Huddersfield 1 Manchester City 2: Raheem Sterling stars as Premier League leaders restore eight-point gap

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Tom Doyle26 November 2017

Manchester City fought back from a goal down to earn a 2-1 victory over Huddersfield Town and restore their eight-point lead in the Premier League title race.

City went into the game five points ahead of Manchester United, but Nicolas Otamendi's own goal in first-half injury injury time saw the table toppers head into the interval behind to David Wagner's impressive Terriers.

Unfortunately for Huddersfield, City came flying out of the traps after the break, with Raheem Sterling earning one of two penalty appeals for Sergio Aguero to pull his side level two minutes into the second half.

City pressed on for a winner, and found it fortuitously as goalkeeper Jonas Lossl saved Gabriel Jesus' shot only for it to rebound off Sterling's chest and loop into the empty net.

Rajiv van La Parra was shown a red card at the death for pushing Leroy Sane in the face, but City saw out the result for their 12th win in 13 League games to once again go eight points ahead of Jose Mourinho's United.

With Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham all dropping points this weekend, the Manchester rivals were the weekend's big winners - but City will take some catching given their ability to grind out wins like these when they were far from their fluent best.