Leicester City vs Manchester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Leicester City face Manchester City in the Premier League today.
Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.
Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.
It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.
It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Leicester City vs Manchester City
The win takes City one point clear of Arsenal, who don't play until tomorrow against Nottingham Forest. Their attention turns to their final Champions League group game against Sevilla in midweek. Leicester miss the chance to move five points clear of the relegation zone, but Rodgers will be hoping they can bounce back against Everton next time out.
Leicester City vs Manchester City
Manchester City go top of the Premier League after edging past Leicester 1-0. The visitors struggled to find a way through in the first half, with Ward making good stops to deny Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne and Silva. After the break, it was the Belgian that was the difference as he scored a wonderful free-kick that went in off the inside of the post. Just minutes later, it looked like Tielemans had equalised when he volleyed a brilliant strike towards goal, but Ederson tipped it onto the bar.
Leicester City vs Manchester City
FULL-TIME: LEICESTER CITY 0-1 MANCHESTER CITY.
Leicester City vs Manchester City
CLOSE! Tielemans whips in a brilliant cross from the right and it looks like an easy clearance for Dias. He heads it straight against Stones though and Ederson is scrambling across his line as it flashes just wide of the near post.
Leicester City vs Manchester City
Manchester City are trying to ease the pressure that Leicester are keeping them under, and Grealish carries it to the corner flag. Castagne isn't going to let that happen though and quickly wins it back.
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