Manchester City beat Leicester to close in on Premier League title

Relive the drama as City beat Leicester at the Etihad

Premier League round-up: Man City return to top spot

Vincent Kompany struck a sensational winner as Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a dramatic and tense 1-0 win over Leicester.

City's long-serving and influential captain netted with a ferocious long-range shot to settle nerves after 70 minutes of a nail-biting contest at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola's treble-chasing side had needed to win to retain control of their title destiny and their 13th successive victory took them a point above Liverpool with just one game remaining. Relive all of the drama below.

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Match preview

What time does it start?

Manchester City vs Leicester kicks off at 8pm (GMT).

Where can I watch it?

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League, with coverage beginning at 7pm.

Subscribers can also stream the game on the SkyGo app.

Prediction… Manchester City 3-1 Leicester

Leicester are tricky opposition, although the same was said of Tottenham and Manchester United, two of City’s recent opponents.

The 2015-16 Premier League champions have implemented an exciting, attacking style of play since Rodgers’ arrival at the helm, which could make Monday’s game a thrilling affair, but City seem almost unstoppable at the moment.

Guardiola’s side should have the nerves and quality to get the job done.

Key Points

• Man City XI: Ederson; Walker, Kompany, Laporte, Zinchenko; Gundogan, Silva, Foden; Sterling, Aguero, Bernardo
• Leicester XI: Schmeichel; Ricardo, Evans, Maguire, Chilwell; Ndidi, Choudhury, Tielemans; Albrighton, Maddison; Vardy

[6 May 2019 22:20 · Kieran Jackson]

Vincent Kompany, speaking to Sky Sports: 

"Desire. Belief. I always feel in big moments I'm going to do something. And today everyone was saying 'don't shoot' and it was really annoying me, and I haven't come this far in my career to be told what to do by younger players."

"I've scored goals like this in training. But 15 years in football and midfielders telling me 'don't shoot' but one day I was going to score and today it happened!"

"Things sometimes are meant to happen. I've just happened to score at the right time - not quantity but quality!"

"I play every game as if it's the last game of my career. And it takes a lot of hard work, but I made it count."

On being asked about potentially hanging up his boots: 

"Absolutely not. Come on! I'm going to keep playing football. Nothing is in store yet but IF, then this is the way..."

[6 May 2019 22:30 · Kieran Jackson]

Well that's all from us, on a night when a Vincent Kompany wonder-goal secured three crucial points for Manchester City - they head to Brighton knowing a win on the final day will clinch the title, while Liverpool play Wolves. 

Join us on Sunday for the final day of the Premier League season, and also tomorrow when Liverpool play Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League! Until then, goodbye!