Manchester City vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Manchester City face Leicester 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:
Manchester City vs Leicester City
City return to Champions League action next as they head to Germany to take on Bayern Munich in the second leg of their quarter-final fixture. Leicester return to action next Saturday as they take on Wolves at home.
Manchester City vs Leicester City
Three first-half goals were the difference at the Etihad as City run out 3-1 winners against relegation-threatened Leicester. Stones' lovely strike and a Haaland brace laid the foundations for the win as City took their foot off the gas in the second half. Leicester grabbed one back through Iheanacho and things nearly got hairy towards the end as Maddison missed a great one-on-one opportunity before Iheanacho struck the post in added time. Those chances went begging for Leicester, though, and they remain in the relegation places while City keep the pressure on and move to within three points of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.
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