Sergio Aguero's second-half goal earned Manchester City a hard-fought 1-0 win over 10-man Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium. Unite...
Sergio Aguero's second-half goal earned Manchester City a hard-fought 1-0 win over 10-man Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium.
United were reduced to 10 men late on in the first half when Chris Smalling was sent off for two bookable offences in the space of eight minutes.
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| Smalling stupidly blocks Hart from clearing the ball quickly |
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| And then gets his second after lounging into Milner |
After seeing three penalty claims turned down Aguero grabbed the crucial breakthrough for Manchester City just past the hour mark with a fine finish
United threw everything at City in the closing stages with Angel di Maria seeing a shot superbly saved by Joe Hart and Marouane Fellaini wasting a good opening as the home side were forced to hang on against the 10 men of United
Harry Kane scored a deflected 90th-minute free-kick as Tottenham came from behind to return to winning ways in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa, who had Christian Benteke sent off.
Belgium striker Benteke was dismissed after 65 minutes at Villa Park following a skirmish with young Spurs midfielder Ryan Mason ahead of Nacer Chadli firing in his fifth league goal of the season in the 84th minute which looked like snatching a point for the visitors.
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| Benteke apparently slapped Spurs midfielder Mason |
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| ......and got sent off |
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| Kane bends in a deflected shot to grab the winner |
But Kane's deadball effort was then deflected by Nathan Baker's head past his own
goalkeeper Brad Guzan to lift the north Londoners up to eighth in the table and stretch Villa's run of league defeats to six
