Liverpool, beaten by Arsenal on Sunday, lead the table on 51 points from 23 games but City are up to 49 from 22 and Arsenal on 49 from 23.
Manchester City clinched the Champions League title to seal their treble in a sensational season.
Manchester City inched closer to their treble as they downed Manchester United in the FA Cup final on Saturday.
Manchester City will take a 4-3 lead into the second leg of their Champions League semi-final against Real Madrid after an extraordinary game at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday.
Images from the Nations League football matches played on Thursday.
IMAGES from the Premier League match played between Manchester City and Brentford on Tuesday
Lower-paid IPL players, domestic or foreign, should be able to try their luck in other T20 tournaments.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday night.
Manchester City showed that their weekend derby loss was a blip as Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both scored twice in a 5-2 win over Southampton
Belgium's superior experience outsmarted the Finns' dogged defending.
Twenty-year-old Conor Bradley scored his first goal for Liverpool and claimed two assists as Juergen Klopp's team moved five points clear at the top
Salah's sublime second-half strike leaves Liverpool on 67 points, three ahead of second-placed Arsenal and four ahead of City on a pivotal day in the title race.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Sunday.
A summary of Tuesday's first leg quarter-final action in the UEFA Champions League.
Manchester City marched into the Champions League final for the second time in three seasons after outclassing holders Real Madrid 4-0 for a 5-1 aggregate victory.
Chelsea's Thomas Tuechel was voted men's coach of the year and Barcelona's Lluis Cortes took the trophy for women's coach.
City fans were in dreamland after their side finally lifted the Champions League trophy
Holders Manchester City cruised into the Champions League quarter-finals for the seventh consecutive season with a 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen.
Croatia's head coach Zlatko Dalic said as he prepares his side for Thursday's decisive Group F showdown.
If the word 'Love' is removed from the inside of the shirt, the team is allowed to wear it.
Not only the senior team but the young Blue Colts also emerged victorious in the SAFF Men's U-19 champions after hammering Pakistan in the final and clinching a vigorous 3-0 victory.
Images from Day 4 of the second Test between Australia and South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.
South Africa in trouble at 58-4 in 'Boxing Day' Test
Manchester City beat League Cup holders Liverpool 3-2 in a cracking game on Thursday, taking the lead three times before holding on to reach the quarter-finals.
Emma Hayes, who led Chelsea to the 2021 Champions League final, is joined on The Best FIFA Women's Coach shortlist by England manager Sarina Wiegman and Canada coach Beverly Priestman.
Manchester City took a slender lead from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final after Kevin De Bruyne's 70th minute goal earned them a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. In anothr match, Liverpool took a firm grip of their Champions League tie with Benfica as goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earned them a 3-1 victory in Lisbon.
Erling Haaland became the third player in Champions League history to score five goals in a game as he led Manchester City to an unrelenting 7-0 rout of RB Leipzig in the second leg of their last-16 tie.
Manchester City took a major step towards retaining their Premier League title with a 1-0 win over second-placed Chelsea on Saturday, opening up a 13-point lead at the top of the table for Pep Guardiola's side.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group F match between Belgium and Morocco on Sunday.
Ronaldo's career tally includes goals for four top-flight clubs
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Arsenal came up short as their hopes of a first league title since 2004 suffered a setback.
Tottenham Hotspur hammered 10-man Aston Villa 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday thanks to four second-half goals, allowing them to close the gap with their Birmingham rivals to two points in the chase for Champions League football next season.
'After this lockdown, I cannot stay at home. I told her I'm going to take two years more.'
Arsenal beat Manchester City 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the Community Shield on Sunday
Guardiola said he would not take a risk with his leading goalscorer when they host Sevilla in Europe's top-tier club competition as they have already qualified for the knockout stage.
Thunderstorm could not dampen the rousing victory parade as Manchester City celebrated completing the long-awaited treble.
PSG went ahead in the first half, but Mauricio Pochettino's side lost control after the break
Manchester United bolstered their squad with a flurry of transfer deadline day signings, Manchester City and Liverpool also splashed out while ambitious Brighton & Hove Albion sealed an audacious loan deal for Barcelona's Ansu Fati on Friday.
Finland, who came third with three points, must wait until the end of the group stage to see if their adventure in a first ever major tournament will continue and they need a series of results to go their way if they are to make the last 16.