Watford vs Burnley LIVE: Premier League latest score and goal updates from this afternoon’s 3pm fixtures

6 mins: Well, if Manchester City were somewhat sleepwalking into this match then they are well and truly awake now.

The champions get back to their passing play after a worrying moment for Cancelo and Pep Guardiola’s side.

That could have been a huge moment in the match, so early on.

4 mins: CHANCE FOR LEEDS! Oh it was nearly a slip which blew the title race open! Where have we seen that before?!

A Man City corner ends up with Joao Cancelo picking up the ball on the halfway line but he slips! Rodrigo is clean through but he takes way too many touches, ends up too wide to take the shot on and Laporte is back there to clear away.

Leeds had to make them pay there. Nearly catastrophic for Cancelo.

3 mins: Manchester City straight into their passing rhythm as Leeds get organised into their defensive structure.

You imagine a lot of the game will be spent with this pattern of play.

Breaking news related to Man City, given their midweek European adventures: Real Madrid have claimed the title in Spain.

Last season the championship was won by their local rivals Atletico Madrid, but Los Blancos bounced back to seal title number 35 in relative comfort this season following the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as head coach.

Indeed, their success means the Italian boss becomes the first and only manager to win each of La Liga, the Premier League, Serie A, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga - the top five leagues in European football.

He was in charge at the Santiago Bernabeu from 2013 to 2015, failing to win the title on that occasion, but has succeeded this time around after returning following a spell with Everton.

2 mins: Gabriel Jesus has started off on the right-hand side, with Jack Grealish on the other flank and Phil Foden through the middle.

1 min: We are underway at Elland Road! The Premier League champions get us going in Yorkshire.

Kick-off is just a few minutes away.

Liam Cooper was injured in the warm-up so Mateusz Klich is in for him at the last moment.

We are just a few minutes from kick-off now and today’s results mean this game is vital at both ends of the table.

Obviously, City need to win to go back to the top and stay in control of the Premier League title race. A draw will leave them one point behind Liverpool with four games to play.

At the other end, Burnley’s late turnaround sees them now five points clear of the relegation zone, which has seen Norwich confirmed as down today. Watford are all but there too, only one point ahead.

But then it’s a three-way fight between Everton (29 points), Leeds (34) and Burnley (34) for the other place. Following this fixture, the Clarets will have played 34, Leeds the same and Everton only 32 - they face Chelsea at home tomorrow.

Elsewhere, there’s sad news from the football world this afternoon as Mino Raiola has been confirmed as having died following illness.

The Italian had been hospitalised earlier in the year and on Thursday, his Twitter account posted to dismiss misinformation spreading that he had passed away.

However, the same social media platform has been used now for his family to release a statement confirming he had lost his battle to regain health.

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Jurgen Klopp saluted “role model” James Milner after Liverpool maintained their quadruple challenge with a 1-0 Premier League victory at Newcastle.

The 36-year-old former Magpie, who made his senior debut for Leeds almost 20 years ago, was one of five men drafted into Klopp’s much-changed starting line-up for a vital league game sandwiched between the two legs of the Champions League semi-final clash with Villarreal, and turned in a fine individual display.

Asked if he had come across a fitter 36-year-old, Klopp said with a smile: “No, but it would be interesting to look at Luka Modric. Is he not 36 as well? It was obviously a good generation.

“No, it’s difficult to be fitter than Milly. He’s a role model. I have told him, I can tell the whole world – nothing we have achieved in the last few years would have happened without James Milner, it’s as easy as that.

“Whether he was on the pitch or not, he’s set standards in a way not a lot of people can set standards, and it educated all of us.”

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