Manchester City , who on Saturday won with so much suffering to a combative Swansea (2-1) climbed to the top of the Premier League pending the meeting on Monday between Leicester and Chelsea (20:00 GMT), which closed the sixteenth day of the league English.
The City suffered more waiting before a Swansea where Alan Curtis made his debut as interim coach following the dismissal Thursday of Garry Monk.
The 'Citizens', thanks to a shot from Yaya Toure who played the young Kelechi Iheanacho 91 minutes, got the three points and regained the championship lead.
They had beaten local thanks to a goal from Wilfried Bony , who played a season and a half at Swansea, but the absence of 30 seconds to the end of the game Bafetimbi Gomis got the goal that seemed to give a point to the Welsh.
However, Touré, with the invaluable help of Iheanacho, beat with a shot from the right side of the area to Lukasz Fabianski to achieve the final 2-1.
In the match that closed the day Saturday, the United again lost, this time to a large Bournemouth (2-1), who with this victory escapes relegation.
The 'Cherries' and conclude a week of dream, with victories over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (0-1) and United.
The contrast between the two sets is clear: seven years ago the 'Cherries' competed in League Two, the fourth tier of English football, with a penalty of 17 points, while the 'red devils' were the champions of Europe.
In the whole of Manchester, stringing five straight games without a win (three draws and two defeats) and returns to stumble in their attempt to peer into the top of the Premier, growing doubts about the figure of his coach, Dutchman Louis van Gaal .
The hosts went ahead after just two minutes thanks to a goal Olympic Junior Stanislas , but the visitors equalized thanks to Marouane Fellani, who stumbled and after a series of rejections managed to slip the Polish Arthur Boruc.
Within ten minutes of the second half one of the United squad, Norwegian Joshua King , he decided the match for 'Cherries' by pushing the back of the net a lost ball after a deconcentration behind in a corner.
Only two victories were in the other matches on Saturday: the Crystal Palace won the crestfallen Southampton 1-0 (goal by Yohan Cabaye ) and Watford Quique Sanchez Flores had a big away win over Sunderland by 0- 1 (both former player of Granada Odion Ighalo).
In the other two games, Norwich and Everton the points for Carrow Road (1-1, goals from Wes Hoolahan and Romelu Lukaku ) and West Ham and Stoke drew 0-0 at Upton Park.
The sixteenth day of the Premier is completed with three games on Sunday and one on Monday. Sunday opens the soccer day the Aston Villa at home to Arsenal (12:00 GMT) before the duels between Liverpool and West Brom (16:00 GMT) and Tottenham and Newcastle (16:00 GMT).
Leicester City and Chelsea will meet on Monday at the King Power Stadium (20:00 GMT) in the match that closed the day 16 championship.
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