City extends lead after Liverpool draw

AFPManchester City’s Vincent Kompany headed home a David Silva corner against Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday.

  Manchester City went five points clear at the top of the English Premier League table after a 1-1 draw away to Liverpool on Sunday.City grabbed the lead after the half hour mark when captain Vincent Kompany glanced in a header from a David Silva corner. But just two minutes later Liverpool was level when Kompany's clearance from the edge of the area found Dirk Kuyt and the Dutchman laid the ball into the path of the advancing Charlie Adam.The Scotland international didn't strike the ball cleanly but his shot took a huge deflection off City defender Joleon Lescott for an own-goal that left England goalkeeper Joe Hart wrong-footed.City was reduced to 10 men with eight minutes left when striker Mario Balotelli was sent off for a second bookable offence.Both sides had chances in the second half but neither could force a winner and in stoppage time Hart saved Liverpool substitute striker Andy Carroll's goalbound header.This result left City five points in front of local rival Manchester United after the reigning champion was held to a 1-1 draw by Newcastle on Saturday.However, the City match was overshadowed by the announcement earlier in the day of the death of Wales manager Gary Speed at the age of 42.

The results:Liverpool 1 (Lescott 33-og) drew with Manchester City 1 (Kompany 31); Swansea 0 drew with Aston Villa 0
Saturday:Arsenal 1 (Vermaelen 82) drew with Fulham 1 (Vermaelen 65-og).
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