Manchester City temporarily regained the top of the Premier League thanks to their 2-1 win Saturday against Swansea (15th) at the 16th day of the Premier League.
The group led by the Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini took the lead through Ivory Coast striker Wilfried Bony (26), who headed in a corner. However, the Frenchman of Congolese origin Bafétimbi Gomis seemed to take the final tie to scoring with a powerful header (90).
It was then that appeared already in stoppage time left leg of another African, fellow Ivorian Yaya Toure, who took a left-footed shot from inside the area that played enough in the young up front Nigerian Kelechi Iheanacho, who had jumped the field 84 minutes into the game and took an impossible path for the visitors.
- "Three very important points" -
At times the Swansea cornered the Citizens forcing several interventions worthwhile international goalkeeper Joe Hart.
The whole of Manchester is showing irregular in the Premier League, and does not offer the flashy game that characterized the Chilean Manuel Pellegrini team in previous seasons, something the coach blamed the casualties, as the Argentine striker Sergio Aguero or the Belgian Vincent Kompany.
"The Swansea played very well, and is not the way we want to win. Now we have a week to recover, we played too many games with 13 or 14 players," said the coach.
"I knew it would be difficult, because we had three or four players who could not recover," he added stressing the lower of its staff.
"I think the three points are very important, but the way we played," the former Real Madrid coach consoled.
A victory for Manchester United, facing the Bournemouth Saturday or Arsenal three points on their visit to bottom club Aston Villa snatch back the first position to City, which for the moment equals 32 points with Leicester, which Chelsea receives on Monday.
In the 'Foxes' could serve a draw to stand again as leaders based on other results.
After an unexpected defeat in the last round against Stoke City after a poor game, the Citizens, who continue to be without the injured Sergio Aguero, seem to have regained the tone with Mönchengalbach victory against Borussia in Champions League and against Swansea in the English championship.
Swansea, whose coach Garry Monk was dismissed this week, and was led on an interim basis by Alan Curtis and Wales again with another defeat, which is the fifth in the last six games.
- Results of the 16th round of the English Premier League:
- Saturday:
Norwich City - Everton 1-1
Sunderland - Watford 0-1
Manchester City - Swansea City 2-1
West Ham - Stoke City 0-0
Crystal Palace - Southampton 1-0
AFC Bournemouth - Manchester United 2-1
- Sunday:
(13h30 GMT) Aston Villa - Arsenal
(16h00 GMT) Tottenham - Newcastle
Liverpool - West Bromwich
- Monday:
(20h00 GMT) Leicester - Chelsea
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