City surge, Arsenal slip and Estevão shines

MANCHESTER City made a significant statement in the English Premier League title race, beating troubled champions Liverpool to take advantage of a stumble by leaders Arsenal.

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Emerging teenage star Estevao Willian had the antidote to Chelsea's anxiety as the Blues bolstered their own title ambitions. Here, we look at three talking points from the weekend’s action:

Dazzling Doku clicks for City

Liverpool’s Conor Bradley locked down the threat of one of the world’s best in Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior in midweek, but the right-back had no answer for a sublime display from Manchester City winger Jérémy Doku.

The Belgian winger has shown signs of finally adding end product to his pace and trickery this season and produced arguably the best performance of his three seasons with City to inspire a vital 3-0 win over the Reds on Sunday. After shining in the Uefa Champions League against Real, Bradley was torn to shreds by Doku, who set the tone by winning an early penalty.

Even though that was missed by Erling Haaland, City were not stopped for long as the Norway striker and Nico Gonzalez netted before halftime in Pep Guardiola’s 1 000th match in management.