Man City widens the gap with its closest pursuers to 12 points

Manchester City, the defending champion last season, returned to the winning streak after beating Brentford 2-0 yesterday in the twenty-fourth stage of the English Football Championship.

City raised its score to 60 points, compared to 48 for Liverpool, which has two matches postponed, one of which is Thursday against Leicester City.

Manchester City had 12 consecutive victories in the Premier League before falling into a 1-1 draw with Southampton in the previous stage.

Algerian Riyad Mahrez opened the scoring for City with a penalty kick after Raheem Sterling was fouled inside the area five minutes before the end of the first half.

Brentford goalkeeper David Raya made a fatal mistake when he passed the ball towards Sterling, who shot the latter with a strong ball that was blocked by the goalkeeper, but it was prepared in front of Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, who followed it into the net from close range, enhancing Manchester City's progress (69).

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