LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool fought back to draw 1-1 with Manchester City on Sunday in the last Premier League clash between Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola before the German coach steps down at the end of the season.
Alexis Mac Allister struck a 50th-minute penalty to cancel out John Stones' first-half strike at Anfield.
The draw kept second-place Liverpool one point ahead of defending champion City in third and behind leader Arsenal on goal difference. Arsenal moved top after a 2-1 win against Brentford on Saturday.
There has been little to separate Klopp and Guardiola in one of English soccer's most enduring rivalries and that theme continued in this latest thrilling encounter.
Klopp has announced this will be his final season with the Merseyside club and is aiming to go out in style by winning a second league title and potentially a quadruple of trophies.
A win on Sunday would have given Liverpool a four-point advantage over City.
But it looked like Guardiola might secure only his second win against Klopp at Anfield after Stones converted from Kevin De Bruyne's corner in the 23rd.
Mac Allister equalized five minutes into the second half after City goalkeeper Ederson brought down Darwin Nunez in the box.
Chances came and went at both ends with Luis Diaz missing a one-on-one and City's Phil Foden and Jeremy Doku both hitting the woodwork.
SON STARS AS TOTTENHAM ROUT ASTON VILLA 4-0
BIRMINGHAM, England — Tottenham boosted its bid to qualify for the Champions League by routing 10-man Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday.
Fifth-placed Spurs moved to within two points of Villa in fourth with a game in hand.
Goals from James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Son Heung-Min and Timo Werner secured a resounding victory at Villa Park.
Villa's cause wasn't helped by John McGinn being sent off in the 65th, but Unai Emery's team was already trailing 2-0 by that point.
Maddison opened the scoring in the 50th when poking home Pape Sarr's cross from the right.
Johnson doubled Spurs' lead three minutes later after an assist from Son.
Villa captain McGinn had described the clash as “the most important game in the club’s recent history,” but his sending off effectively killed off any hopes of a comeback from the home team.
He was shown a straight red for taking down Destiny Udogie and from there Villa's challenge collapsed.
Son lashed in Spurs' third in the first minute of stoppage time after a cross from Dejan Kulusevski and substitute Werner rounded off the win three minutes later, with Son the provider again.
BRIGHTON REBOUND, BEAT NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1-0
BRIGHTON, England — Brighton rebounded from a midweek drubbing in the Europa League, beating Nottingham Forest 1-0 on Sunday in a nervy Premier League performance to stay within touching distance of again finishing in a European qualification place.
Brighton took the lead in the 29th minute when a free kick was turned in by Forest defender Andrew Omobamidele for an own-goal.
Forest started slowly but gradually came into the game, heaping pressure on the home side in the second half but came up short despite several chances.
Brighton manager Roberto de Zerbi made seven changes to the team that was beaten 4-0 at Roma in the first leg of the round of 16 on Thursday. The gamble paid off with the Seagulls moving up to eighth in the Premier League, one point behind West Ham.
“This was massive. We have been on a tough run and we needed something like that today. We changed a few little bits today and it worked," said Brighton defender Lewis Dunk. “Clean sheet makes it easier because you only have to score once. We have a win under our belt and now we look forward to Thursday (against Roma), where we need to score five goals and keep a clean sheet."
Forest remains one spot above the drop zone, three points ahead of Luton, which has a game in hand.
BURNLEY, WEST HAM DRAW 2-2
LONDON — Relegation-threatened Burnley threw away the chance of three much-needed points as its 2-0 lead at halftime turned into a 2-2 draw at West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Former England striker Danny Ings struck in second-half stoppage time for his first Premier League goal in more than a year against his former club.
A long-range strike from David Datro Fofana and an own-goal by Konstantinos Mavropanos had put Burnley, which had not scored for a month, two up at halftime.
The hosts fell behind after only 11 minutes, although there did not appear to be any danger when Fofana picked up the ball 40 yards out. But the Chelsea loanee strolled through challenges from Nayef Aguerd and Kalvin Phillips before launching a rocket from 25 yards into the top corner.
West Ham’s abject first-half display was summed up neatly when its former youngster Josh Cullen crossed low from the left and Mavropanos stuck out a foot to divert the ball past Alphonse Areola.
Within a minute of the second half, West Ham had halved the deficit with Lucas Paqueta pouncing on some sloppy Burnley possession, striding forward and confidently beating James Trafford.
West Ham thought it had equalized when Ings prodded home but a VAR check showed Michail Antonio was a fraction offside when he chested the ball into his teammate’s path.
Ings got the equalizer when he collected a pass from Mohammed Kudus in second-half stoppage time, turned and fired through Trafford.
Burnley is 19th and 10 points from safety with 10 games remaining while West Ham is seventh.
