Liverpool took a firm grip on the Premier League title race with a 3-1 home victory over champions Manchester City at Anfield.
There was more top-flight VAR controversy this weekend and disappointment for England’s Lionesses before a record Wembley crowd.
But the sporting weekend did see success for England’s men’s cricketers in New Zealand.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (left) scores his side’s second goal of their 3-1 victory against Manchester City (Peter Byrne/PA)
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp (left) and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola hug after the final whistle at Anfield (Peter Byrne/PA)
Happy days at Leicester as Jamie Vardy opens the scoring in a 2-0 win against Arsenal and takes the Foxes in to second place in the Premier League (Nick Potts/PA)
Celtic’s Odsonne Edouard ended a good week for the Scottish champions by scoring in the 2-0 win against Motherwell (Jeff Holmes/PA)
New Zealand wicket keeper Tim Seifert (right) whips the bails off as he runs out England batsman Sam Curran during their T20 cricket match at Eden Park (Andrew Cornaga/AP)
Gloucester fans mock their Saracens opponents for breaching the salary cap by waving fake money and wearing caps during their Gallagher Premiership match at Kingsholm (Simon Galloway/PA)
Silver medal winners Great Britain’s Elinor Barker (left) and Katie Archibald during a change over in the Women’s Madison event at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Glasgow (Ian Rutherford/PA)
Novak Djokovic walks out before the start of his straight-sets win over Matteo Berrettini at the Nitto ATP Finals in London (John Walton/PA)
