Football | Manchester City went top of the Premier League – Newcastle crushed Tottenham

Manchester City took the top spot in the English Premier League, when Luton, fighting against relegation, stayed away from City in Saturday's round.

City won 5–1. It now leads the sizzling title race by two points to Arsenal and Liverpool, who have played a game less. Arsenal will face Aston Villa and Liverpool against Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Luton lost at the very beginning when Erling Haaland's the shot hit his own goal Daiki from Hashioka. However, Luton stayed in the game until the dam broke in the second period and City hammered home four goals in the last half hour.

Goals were scored For Mateo Kovacicfor Haaland from the penalty kick, To Jeremy Doku mixed If for Guardioli. Haaland's goal was the 20th of the league season. The Norwegian leads the league's scoring statistics.

Newcastle was in a class of its own at its home stadium, St. James' Park, as Tottenham were crushed by no less than four goals. Newcastle's Swedish star Alexander Isak scored two goals in a 4–0 win.

Isak gave the home team the lead in the 30th minute, and just two minutes later Anthony Gordon hit 2–0. Tottenham's pursuit was then ended by Isak in the early stages of the second half, already scoring his 17th league goal of the season. Isak has been wild since the beginning of March: seven goals in six league matches.

Newcastle still have great hopes of getting into the Champions League. There are ten points behind Aston Villa and Tottenham, who share the fourth place, with six games remaining each.

“We just have to do our part, which is to try to win every game,” the Newcastle coach Eddie Howe stated his team's seams.

At the bottom end of the series, Nottingham grabbed a point with a 2-2 home draw against Wolverhampton and moved a point ahead of relegation-placed Luton. The victory was also within reach, but Wolves' Matheus Cunha saved a draw for the guests with two hits.

Saturday in the evening match, Bournemouth and Manchester United played a 2–2 draw. Drama was seen in extra time of the match when the referee Tony Harrington awarded a penalty to Bournemouth.

The decision turned into a free kick on video review, which Bournemouth was unable to take advantage of.