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Summary Manchester City and Manchester United won their respective matches in the English Premier League.
Manchester City turned the Premier League into what looks like a two-horse race Sunday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Tottenham, leaving Manchester United its only likely rival for the English title.Third-place Tottenham fought back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Etihad Stadium, but Jermain Defoe missed an injury-time chance for the visitors and Mario Balotelli won the game for City with a penalty he had earned himself.Fouled by Tottenham captain Ledley King, the Italy striker took a step, paused and shot calmly past goalkeeper Brad Friedel to give City an 11th win from 11 home matches in this seasons Premier League.City is eight points clear of Spurs but defending champion United is still only three behind after a 2-1 win at Arsenal.Antonio Valencia gave his best impression of former United great Cristiano Ronaldo to score Uniteds first goal and set up the winner over an Arsenal side that slipped 18 points behind City and five behind the the final Champions League qualifying berth.We are still behind City but we have to keep winning games, United captain Patrice Evra said.
