Man City charge stalls at Sunderland, Liverpool held by Leeds
In a goal-shy start to 2026, three of the four New Year's Day fixtures ended without a goal as Tottenham also played out a 0-0 draw on Thomas Frank's return to Brentford.
City had won eight consecutive games to end 2025 and cut the gap on the Gunners to just two points.
But they were unable to respond to Arsenal's impressive 4-1 demolition of third-place Aston Villa on Tuesday despite creating a host of chances against a depleted Sunderland.
The Black Cats were without six players at the Africa...