City's title hopes take a big knock despite late draw with Sunderland
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April 1, 2012, Sunday
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MANCHESTER City salvaged a point with two late goals to draw 3-3 with Sunderland yesterday but the result helped tip the balance in the English Premier League title race more in Manchester United's favor.
Sunderland ended City's perfect home record with two goals from Sebastian Larsson and one from Niklas Bendtner halting its run of 15 straight home league wins this season.
The visitors led 3-1 with five minutes to play before Mario Balotelli, who also scored a first-half penalty, pulled one back after 85 minutes and Aleksandar Kolarov saved a point a minute later.
United, which was playing Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford tomorrow, leads the standing with 73 points, City is second on 71.
Lowly Queens Park Rangers ended Arsenal's seven-match winning league run with a 2-1 victory at Loftus Road where Adel Taarabt put QPR ahead before Theo Walcott equalized for the visitors. Samba Diakite scored QPR's second-half winner, leaving Arsenal third in the table on 58 points.
Chelsea let a 2-0 lead slip at Aston Villa which fought back to 2-2 with only 13 minutes to play before the visitors won 4-2 to move within two points of fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur which was playing Swansea City today.
James Collins and Eric Lichaj hit back for Villa after Dean Sturridge and Branislav Ivanovic scored for Chelsea which recovered to win with late goals from Ivanovic and Fernando Torres.
Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov was given a minute's applause by fans having said soccer would have to "take a back seat" after being diagnosed with acute leukemia.
The applause began in the 19th minute at Villa Park - to match Petrov's shirt number - while the 32-year-old Bulgarian international watched the match with his family from the directors' box. He is due to start treatment for the illness tomorrow.
Chelsea players wore T-shirts during their warm-up with Petrov's name and number on the back and with the message: "Our thoughts are with you" on the front. Villa's players had the words "Support Stan" on theirs.
Petrov, capped 105 times for Bulgaria, issued a statement saying he would take inspiration from Bolton Wanderers' midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who is recovering after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match two weeks ago. "I saw the picture released yesterday by Fabrice Muamba, my fellow player, and it has inspired me as has all of the support in the past 24 hours," Petrov said.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are six points adrift at the bottom on 22 points after losing 2-3 at home to Bolton Wanderers who moved on to 28 points. They have the same as QPR and Wigan Athletic, which beat Stoke City 2-0.
Sunderland ended City's perfect home record with two goals from Sebastian Larsson and one from Niklas Bendtner halting its run of 15 straight home league wins this season.
The visitors led 3-1 with five minutes to play before Mario Balotelli, who also scored a first-half penalty, pulled one back after 85 minutes and Aleksandar Kolarov saved a point a minute later.
United, which was playing Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford tomorrow, leads the standing with 73 points, City is second on 71.
Lowly Queens Park Rangers ended Arsenal's seven-match winning league run with a 2-1 victory at Loftus Road where Adel Taarabt put QPR ahead before Theo Walcott equalized for the visitors. Samba Diakite scored QPR's second-half winner, leaving Arsenal third in the table on 58 points.
Chelsea let a 2-0 lead slip at Aston Villa which fought back to 2-2 with only 13 minutes to play before the visitors won 4-2 to move within two points of fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur which was playing Swansea City today.
James Collins and Eric Lichaj hit back for Villa after Dean Sturridge and Branislav Ivanovic scored for Chelsea which recovered to win with late goals from Ivanovic and Fernando Torres.
Villa captain Stiliyan Petrov was given a minute's applause by fans having said soccer would have to "take a back seat" after being diagnosed with acute leukemia.
The applause began in the 19th minute at Villa Park - to match Petrov's shirt number - while the 32-year-old Bulgarian international watched the match with his family from the directors' box. He is due to start treatment for the illness tomorrow.
Chelsea players wore T-shirts during their warm-up with Petrov's name and number on the back and with the message: "Our thoughts are with you" on the front. Villa's players had the words "Support Stan" on theirs.
Petrov, capped 105 times for Bulgaria, issued a statement saying he would take inspiration from Bolton Wanderers' midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who is recovering after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match two weeks ago. "I saw the picture released yesterday by Fabrice Muamba, my fellow player, and it has inspired me as has all of the support in the past 24 hours," Petrov said.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are six points adrift at the bottom on 22 points after losing 2-3 at home to Bolton Wanderers who moved on to 28 points. They have the same as QPR and Wigan Athletic, which beat Stoke City 2-0.
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