they dominated early on, and the best chance fell to kevin de bruyne. their early—season form has been enough to convince plenty of their title credentials. after the break, they finally clicked into gear, and with a forward line like this one, they don't need many chances, sadio mane with the opener, city left thinking what should have been. but they did not have to think about it for long, because when foden got his next chance, he made sure of that one. city deservedly level, but often the best of players produce at the biggest of moments, and they don't come much better than mo salah — the best of runs complemented by the neatest of finishes. but city have a good player of their own, and kevin de bruyne did not let them down. what a game and what a title race it looks like we are going to have. lucky in the about half—time, and the second half was what people wanted to say, the beauty of football, both teams not giving up, we should have scored, an incredible block, unbelievable. i we should have scored, an incredible block, unbelievable.— block, un

but city had a good player of the own, and kevin de bruyne did not let them down.nd what a title rice it looks like we are going to have. crystal palace must have thought they were down and out, after going 2—0 down to leicester at half time, in one of the earlier afternoon games. but an inspired fightback saw them level the match — a former foxes player spoiling their celebrations. drew savage reports. crystal palace have turned over something of a new leaf under patrick viera. more expansive football, something for fans of all ages to enjoy. they began well against what they did not find a way past kasper schmeichel, something that his side might come to regret. killerjoe iheanacho 1025 today and gratefully accepted this present from anderson. six minutes later, harvey barnes�* pass eluded anderson, and jamie vardy made a 2—0 to leicester. they usually win premier league games after taking the lead, but vieira had turned to youth, the 19—year—old sub pulled one back in style, and if that was a quick impact, how about this? jeffrey schlupp had been on the pitch fo

they dominated early on, and the best chance fell to kevin de bruyne.ough to convince plenty of their title credentials. after the break, they finally clicked into gear, and with a forward line like this one, they don't need many chances, sadio mane with the opener, city left thinking what should have been.

there would only be one more goal, though, from kevin de bruyne, as city extended their unbeaten league a good 15—20 minutes after the goal and we created chances and after the last 15—20 minutes we lost a little bit of our tempo, but we did really well. we did something and play really, really well in the second half and scored more goals and good results. it is important for what is coming next ahead of us. not such a good afternoon for city's local rivals manchester united, as the pressure continues to mount on manager ole gunnar solskjaer. united lost 4—2 at leicester, despite leading through mason greenwood. youri tielemans equalised before caglar soyuncu put the home side ahead. marcus rashford looked to have snatched a point for united, only forjamie vardy to make it 3—2 just 5a seconds later. patson daka added a fourth in stoppage time to secure leicester's first league win in five attempts. this could have been brilliant for me, so... but we need to turn the screw, and we need to keep that ambition and prove the point that we can be a very good side but we have that mentality a

equalising after 70 minutes, a magnificent solo effort from mo salah put liverpool ahead before kevin de bruynety third. 0n the other english premier league matches, crystal palace fought back from 20 down to get a tude— two draw against leicester city. and there was a 2—1 win for tottenham over aston villa. elsewhere in european football, a weekday of results as the league leaders in spain, france and germany all suffered surprise defeats. in france, psg's100% winning start is over after losing 2-0 at winning start is over after losing 2—0 at rennes, with psg not having a single shot on target despite lionel messi, killeen and batty and name are all starting. real madrid stay level on top of la liga. bayern munich lost 2—0 at home to eintracht frankfurt. in the london marathon joycilinejepkosgei beat her fellow kenyan, making the decisive move at 22 miles, going on to win by 15 seconds. in the men's race, there was the biggest victory of his careerfor was the biggest victory of his career for sisay was the biggest victory of his careerfor sisay lemma. was the biggest victory of his career for

manchester city midfielder kevin de bruyne says he's happy with the club's achievements in his six yearsthem lift the champions league before his time is up. they're third in their group, and they take on second—placed bruges this evening, with de bruyne back in his native belgium for a club fixture for the first time since he left genk for chelsea in 2012. iam i am excited to go back home. 0bviously i am excited to go back home. obviously it's been the first time to play at home except the national team since i left, about ten years ago or something. it is a long time. but obviously, i think people will always set the standard higher and higher and i think because of what we have done in england for the last five or six years, people expect us to win the champions league and that is what we want to do. players who haven't been vaccinatd against covid—19 are unlikely to be allowed to compete at the australian open injanuary. the leader of the state of victoria said they wouldn't get a visa to enter the country — and if they did, they'd probably have to quarantine for a couple of weeks. y

kevin de bruyne got the equaliser for city late on. for brentford and tottenham. in scotland, rangers are top of the premiership after beating hibs 2—1, while glasgow rivals celtic got a late winner against aberdeen. it was level at 84 minutes, but celtic�*sjota put them 2—1 up with a close range finish. that result keeps them sixth, aberdeen are ninth. in the women's super league, struggling manchester city lost to west ham. tottenham beat leicester, while reading lost to everton. manchester united beat second bottom birmingham city. leah galton with the first, ella toone tapped in for the second. now, a horse with odds of 80—1 might not peak your interest, but "torqator tasso" was the shock winner of europe's richest race — the prix de l�*arc de triomphe. with jockey rene piechulek on board, the outsider won the 100th edition of the race. trainer marcel weiss, who takes home more than £2.4 million. there's more on the bbc sport website, including british number two cameron norrie taking on casper ruud in the san diego 0pen final. tha

kevin de bruyne with the second goal at the etihad.ed winners medals to four players who were part of their league title winning squad back in the 1967/68 season. among them was stan horne, meaning he becomes the first black footballer to win the english football league. horne didn't receive one at the time due to the smaller allocation of medals and a different appearance quota to claim one. jurgen klopp says there's nobody playing better in the world right now than mo salah, after he scored another wonder goal in their 5—0 win at watford. roberto firmino hit a hat—trick, but salah got the goal of the game to consign claudio ranieri to a miserable defeat in his first game since taking over as manager at vicarage road. two games today. everton host west ham at 2 o clock then at 4.30 newcastle play theirfirst game since their £305 million takeover by a saudi arabian—backed consortium. they take on spurs at stjames park. newcastle are third from bottom with just three points from seven games so far. it's steve bruce's1000th match in his

winners of this game go top, city very much in the ascendancy so far and the best chance was kevin de bruyneafter coming from behind to beat hibs at ibrox, morrellos with the winner, celtic won their first away win the league since february after a late victory against aberdeen, the visitors took the lead early but aberdeen gave themselves a chance after lewis ferguson equalised without header there after the break, butjust six minutes from time giotto got the winnerfrom minutes from time giotto got the winner from close range minutes from time giotto got the winnerfrom close range to put celtic six points behind their glasgow rivals. in a women's super league manchester city's. to the season continued as they lost at home to west ham, there are away wins to everton and tottenham's women who continued their record with a 2—0 victory at leicester. in the london marathon the women's winner made the decisive move at 22 miles and went on to win by 15 seconds. and in the men's sisay lemma landed his biggest win of his career. and a huge shock in the arc de triomphe as a victory was claimed with a

they dominated early on and the best chance of the first half fell to kevin de bruyne.the break, they finally clicked into gear. and with a forward line like this one, they don't need too many chances. sadio mane with the opener, and city thinking what should have been. but they weren't left to ponder that for too long. because if you give phil foden that much space, he doesn't often miss. city deservedly back level. but that was only the start because often the best players produce the biggest of moments. and they don't come much better than mo salah. the trickiest of runs complemented by the neatest of finishes. but city have one or two big—game players of their own and this time de bruyne didn't let them down. what a game, and what a title race it looks like we're going to have. austin halewood, bbc news. i love the premier league, so. the premier league is it. so, i congratulate liverpool and of course my players, my staff, my backroom staff. that's why these both teams, last year, they were fighting to win the premier league. so what a game, ups and downs, highs an

they dominated early on and the best chance of the first half fell to kevin de bruyne. need too many chances. sadio mane with the opener, and city thinking what should have been. but they weren't left to ponder that for too long. because if you give phil foden that much space, he doesn't often miss. city deservedly back level. but that was only the start because often the best players produce the biggest of moments. and they don't come much better than mo salah. the trickiest of runs complemented by the neatest of finishes. but city have one or two big—game players of their own and this time, de bruyne didn't let them down. what a game, and what a title race it looks like we're going to have. austin halewood, bbc news. kind of lucky in the first half. i was really happy that we had half—time. the second half was the game we wanted to see, the game everybody wanted to see. the beauty of football, both teams really going for it, nobody gave up, bam, bam, bam. we should have scored a third. i love the premier league, so. the premier league is it. so, i congratulate liverpo

but inside the final ten minutes, this deflected shot from kevin de bruyne kept the honours even andardiola there. so, from salah to son. he was the tormentor in chief for spurs as they put a difficult few weeks behind them. he had a hand in theirfirst and then did all the hard work for their second, forcing aston villa to put the ball into their own net. 2—1 it finished, a much needed win after three league defeats in a row for spurs. leicester's sticky spell continues. they were two up against crystal palace, but gave away their lead. michael olise first. and thenjeff schlupp, who'd only been on the pitch for 48 seconds, with the equaliser. brentford are loving life in the premier league. a 94th minute winner over west ham from yoane wissa sees them move up to seventh. cameron norrie's brilliant run at the san diego open ended in last night's final. the british number two was beaten by casper ruud, who'd earlier knocked out andy murray. he went down 6—0 in the first before losing the second 6—2 to the second seed. and finally, how about dealing with these conditions on your ride in

kevin de bruyne with the second goal at the etihad.aller to win the english football league. horne didn't receive one at the time due to the smaller allocation of medals and a different appearance quota to claim one. the rules have since changed on who receives medals and the efl approved city's request for players who missed out to be awarded one. jurgen klopp says there's nobody playing better in the world right now than mo salah, after he scored another wonder goal in their 5—0 win at watford roberto firmino hit a hat—trick, but salah got the goal of the game to consign claudio ranieri to a miserable defeat in his first game since taking over as manager at vicarage road. amazing! he found it amazing. claudio ranieri _ amazing! he found it amazing. claudio ranieri didn't. - steven gerrard would have enjoyed that. what he wouldn't have liked was rangers blowing the chance to open up a a—point gap at the top of the scottish premiership. they drew 1—1 with hearts, conceding an equaliser in the last minute of the game. the keeper didn't