The sporting weekend in pictures

Phil Foden scored twice as Manchester City came from behind to beat neighbours Manchester United but Darwin Nunez’s last-minute strike at Nottingham Forest kept Liverpool top of the Premier League.

Max Verstappen picked up where he left off in 2023 with victory in Formula One’s season opener in Bahrain and there were British medals in the World Athletics Indoor Championship in Glasgow.

Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best images from the weekend’s sporting action.

Marcus Rashford's stunning strike gave Manchester United an early derby lead...
Marcus Rashford’s stunning strike gave Manchester United an early derby lead… (Mike Egerton/PA)

Liverpool remained top thanks to Darwin Nunez's controversial goal deep into stoppage time at Nottingham Forest
Liverpool remained top thanks to Darwin Nunez’s controversial goal deep into stoppage time in their 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest (Rui Vieira/AP)

Molly Caudery added British gold medal in the pole vault
Molly Caudery added another gold for Great Britain in the women’s pole vault (Martin Rickett/PA)

Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur – Barclays Women’s Super League – Emirates Stadium
Arsenal sold out the Emirates Stadium for the second time running as they beat north London rivals Tottenham in the Women’s Super League (Adam Davy/PA)

Bahrain Grand Prix – Race – Bahrain International Circuit
Christian Horner and his wife Geri put on a united front at the Bahrain Grand Prix (David Davies/PA)

... but Celtic could not take advantage as Yang Hyun-jun's saw red in their 2-0 defeat at Hearts
Celtic could not take advantage of Rangers’ slip-up against Motherwell as Yang Hyun-jun saw red in the Hoops’ 2-0 defeat at Hearts (Andrew Milligan/PA)

New Zealand Australia Cricket
Travis Head takes a catch in Australia’s 172-run Test victory over New Zealand (Andrew Cornaga/AP)

LeBron James became the first player to score 40,000 NBA points, but could not help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets
LeBron James became the first player to score 40,000 NBA points, but could not help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Denver Nuggets (Yannick Peterhans/AP)

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