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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22556421" data-attributes="member: 158020">Manchester City 2 Southampton 1: Sterling snatches last-gasp winner<img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/11/29/22/46D1C5CE00000578-5130131-image-a-90_1511993054472.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Manchester City restored their eight-point lead at the top of the  Premier League thanks to a goal in the dying seconds by Raheem Sterling  that sealed a dramatic 2-1 home win over Southampton.A Kevin De Bruyne free-kick, diverted into his own net by Virgil van  Dijk, had looked likely to be enough to give Pep Guardiola's side a 12th  league win in a row until Oriol Romeu snatched an equaliser 15 minutes  from time. But  Sterling curled home a sublime winner as the game crept into the sixth  minute of injury time to maintain the hosts' charge towards the title.   City  battled back from a goal down to beat Huddersfield Town last time out,  Sterling also scoring the winner in that clash, and they could easily  have found themselves behind in the first half at the Etihad Stadium  against a Saints side buoyed by their 4-1 win over Everton.Wesley  Hoedt and Maya Yoshida missed clear opportunities to punish the home  side for a sloppy opening period, with goalkeeper Fraser Forster equal  to anything City were able to produce.That was until the 47th  minute, when De Bruyne's goal-bound delivery was deflected in at the  near post by Van Dijk, allowing the home fans to breathe a little more  easily.The home side failed to add to the goal and were punished  in the closing stages by Romeu's clinical finish, but Sterling struck to  deny Saints a valuable point and frustrate title rivals Manchester  United, who had looked set to make up ground on City.A surprisingly slack start from City should have been punished 14  minutes in, with Hoedt only able to head against the crossbar from  inside the six-yard box after Ryan Bertrand's corner was flicked on by  Yoshida. City broke swiftly and twice tested Forster, with Sterling and  Gabriel Jesus denied by the England international, who then made a  flying stop to claw away a Fernandinho effort after Mario Lemina was  dispossessed in his own half.Ilkay Gundogan then missed City's  best chance of the half, scuffing a half-volley into the turf and behind  for a goal kick after Forster had saved from Sergio Aguero, but the  home side continued to look subdued and Yoshida missed a clear  opportunity to punish them before the break, prodding an effort over the  bar from point-blank range after Van Dijk's downward header.Saints  were made to rue those misses in the first two minutes of the second  half. De Bruyne whipped in a low free-kick from the left of the penalty  area and the ball was turned into his own net by Van Dijk, who was under  pressure from Aguero.Jesus was then thwarted by Forster when through one-on-one and the  Saints keeper made a flying save to keep out a De Bruyne strike from 25  yards out, with City apparently keen to press their advantage and kill  off any hope of a comeback from the visitors. Aguero missed a free header from another De Bruyne delivery  before Van Dijk spurned the chance to equalise, nodding another  dangerous corner over the crossbar from six yards out.However,  just as the game looked to be getting away from the visitors, they  snatched their equaliser. A deep cross from Bertrand was controlled  expertly by substitute Sofiane Boufal and, when he picked out Romeu from  the byline, the midfielder made no mistake in smashing high past  Ederson.   City  poured forward and their pressure told seconds after the allotted five  minutes of injury time, Sterling collecting De Bruyne's pass and bending  a stunning strike into the top-left corner from the edge of the area to  deal a blow to United and the chasing pack in the title race.</blockquote>

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