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Pep Guardiola vowed to continue Manchester City‘s title push for years to come after moving four points clear of Liverpool with a Raheem Sterling-inspired win kicked off in controversial fashion against Watford. The reigning champions laid down the gauntlet to Jurgen Klopp’s Reds on Saturday evening as their in-form forward netted a second-half hat-trick in just 13 minutes 12 seconds.

Doubles for Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino sealed a Liverpool comeback win that put them a point behind leaders Manchester City. Relegation-battling Burnley took a controversial sixth-minute lead with Ashley Westwood’s first goal in three years. As the midfielder curled in directly from a corner, Alisson was sandwiched by Jack Cork and James Tarkowski, who seemed to lean down on the Reds keeper to avoid him rising to reach the ball. Alisson was booked for his vehement protests.

Sadio Mane Through wind, rain, sleet plus a fortuitous opener for Burnley, Liverpool recovered from a goal down to move back to within a point of Premier League leaders Manchester City with a 4-2 win on Sunday. Ashley Westwood stunned the Anfield crowd when his corner, with assistance from some slack officiating and the gusty conditions, curled straight in to give Burnley a sixth-minute lead.