Winning At Home To Burnley 2-0, Manchester City Returns To The Top Of The English League Standings, Overtaking Liverpool

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne (right) celebrates with his team-mates after scoring a goal against Burnley, Saturday 2 April. (ANTARA/REUTERS/CRAIG BROUGH)

JAKARTA - Manchester City reclaimed the top of the Premier League standings after a 2-0 win over Burnley in matchday 31 at Turf Moor Stadium, Saturday.

Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Guendogan each contributed a goal to keep City on 73 points, a point ahead of Liverpool who they sent back into second place. Meanwhile, Burnley (21) are stuck in 19th place despite still having two games to spare, according to the Premier League's official website.

After Josh Brownhill almost found their goal early in the match, City were able to take the lead through De Bruyne's shot from Raheem Sterling's cross in the fifth minute.

City doubled their lead in the 25th minute when Guendogan met Sterling's cross with a volley and the ball veered off one of Burnley's defenders to round keeper Nick Pope.

City had a chance to add another goal four minutes before halftime, unfortunately Sterling failed to complete a pass from Phil Foden despite being in a free position.

Three minutes into the second half, James Tarkowski almost scored an own goal as he tried to clear Joao Cancelo's cross, fortunately this time Pope was quick to save the ball.

A minute later, Pope was again busy securing Burnley's goal from Gundogan's shot which met De Bruyne's pass.

The hosts had few chances and almost scored in the 59th minute when Maxwell Cornet beat goalkeeper Ederson Moraes with a header, but the ball was cleared by Nathan Ake before crossing the line.

In the 80th minute, Gabriel Jesus almost scored City's third goal had his low shot not ended against the post. Even so, Manchester City still brought home the full three points and returned to the top of the Premier League standings.