Semenyo’s strike moves Man City to within 2 points of Arsenal
By Sky News, February 28, 2026Manchester City ramped up the pressure on Arsenal in the Premier League title race by moving to within two points of the summit with a 1-0 win at Leeds.
Antoine Semenyo scored the decisive goal right on the stroke of half-time when finishing off a flowing move.
City looked to be missing the influence of Erling Haaland, who was missing through a minor ankle injury, as Leeds squandered 1.27 worth of expected goals before the break with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Brendan Aaronson particularly wasteful in front of goal.
Leeds’ survival fight has gained momentum since Phil Foden’s stoppage-time winner in the reverse fixture at the Etihad Stadium in November, with only two defeats in their following 14 league matches.
And they should have taken an early lead when Calvert-Lewin steered Aaronson’s excellent cross wide from in front of goal in the third minute. Aaronson was next to fire just wide, from Jayden Bogle’s cross, as Leeds’ intense press won them plenty of possession high up the field. But that was as good as it got for Leeds as slowly started to take over.
City took the lead in first-half stoppage time. Rayan Ait-Nouri raced clear down the left on to Rayan Cherki’s superb through-ball and crossed for Semenyo to convert his sixth City goal in 11 appearances in all competitions.
Frustrations boiled over at the final whistle for Farke who was shown a red card after he charged over to the officials in an angry manner.
Leeds are still sitting pretty comfortably in the relegation battle though. They are six points above the drop zone but Tottenham can go ahead of them if they beat Fulham, live on Sky Sports at 2pm tomorrow.