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Rediff.com  » Sports » EPL: Jesus to City's rescue in late win over Swansea

EPL: Jesus to City's rescue in late win over Swansea

February 05, 2017 22:00 IST
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Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus (right) celebrates with teammate Pablo Zabaleta after scoring his side's second goal during the Premier League match against Swansea City at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday

IMAGE: Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus (right) celebrates with teammate Pablo Zabaleta after scoring his side's second goal during the Premier League match against Swansea City at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Sunday. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

Gabriel Jesus scored twice, including a 92nd-minute winner, as Manchester City climbed to third in the Premier League with a 2-1 victory against a dogged Swansea City on Sunday.

Jesus, preferred again to top scorer Sergio Aguero, poked home to break Swansea hearts in the dying seconds in what was another eye-catching performance from the supremely-talented Brazilian.

It looked like City would be left to rue a host of missed chances when Gylfi Sigurdsson equalised in the 81st minute after Jesus had earlier opened the scoring in the 11th.

City -- who should have been out of sight but stuttered in the second half -- climb to third, one point adrift of second-placed Tottenham Hotspur while Swansea remain 17th, one point above Hull City in the relegation zone.

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