Manchester City beat Manchester United 2-0 to return to top of EPL

Manchester City has kept the Premier League title in its sites by beating Manchester United 2-0 on Wednesday, climbing back above Liverpool with three games left this season.

Manchester City's Bernardo Silva celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the English Premier League soccer match against Manchester United at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England on Wednesday April 24, 2019. [Photo: AP]

United slumped to a seventh loss in its last nine matches under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer thanks to strikes in a 12-minute span from Bernardo Silva and substitute Leroy Sane, with United goalkeeper David De Gea partially at fault for both goals.

Bernardo Silva cut inside and shot inside De Gea's near post in the 54th minute, with the goalkeeper slow to get down to his left.

De Gea then failed with his left leg to keep out a low shot from Sane at the end of a sweeping counterattack led by Raheem Sterling.

City moved one point ahead of Liverpool and will become the first team to retain the Premier League title since Manchester United in 2009 if the team wins its last three games - against Burnley, Leicester and Brighton.