LONDRES (Reuters) - The two Manchester, that the title of champion of England looks set this season have responded Sunday by giving away their place Liverpool and Arsenal, two clubs once again become a powerful little ordinaires.
The first to enter the arena were the Red Devils leaders, who after a few scares, had reason to Liverpool at Old Trafford (2-1) .
Under pressure by the United victory that temporarily relegated to ten points, Citizens reacted with panache by signing a marked success on the pitch at Arsenal (2-0), the first championship in 38 ans.
the evening of the 22nd day of the championship, United remains in the lead with 55 points. The Citizens are second with 48 points while the third, Chelsea, is lifted (41) .
At Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson's men have overcome Liverpool thanks to Robin van Persie and Patrice Evra, who literally overshadowed Luis Suarez.
Dutch international opened the scoring in the 19th minute with an assist from French and Nemanja Vidic doubled the lead early in the second period by deflecting slightly a head of the former captain of the Blue (54th) .< / p>
Just three minutes later, striker Daniel Sturridge Reds cut mark (57th) and plunged Old Trafford in a state of nervousness that the stage was issued only whistle final.
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At the end of the meeting, Danny Welbeck, man of the match, praised the performance of Robin van Persie through which United took some dimension since his arrival this été.
"There is a class above the others. He does things in a game that others can not do and we are happy to have in our team," said Red Devils striker in the microwave of Sky.
"We had a game plan that worked perfectly in the first half. Liverpool was a bit more present in the second period but we won the three points with character," he ajouté.
At the Emirates Stadium, the expulsion of Laurent Koscielny after only ten minutes put Manchester City in the best to break his dismal record against Arsenal.
Althoughpenalty awarded after the fault of the French international was missed by Edin Dzeko, James Milner repaired this error only eleven minutes later by opening the scoring following a quickly taken free kick (21 ') .
A half-hour, Dzeko has overshadowed his previous failure by doubling up through an opportunistic investment that allowed him to regain the ball almost repelled by goalkeeper Arsenal (32e) .
After this first half-packed, the intensity has fallen and, apart from the removal of severe Mancunian defender Vincent Kompany in the 75th minute, the second period proved no real intérêt.
Olivier Guillemain for the French service, edited by Gregory Blachier
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