Manchester City intensified its pressure on leaders Arsenal by defeating Southampton 4-1 in the thirtieth stage of the England Football Championship , while the struggle remained raging towards qualifying for the Champions League competition between Newcastle, Manchester United and Tottenham clubs, by winning all of them at this stage.

Manchester City raised its tally to 67 points, 5 points behind Arsenal (both played the same number of matches), who will visit Liverpool on Sunday.

On the other hand, Newcastle III is equal to United IV, with 56 goals, and the first is superior by goal difference, and they are both ahead of Tottenham by 3 points, knowing that the latter played a match more.

At the “St. Marys” stadium on the south coast, Manchester City went through a recent successful experience before facing Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals next Tuesday, by returning victorious from Southampton.

Despite his great control over the course of the game, City waited for the last minute of the first half, for the giant Norwegian striker, Erling Haaland, to open the scoring for him, after a pass from the Belgian playmaker, Kevin De Bruyne.

City continued his advantage and Jack Grealish added to him the second goal when he broke the offside trap to enhance his team's progress (58).
Soon, Haaland added the second personal goal and the third for his team with a wonderful scissor kick (68).

Haaland, who moved at the beginning of the current season from Borussia Dortmund, raised his score this season to 44 goals in 38 matches in various competitions, including 30 goals in the Premier League, with which he strengthened his lead in the scorers’ ranking.

Haaland became the fastest player to reach the 30-goal barrier in the league, in just 27 matches.
Southampton responded with an honorable goal through Sekou Mara (72).
Haaland came out and was replaced by Argentine Julian Alvares, and the latter scored the fourth goal from a penalty kick after blocking De Bruyne inside the area (75).

Manchester United was the first to win, after achieving its second successive victory, and it was at home to Everton with a clean double at Old Trafford.

The winning goals for the team of Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag were scored by Scottish midfielder Scott McTominay (36) and French substitute Anthony Martial (71).

United dominated the first half and rained down the "Tovez" goal with 21 shots, including 6 between the woods, but international goalkeeper Jordan Pickford played a major role in curbing the "Red Devils" attack.

Marcus Rashford blocked the ball alone (8), then the right post saved him from a long shot by the Brazilian Anthony, whose follow-up was wasted by right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka in front of the almost empty goal (12).

Pickford intervened again, denying the lone Anthony his own net (23), but the constant pressure yielded McTominay's opening goal, after a deep pass to Jadon Sancho, followed by the Scotsman from a narrow angle from close range (36).
In the second half, the sixteenth-placed Everton improved, but the host strengthened its lead after a distraction error from Irish full-back Seamus Coleman, allowing Rashford to pass to substitute Martial, which he followed easily into the net from close range (71).
Ten Hag said after the victory, "We have to be more decisive and solid in front of goal, and we had to finish this match in the first half, but we did not succeed in that. The performance remains good and I praise my team."

United, who rested French defender Rafael Varane and replaced him with Harry Maguire, is preparing to face Seville, Spain, next Thursday, in the first leg of the European League quarter-finals (Europa League), and will play the cup semi-final against Brighton on the 23rd of this month at Wembley Stadium. His Danish playmaker, Christian Eriksen, took part in the last quarter of an hour after being absent due to injury, while Rashford, who scored 28 goals this season, limped off in the last ten minutes.

As for Newcastle, in turn, it achieved its second successive victory away from home, after turning a 1-0 deficit against its host Brentford into a 2-1 victory. Newcastle was outperforming West Ham in London 5-1 midweek.

Brentford striker Evan Toni scored a goal that was not counted by the referee for offside after 9 minutes. Then Tony missed a penalty kick for his team, which he hit weakly in the hands of goalkeeper Nick Pope (29).

Then the referee awarded a new penalty kick to Brentford, which Tony also saved, but this time successfully (45 + 1).

Newcastle responded with two quick goals in the second half, the first scored by Brentford goalkeeper David Raya in his own goal (54), before Swedish Alexander Isaac gave him the victory (61).

The referee did not count another goal for Newcastle scored by substitute Callum Wilson (66).

And in north London, Tottenham succeeded in advancing through its South Korean striker, Son Heung-min, when the ball reached him on the outskirts of the area, so he fired it in a spiral that settled in the upper corner of the Brighton goal (10).
Son became the first Asian player to score 100 goals in the English Premier League, and the thirty-fourth player to achieve this achievement.
Brighton responded with a goal through its Japanese striker, Kaoru Mitoma, but the referee canceled the ruling because the latter controlled the ball with his hand before hitting it into the net (21).

Then Ecuadorian Moises Caicedo hit the post, before Tottenham's French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris saved Argentine Alexis McCallister 28 and 30, respectively.

Brighton's pressure yielded a goal for its captain, Louis Dunk, from a header that turned it into the net (34).
The two teams were equal in the second half, until Tottenham's top scorer Harry Kane succeeded in tipping the balance of his team by scoring the winning goal in the 79th minute.
The match witnessed a verbal altercation between the coaches of the two Italian teams, Roberto De Zerbi from Brighton, and Christian Stellini, who were dismissed by the referee an hour after the first whistle.

The return of the old-new Chelsea coach, Frank Lampard, to the team that witnessed his prayers and tours when he was a player did not help, because he fell in front of Wolverhampton with a wonderful goal by the Portuguese Matthews Nunish in the 31st minute.
Chelsea had sacked its coach, Graham Potter, for poor results under his supervision since he took office last September, succeeding German Thomas Tuchel.