 1 "Swansea" 11' [1 - 0] G. Jesus 81' [1 - 1] G. Sigurdsson 90+2' [2 - 1] G. Jesus
"Leicester" 0 - 3 "Man Utd" 42' [0 - 1] H. Mkhitaryan 44' [0 - 2] Z. Ibrahimovic 49' [0 - 3] J. Mata
League table:
