<p>Liverpool cut Manchester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League to a single point on Sunday while Manchester United slipped to their first domestic defeat under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Arsenal.</p>.<p>Chelsea, also in the hunt for the Champions League qualification spots, needed a last-gasp equaliser from Eden Hazard to earn a 1-1 draw against Wolves.</p>.<p>A disappointing run of results has badly dented Liverpool’s bid for a first English league title since 1990 and fans’ nerves were jangling after they fell behind against struggling Burnley at Anfield on Sunday.</p>.<p>But Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane both scored twice as Jurgen Klopp’s team battled back to win 4-2, lifting them to 73 points, one behind Pep Guardiola’s City, who saw off Watford on Saturday.</p>.<p>“The message from today is that nobody gets rid of us,” said a defiant Klopp, whose team had won just two of their previous six Premier League matches. “We had the perfect mixture of fighting the opponent and playing football.”</p>.<p>Tottenham’s third defeat in four Premier League matches on Saturday has thrown the race for the top four -- the passport to the Champions League -- wide open.</p>.<p>United travelled to the Emirates Stadium brimful of confidence after their astonishing Champions League comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in midweek and without a single domestic defeat since interim boss Solskjaer took over in mid-December.</p>.<p>But Granit Xhaka shocked the visitors early, with David de Gea badly misjudging his swerving shot.</p>.<p>United came back strongly but were unable to take their chances, thwarted by Bernd Leno in the Arsenal goal.</p>.<p>The home side doubled their lead midway through the second half when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored from the penalty spot after Fred was penalised for bringing down Alexandre Lacazette.</p>.<p>Arsenal’s 2-0 victory lifted Unai Emery’s side to within one point of north London rivals Spurs and meant they leapfrogged United in the process as they target a return to the Champions League after two seasons away from Europe’s top club competition.</p>.<p>Earlier, Hazard came to Chelsea’s rescue in injury time, firing in from long range to grab a point as they drew 1-1 with Wolves at Stamford Bridge.</p>.<p>Chelsea remain in sixth place, on 57 points, but manager Maurizio Sarri is confident his team can secure Champions League qualification.</p>.<p>City beat Watford 3-1 on Saturday thanks to Raheem Sterling’s 13-minute hat-trick but Spurs, on the fringes of the title race just two weeks ago, slumped to their third Premier League defeat in just four games against Southampton.</p>.<p class="byline">AFP</p>
<p>Liverpool cut Manchester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League to a single point on Sunday while Manchester United slipped to their first domestic defeat under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Arsenal.</p>.<p>Chelsea, also in the hunt for the Champions League qualification spots, needed a last-gasp equaliser from Eden Hazard to earn a 1-1 draw against Wolves.</p>.<p>A disappointing run of results has badly dented Liverpool’s bid for a first English league title since 1990 and fans’ nerves were jangling after they fell behind against struggling Burnley at Anfield on Sunday.</p>.<p>But Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane both scored twice as Jurgen Klopp’s team battled back to win 4-2, lifting them to 73 points, one behind Pep Guardiola’s City, who saw off Watford on Saturday.</p>.<p>“The message from today is that nobody gets rid of us,” said a defiant Klopp, whose team had won just two of their previous six Premier League matches. “We had the perfect mixture of fighting the opponent and playing football.”</p>.<p>Tottenham’s third defeat in four Premier League matches on Saturday has thrown the race for the top four -- the passport to the Champions League -- wide open.</p>.<p>United travelled to the Emirates Stadium brimful of confidence after their astonishing Champions League comeback against Paris Saint-Germain in midweek and without a single domestic defeat since interim boss Solskjaer took over in mid-December.</p>.<p>But Granit Xhaka shocked the visitors early, with David de Gea badly misjudging his swerving shot.</p>.<p>United came back strongly but were unable to take their chances, thwarted by Bernd Leno in the Arsenal goal.</p>.<p>The home side doubled their lead midway through the second half when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored from the penalty spot after Fred was penalised for bringing down Alexandre Lacazette.</p>.<p>Arsenal’s 2-0 victory lifted Unai Emery’s side to within one point of north London rivals Spurs and meant they leapfrogged United in the process as they target a return to the Champions League after two seasons away from Europe’s top club competition.</p>.<p>Earlier, Hazard came to Chelsea’s rescue in injury time, firing in from long range to grab a point as they drew 1-1 with Wolves at Stamford Bridge.</p>.<p>Chelsea remain in sixth place, on 57 points, but manager Maurizio Sarri is confident his team can secure Champions League qualification.</p>.<p>City beat Watford 3-1 on Saturday thanks to Raheem Sterling’s 13-minute hat-trick but Spurs, on the fringes of the title race just two weeks ago, slumped to their third Premier League defeat in just four games against Southampton.</p>.<p class="byline">AFP</p>