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LONDON, July 6 — Liverpool and Manchester City showed why there is a 23-point gap between them at the top of the Premier League with contrasting fortunes yesterday. Mason Greenwood and Jamie Vardy may be at differing ends of their careers but both scored twice on Saturday in big victories for...

Leicester City's Jamie Vardy celebrates scoring their third goal against Crystal Palace, Leicester July 4, 2020. — Jason Cairnduff / Pool via Reuters

And at the other end of the table, all hope appears gone for Norwich on another weekend in which none of the bottom four picked up a single point.Greenwood is the new darling of the Manchester United support as the 18-year-old showed why manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes he is already “one of the best — if not the best — finisher I have worked with and seen”.

Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial also reached 20 goals for the season and Bruno Fernandes capped another influential display with a fine free-kick. Despite the lack of atmosphere, one thing remains the same when Liverpool line up at home — they win. The Reds were far from their best against relegation-threatened Aston Villa but did enough to secure a 24th straight league victory at Anfield in the final 20 minutes thanks to goals from Sadio Mane and Curtis Jones.Leicester’s struggles since the restart have coincided with a dry spell in front of goal for Vardy.

Brendan Rodgers’s men remain in third, but face Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester United in their final five games of the season.In a story of Norwich’s season, chances came and went against Brighton but the only goal of the game was scored by the visitors at Carrow Road.

 

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