10-man Leeds stun Man City

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MANCHESTER, England, April 10,(AP): Manchester City conceded in second-half stoppage time to lose 2-1 to 10-man Leeds on Saturday, halting theirmarch to the Premier League title. Stuart Dallas, who had put Leeds in front in the first half at the Etihad Stadium, strode through the middle on a rare foray forward by the visitors in the second half and placed a low finish past goalkeeper Ederson to inflict only a fourth loss of the campaign on the runaway leaders. Leeds had center back Liam Cooper sent off for a reckless lunge on Gabriel Jesus in first-half injury time and City dominated after the break, with its only reward coming when Ferran Torres equalized in the 76th. City, which are 14 points clear of second-place Manchester United, still require a maximum of 11 points to regain the title and has six games left. There was a two-minute silence before the game to honor Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Friday at the age of 99.

Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford (left), and Manchester City’s Nathan Ake compete to head the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Leeds United at Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England. (AP)

Players wore black armbands and flags at the stadium were lowered to half-staff. Adama Traore smashed home a brilliant finish from an acute angle in the second minute of stoppage time for Wolverhampton to beat Fulham 1-0, further damaging the home team’s hopes of escaping relegation from the English Premier League. The Spain winger was sent clear down the right and his blistering effort from just inside the area beat Fulham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola at the near post for his first goal since December 2019.

Fulham could have climbed out of the relegation zone on goal difference, at the expense of Newcastle, with a win at Craven Cottage but barely created a clear-cut chance and slumped to a fourth straight loss. Scott Parker’s side stayed in third-to-last place with six games remaining, two fewer than Newcastle, and have now wasted three chances to get out of the bottom three for the first time since December. Wolves looked to have taken the lead on the stroke of halftime when Willian Jose headed home from Daniel Podence’s cross from the right, but VAR spotted the most marginal offside against Podence

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