FRANK LAMPARD ONCE again underlined his value to Manchester City with the only goal as the defending champions kept the pressure on Chelsea with a narrow 1-0 win over Leicester City.
The veteran former England and Chelsea midfielder has chipped in with vital contributions over the course of his loan from affiliated Major League Soccer outfit New York City FC, and manager Manuel Pellegrini this week stated his wish to keep Lampard beyond the scheduled end of his temporary spell at the end of the month.
Handed a start at the King Power Stadium, Lampard responded in the 40th minute with his sixth Manchester City goal and the 175th of his Premier League career, moving level with Thierry Henry in fourth place on the all-time list.
The title holders, who were forced to hand a maiden senior start to 18-year-old Jose Angel Pozo after Edin Dzeko suffered a calf injury during the warm-up, ground out an important result to record a seventh consecutive victory in all competitions.
They remain three points behind leaders Chelsea.
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Leicester, who drew with Arsenal and beat Manchester United on their own ground earlier in the season, matched their opponents for long periods but a spirited late rally lacked cutting edge.
Defeat saw them slip to to a ninth loss in an 11-game winless run.
Southampton's poor run of results continued AP / Press Association Images
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Southampton slumped to their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat on Saturday, missing a penalty in a 1-0 loss to struggling Burnley at Turf Moor.
Dusan Tadic saw his second-half penalty saved by Tom Heaton before Ashley Barnes capitalised on uncharacteristically sloppy Saints defending to net the only goal of the game in the 73rd minute.
After a magnificent start to the campaign, Ronald Koeman’s Southampton have now lost four games on the bounce for the first time since the opening four matches of their return to the Premier League last season.
Despite the reverse, they remain in fifth place in the table, while Burnley climb out of the relegation zone for now after bouncing back from last weekend’s defeat at Queens Park Rangers, their only loss in six games.
Craig Gardner scored the only goal of the game at the Hawthorns Martin Rickett
Martin Rickett
Craig Gardner scored the only goal as West Bromwich Albion won 1-0 at home to Aston Villa, who had West Brom old boy Kieran Richardson dismissed for a studs-up lunge on Stephane Sessegnon.
Draw specialists Sunderland halted West Ham’s impressive winning run with a 1-1 stalemate at the Stadium of Light.
Meanwhile, Stoke City striker Peter Crouch swiftly cancelled out a headed 11th-minute opener by James McArthur as Mark Hughes’s team claimed a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.
Lampard moves level with Thierry Henry on 175 Premier League goals as City edge past Leicester
FRANK LAMPARD ONCE again underlined his value to Manchester City with the only goal as the defending champions kept the pressure on Chelsea with a narrow 1-0 win over Leicester City.
The veteran former England and Chelsea midfielder has chipped in with vital contributions over the course of his loan from affiliated Major League Soccer outfit New York City FC, and manager Manuel Pellegrini this week stated his wish to keep Lampard beyond the scheduled end of his temporary spell at the end of the month.
Handed a start at the King Power Stadium, Lampard responded in the 40th minute with his sixth Manchester City goal and the 175th of his Premier League career, moving level with Thierry Henry in fourth place on the all-time list.
The title holders, who were forced to hand a maiden senior start to 18-year-old Jose Angel Pozo after Edin Dzeko suffered a calf injury during the warm-up, ground out an important result to record a seventh consecutive victory in all competitions.
They remain three points behind leaders Chelsea.
Leicester, who drew with Arsenal and beat Manchester United on their own ground earlier in the season, matched their opponents for long periods but a spirited late rally lacked cutting edge.
Defeat saw them slip to to a ninth loss in an 11-game winless run.
Southampton slumped to their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat on Saturday, missing a penalty in a 1-0 loss to struggling Burnley at Turf Moor.
Dusan Tadic saw his second-half penalty saved by Tom Heaton before Ashley Barnes capitalised on uncharacteristically sloppy Saints defending to net the only goal of the game in the 73rd minute.
After a magnificent start to the campaign, Ronald Koeman’s Southampton have now lost four games on the bounce for the first time since the opening four matches of their return to the Premier League last season.
Despite the reverse, they remain in fifth place in the table, while Burnley climb out of the relegation zone for now after bouncing back from last weekend’s defeat at Queens Park Rangers, their only loss in six games.
Craig Gardner scored the only goal as West Bromwich Albion won 1-0 at home to Aston Villa, who had West Brom old boy Kieran Richardson dismissed for a studs-up lunge on Stephane Sessegnon.
Draw specialists Sunderland halted West Ham’s impressive winning run with a 1-1 stalemate at the Stadium of Light.
Meanwhile, Stoke City striker Peter Crouch swiftly cancelled out a headed 11th-minute opener by James McArthur as Mark Hughes’s team claimed a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace.
Chelsea maintain three point lead but were given helping hand by Tom Huddlestone’s nasty stamp
Dortmund’s despair continues as they lose again to remain in bottom three
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