Weekend soccer roundup

Manchester City’s 3-0 win at Chelsea on Sunday reopened the Premier League title race after Arsenal lost 2-1 at home to Bournemouth a day earlier. (premierleague.com) (footballwebpages.co.uk) At Stamford Bridge on April 12, Nico O’Reilly scored in the 51st minute, Marc Guehi added a second in the 57th, and Jérémy Doku made it 3-0 in the 68th for City. (footballwebpages.co.uk) (premierleague.com) Arsenal were beaten 2-1 by Bournemouth at Emirates Stadium on April 11 after Junior Kroupi scored in the 17th minute and Alex Scott struck the winner in the 74th; Viktor Gyökeres scored Arsenal’s goal from the penalty spot in the 35th. (footballwebpages.co.uk) (bbc.co.uk) Liverpool kept pace in the race for European places with a 2-0 home win over Fulham on April 11, with Rio Ngumoha scoring in the 36th minute and Mohamed Salah adding a second four minutes later. (footballwebpages.co.uk) (reuters.com) The table tightened immediately. As of April 13, Arsenal led the league with 70 points from 32 matches, while Manchester City were second on 64 points from 31, with a game in hand before the sides meet on April 19. (espn.com) (footballwebpages.co.uk) Liverpool’s win moved them to 52 points from 32 matches, fifth in the table, while Chelsea stayed sixth on 48 after the defeat to City. (espn.com) (premierleague.com) In South Africa, Orlando Pirates dropped points on April 10 when they drew 2-2 with Richards Bay after trailing twice and needing Lebone Seema’s equalizer in stoppage time. (espn.com) (news24.com) That result left Pirates on 55 points from 24 league matches, according to ESPN’s match summary, after a missed chance to return to the top of the South African Premiership table. (espn.com) (timeslive.co.za) Mamelodi Sundowns had the stronger African result on April 12, beating Espérance Sportive de Tunis 1-0 away in the first leg of their Confederation of African Football Champions League semifinal. (cafonline.com) (espn.com) The Confederation of African Football said Brayan León scored the only goal in Tunis, giving Sundowns an away lead to protect in the return leg and putting them one result from the final. (cafonline.com) (soccer24.com) The next weekend now carries most of the weight. Manchester City host Arsenal on April 19, Liverpool visit Everton the same day, and Sundowns take their one-goal edge into the second leg against Espérance with a final place on the line. (footballwebpages.co.uk) (cafonline.com)