London (AFP)

By beating the last, Sheffield United, Manchester City was out of reach of his pursuers on Saturday, on the 21st day of the Premier League, while Everton, beaten at home by Newcastle (2-0), won .

- Quiet Manchester City

The Citizens succeeded where their neighbors and direct rivals United had stumbled on Wednesday, taking the best (1-0) on the red lantern.

This victory over the Blades who had surprised the Red Devils at Old Trafford (2-1) remained without much glare, but it was controlled and will have allowed Raheem Sterling, John Stones or Joao Cancelo to rest.

Above all, it offers a 4-point lead before Manchester United's visit to Arsenal at the end of the afternoon, while City also have a game late.

In the lead from the 9th minute, thanks to a goal from Gabriel Jesus (1-0) surprisingly alone at six meters, after Ferran Torres played the defense on the right of the area, Pep Guardiola's men did not nothing to show off with a performance very far from the demonstration at West Bromwich Albion (5-0) last Tuesday.

They may even be quite happy that a good recovery from John Fleck at the entrance to the area, 5 minutes from the end of regulation time, on which Ederson seemed beaten, missed the target by a few millimeters.

We will have to do better against Burnley (15th), Wednesday and especially next Sunday, with a trip to Anfield Road which smells of powder.

- Everton disillusioned

By giving in to the poorly classified Newcastle (2-0), Everton lost ground in European places.

With 33 points, the Toffees remain 7th at 4 lengths behind Liverpool (4th) and places that open the doors to the Champions League, but this gap could increase by the end of the day.

They also remain under threat from Londoners Chelsea and Arsenal, who have 30 points but who would pass on goal difference if successful.

For the Magpies (16th), who had only taken 2 points over the last 9 days, it is an almost unexpected breath of air which temporarily gives them 9 points of margin in the red zone.

The victory of Steve Bruce's men, in the hot seat before the match, is by the way not undeserved.

Despite an Everton who had found their eleven-type with Lucas Digne left-back, Newcastle were able to offer nothing to their opponents defensively and made the difference on a set piece.

After a good parade at the half hour mark on a first header from Callum Wilson on a corner, Jordan Pickford could not do anything on another header from the attacker, still on a corner, in the 73rd (0-1) .

A few minutes after finding the post, as he dribbled past the English international goalkeeper and tried to straighten the ball at a tight angle, Wilson scored a second goal by winning his face-to-face with Pickford in added time (0 -2, 90 + 3).

These were Callum Wilson's 9th and 10th goals out of the 21 scored by his team in the league since the start of the season, to which must be added 4 assists.

© 2021 AFP