London, March 1 -- Kieran CANNING Manchester City shrugged off the absence of Erling Haaland to close to within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal with a 1-0 win at Leeds on Saturday, while Liverpool beat West Ham 5-2 to climb into fifth.

Haaland was absent for the trip to the city of his birth due to a minor injury that Pep Guardiola described as "not a big problem".

Without the Norwegian, City were far from their best but ground out a vital three points against a Leeds side that had lost just twice in their previous 16 games.

Leeds were left to rue not making the most of their early dominance as Dominic Calvert-Lewin skewed wide a glorious chance just three minutes in.

Antoine Semenyo instead proved to be the match-winner ...