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English Premier League leaders, Manchester City achieved a club-record 12th-successive league victory after sinking Southampton at the Etihad Stadium on Wednesday night.

It was Raheem Sterling’s 96th-minute that dashed the hopes of the visitors of securing a point from the encounter as the game ended 2-1 to restore City’s eight-point lead at the top of the table.

Sterling had scored decisive late goals in City’s previous two victories – over Feyenoord and Huddersfield – and now against Southampton.

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City had taken the lead at the start of the second half when Saints defender Virgil van Dijk got the final touch on Kevin de Bruyne’s free-kick exactly 77 minutes into the second half.

But Romeu swept home Sofiane Boufal’s pull-back with 15 minutes remaining, before Sterling, who has now scored 13 goals this season, ensured City took home all three points from the game.

Pep Guardiola’s side had already made the most successful start in Premier League history, with 37 points from their first 13 games, but the win on Wednesday saw them become the first side to reach 40 points from 14 games.

 

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