With Julián Álvarez starting, Manchester City, leaders of the English Premier League despite having a game to spare, are beating Leeds United 2-0 in a match corresponding to the 35th round of the tournament. The two goals were converted by German Ilkay Gündogan. It broadcasts ESPN.
Josep Guardiola’s squad lead the tournament on 79 points, followed by Arsenal on 78, with the exception that City have a match pending at round 32 with Brighton & Hove Albion as visitors to be played on 24 May .
City beat West Ham United 3-0 in one of their pending fixtures on Wednesday to go top, relegated Arsenal, so the Premier League crown rests with them.
Furthermore, the Manchester team is still competing in the Champions League, a tournament that could never be achieved. They will visit Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday in the first leg of one of the semi-finals of the continental tournament.
For their part, Leeds United are on the other side of their rival this Saturday: they have lost four of their last five games, are 17th and are out of the relegation places only because they have a better goal difference than Nottingham Forest. On Wednesday, three days after the Bournemouth defeat, the management sacked Spanish manager Javi Gracia and replaced him with Sam Allardyce.
Source: Clarin
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