Manchester City come from behind to beat Leicester City to keep their title hopes alive - as Liverpool remain 10 points clear.
Gabriel Jesus scored his first home goal of the season. His past 14 City goals were all away from home or at Wembley
Vardy silenced Etihad Stadium when he raced on to Harvey Barnes' pass, out-paced Fernandinho and chipped Ederson to score with Leicester's first effort at goal.The home side had dominated the early exchanges but, for the fourth home league game in a row, they found themselves behind and, just as in their defeat here by Manchester United, looking vulnerable to fast counter-attacks.
Leicester dug in, with Schmeichel making a series of saves to ensure the hosts had to wait to turn their vastly superior possession into further goals, but he could not delay the inevitable for long.Manchester City 3-1 Leicester City: Pep Guardiola pleased with Man City's comeback win He burst into the box with an unstoppable run down the right and squared for Gabriel Jesus to slide home his side's third goal at the far post.
Guardiola's approach was fully vindicated too, with his side not only dominating possession and playing slick passing football in the Foxes' half but also creating many more chances than their opponents and ultimately outscoring them. With Liverpool heading to King Power Stadium on Thursday, this week was always going to define the direction of Leicester's season - and this was obviously not the start they would have wanted.
Leicester's title challenge is far from over with this defeat - a win over the leaders would quickly regain some of the momentum they lost here and in their home draw with Norwich last weekend. Kevin de Bruyne became the first player to register double figures for assists before Christmas in a single Premier League campaign since Arsenal's Mesut Ozil in 2015-16 .
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