The Premier League is back up this weekend, and the next biggest attraction is the title race between Manchester City and Liverpool. Liverpool and Manchester City play on the same matchday, which is related to participating in the Champions League knockout rounds next week, both teams want to win the Premier League and the Champions League, so the competition will be very fierce.
In the 30th round of the Premier League, Liverpool took the lead, relying on the joint goals of Jota and Fabinho to win Watford 2-0, accumulating 72 points and reaching the top of the table, which is Liverpool's second time to reach the top after December last year, and also put a lot of pressure on defending champions Manchester City.
City played 2.5 hours late, away to Burnley. City led Liverpool by more than double digits in the previous two months and now have just one point left and Guardiola is starting to face Klopp's push.
Against Burnley, City made a fantastic start less than five minutes into the opening, Rodri picked out a pass from the sidelines, Sterling knocked directly into the box, and De Bruyne volleyed into the net to help the Blue Moon take a 1-0 lead.
This goal is De Bruyne's 10th Premier League goal this season, the second single season of his career to score in double figures, and he also became the first midfielder to score 10+ goals in the Premier League this season.
In the 25th minute, Sterling and De Bruyne played a two-on-one combination, Sterling inverted the triangle into the box, Gundogan followed up with a push to break the goal, to help Manchester City 2-0 to extend the score.
Gundogan scored his 34th career Premier League goal, becoming the German player with the most goals in Premier League history.
In the end, Manchester City won the game 2-0, statistics, blue moons created 76% of the possession rate, comprehensively suppressed Burnley, and completed 18 shots, Burnley only 5 feet, the corner is 8-1 far ahead.
The victory was City's 10th consecutive victory over Burnley in all competitions, during which they scored 34 goals and conceded only one. In addition, Manchester City have won all 23 games in the Premier League this season, and no team in the history of the Premier League has never lost a point while leading.
Manchester City value points more than records. After the win, Manchester City reached 73 points, surpassing Liverpool to regain the first place in the Premier League, allowing Liverpool to experience only the top 2 and a half hours.
In the next round of the league, Manchester City and Liverpool will face each other directly, which will affect the next trend of the title race, since Guardiola took charge of the team, Manchester City has won 3 Premier League titles in the past 4 seasons, and this season will win the title again, which will be the fourth title in 5 years.