Manchester City beat Leeds 1-0 on Saturday without injured Erling Haaland, keeping the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal.

New signing Antoine Semenyo scored the only goal in first-half stoppage time, finishing a low cross in a Haaland-style strike. It was Semenyo’s sixth goal in 11 games since joining from Bournemouth in January. “We just need to control what we can control, win our games and see what happens,” he said. City now trails Arsenal by two points with 10 games remaining for both sides. Arsenal faces Chelsea on Sunday.

Haaland missed his first league match of the season due to a minor training injury, Guardiola said. City survived a late Leeds push and extended their league winning streak to four games, six in all competitions.

Liverpool also won big, thrashing West Ham 5-2 to continue their midseason recovery. Mohamed Salah’s league goal drought reached 10 games, but teammates Virgil van Dijk, Alexis Mac Allister, Cody Gakpo, Hugo Ekitike, and an own-goal helped secure the victory. Liverpool has won six of its last seven matches and moved level on points with fourth-placed Manchester United.

Elsewhere, Brentford came from behind to beat Burnley 4-3, with a stoppage-time winner from Mikkel Damsgaard after a dramatic late VAR decision overturned an equalizer. Everton edged Newcastle 3-2, highlighted by a stunning stoppage-time save from Jordan Pickford. Bournemouth drew 1-1 with Sunderland, extending their unbeaten run to eight games.

With inputs from NDTV