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12/14 10:26 CST Man City and Aston Villa win to stay in touch with Premier League leader Arsenal Man City and Aston Villa win to stay in touch with Premier League leader Arsenal By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) --- Manchester City and Aston Villa kept the pressure on Premier League leader Arsenal with wins on Sunday. Nottingham Forest pulled further away from the relegation zone with a 3-0 against Tottenham and Sunderland beat Newcastle 1-0 in the Tyne-Wear derby after an own goal from Nick Woltemade. Arsenal had extended its lead at the top of the standings to five points with a 2-1 win against Wolves on Saturday. But a day later its closest rivals both responded with victories - second-place City winning 3-0 at Crystal Palace and Villa, in third, twice coming back to beat West Ham 3-2 at the London Stadium. City is two points behind Arsenal and Villa is a point further back.

Revenge for City Beaten by Palace in the FA Cup final last season, City exacted some revenge to take all three points at Selhurst Park. Erling Haaland scored his 101st Premier League goal to put City in front late in the first half and he got his second of the match with an 89th-minute penalty. The Norwegian has 36 goals in 27 appearances for club and country in another remarkable scoring season. He is the league's leading scorer with 17 goals. Phil Foden got City's other goal in between Haaland's double.

Rogers leads Villa fightback Morgan Rogers scored twice in the second half to extend Aston Villa's winning run to nine-straight games and keep Unai Emery's team on the heels of Arsenal and City. Villa has lost just one of its last 13 games in the league and won 10 of its last 11, but twice had to come from behind at relegation fighting West Ham. Mateus Fernandes scored the fastest goal in England's top flight this season when putting the home team 1-0 up after just 29 seconds. But Konstantinos Mavropanos' own goal leveled the game eight minutes later. Jarrod Bowen then gave West Ham the lead at halftime with his second goal in as many games in the 24th. Rogers leveled the game again five minutes after the break and struck the winner in the 79th. ___ James Robson is at https://x.com/jamesalanrobson ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer