Manchester City keeps pressure on Arsenal, Liverpool thrashes West Ham

LONDON, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Manchester City narrowed the gap with Premier League leader Arsenal to two points with a hard-fought 1-0 win away to Leeds United on Saturday.

Despite being without Erling Haaland due to a slight injury, Pep Guardiola's side won the game when Antoine Semenyo scored the only goal of the game in first half injury time after a cross from Rayan Ait-Nouri.

Leeds coach Daniel Farke was sent off for protesting after the final whistle of a game where his side showed its ability to compete with the best.

Arsenal hosts Chelsea on Sunday.

Hugo Ekitike, Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Mac Allister all scored as Liverpool raced into a 3-0 lead at home to relegation-threatened West Ham United.

Tomas Soucek pulled a goal back for West Ham in the 49th minute, but Cody Gakpo restored Liverpool's three-goal cushion with 20 minutes left and although Taty Castellanos hit West Ham's second, an own goal from Axel Disasi sealed Liverpool's eventual 5-2 win.

Thierno Barry gave Everton a 3-2 win away to Newcastle United when it looked as if the home side had fought back to save a point.

Jarrad Branthwaite and Beto twice put Everton ahead at St James' Park, while Jacob Ramsey and Jacob Murphy twice hauled Newcastle United back, with Murphy scoring in the 82nd minute.

However, Barry was on hand a minute later to take the three points for Everton, whose goalkeeper Jordan Pickford also played his part with several important saves.

Burnley fought back from 3-0 down to 3-3 at home to Brentford, only to have its hearts broken by Mikkel Damsgaard's 93rd-minute winner.

Damsgaard, Igor Thiago and Kevin Schade gave Brentford a 3-0 lead after just 34 minutes before Michael Kayode's own goal gave Burnley hope on the stroke of halftime.

Jaidon Anthony scored Burnley's second in the 47th minute and when Zian Flemming leveled on the hour, the game became wide open until Damsgaard's late winner.

Bournemouth and Sunderland drew 1-1, with Eliezer Mayenda putting Sunderland ahead in the 18th minute and Evanilson securing a point for Bournemouth in the 63rd minute.

Aston Villa's top-four hopes are starting to look rocky after losing 2-0 away to bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday.

Joao Gomes opened the scoring for Wolves in the 61st minute and Rodrigo Gomes hit the second deep into injury time. Enditem