Manchester City wasted little time returning to the top four, but needed a solid effort to hold off Burnley at Etihad Stadium on Monday night in a 2-1 win. City's Yaya Toure and Burnley's Ben Mee take the cover for the Tuesday, January 3, 2017 edition of <em>The National </em>Sport section. <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/manchester-city-showed-resilience-for-pep-guardiola-in-valuable-victory-over-burnley">Richard Jolly reported from Manchester</a>, where after the match Pep Guardiola expressed displeasure at officials who awarded Burnley a contested goal and sent off Fernandinho half an hour in, leaving City to fight for an hour down a man. Jolly writes: “He was upset about the award of Burnley’s goal. Manchester City’s fans were vocal in their displeasure about referee Lee Mason’s performance. But they still prevailed, in a triumph forged by skill and spirit alike. “‘After a game in Anfield two days ago, [to play with] 10 men for 60 minutes, we showed resilience,’ said Guardiola, in a rare moment of levity.” We have also <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/liverpool-give-up-two-penalties-to-defoe-in-disappointing-draw-10-man-man-city-win-premier-league-round-up">rounded up the latest round of Premier League matches</a>. Stick with The National for more football coverage. <strong>Follow us on Twitter </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/NatSportUAE">@NatSportUAE</a> <strong>Like us on Facebook at </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheNationalSport/">facebook.com/TheNationalSport</a>
