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LONDON, Nov. 10-- Leaders Liverpool took an important step towards the Premier League title with a 3-1 win at home to Manchester City on Sunday afternoon. The win gives Liverpool 34 points from their first 12 games of the campaign and lifts them nine points ahead of Manchester City, who drop to fourth in the table, with Leicester and Chelsea moving into second and third places with 26 points each. City dominated the opening minutes of the game only to find themselves 2-0 down after 13 minutes thanks to a stunning Fabinho strike in the sixth minute and a Mohamed Salah header seven minutes later. Pep Guardiola's side was especially unhappy about Fabinho's goal which came directly after they had a penalty appeal turned down claiming Liverpool defender Trent Alexander Arnold handled in his own area. While there is no doubt the ball struck the defender's hand, the VAR ruled the incident "did not meet the conditions for it to be considered deliberate handball." Sadio Mane scored Liverpool's third goal in the 51st minute as he stooped to head the ball past Claudio Bravo in the visitors' goal after a Jordan Henderson cross. Bernardo Silva gave City a glimmer of hope in the 79th minute, but despite causing the fans in Anfield some nervous moments in the last 10 minutes it wasn't City's day. Second-half goals from Jamie Vardy and James Madison continued Leicester City's impressive form with a 2-0 win at home to Arsenal to take Brenden Rodgers's side up to second. | 
