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MANCHESTER, England - Frank Lampard showed his value to Manchester City on Thursday by clinching a 3-2 victory over Sunderland just one day after extending his deal with the club until the end of the season.After City threw away a 2-0 lead, the 36-year-old Lampard spared Citys blushes with a milestone goal in the 73rd minute. The former Chelsea midfielder moved to fourth place on the Premier Leagues all-time scoring leaderboard by netting for the 176th time in the division, heading in from Gael Clichys cross.By now Lampard was due to be getting ready for his Major League Soccer career with Citys new sister club New York City FC. But Man City announced late on Wednesday that Lampard would be staying until the end of the season to be part of the second-place teams title push.A dull contest burst into life after Yaya Toure broke the deadlock with a stunning strike after 57 minutes. Four more goals followed in the next 16 minutes as Stevan Jovetic added a second for City and Sunderland hit back through former City players Jack Rodwell and Adam Johnson.It then fell to substitute Lampard to score his seventh goal for City.What unfolded in the second half came in remarkable contrast to the first half.City, who had Willy Caballero in goal in place of the rested Joe Hart, dominated possession but Sunderland played deep.City created an early opening with Jovetic flashing a shot wide after combining with David Silva but their opportunities were limited.Toure, who gave City control of midfield after being rested for Sundays 2-2 draw with Burnley, sliced one chance from distance well wide and high.City tried to up the tempo in the second half, and Jesus Navas shot wide within a minute of the restart, but the game appeared to be changing little until Toure finally struck.City again seemed to be getting little joy as they looked to prize an opening in the Sunderland defence - but Toure opted for power. The Ivory Coast midfielder, who heads off to the African Cup of Nations next week, was lurking just outside the area when he raced onto Jovetics lay-off and smashed a shot into the top corner.City then seemed to have made the game safe as Jovetic released Clichy down the left and then sprinted into the area to take his return pass and beat Costel Pantilimon with a neat flick.But with the game having suddenly come to life, Sunderland produced a remarkable response to level with two quickfire goals.Emanuele Giaccherini extended Caballero with a good shot but Rodwell got a firm header to Larssons cross from the resulting corner to pull a goal back.City lost its discipline and was pulled apart moments later as Sunderland attacked again.Ricardo Alvarez drove the ball across the box and Zabaleta felled Billy Jones attempting to stop the inrushing defender. 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Players suspended during the season for a performance-enhancing drug violation will not be eligible for that years post-season. In addition, discipline will increase from 50 games to 80 for a first testing violation and from 100 games to a season-long 162 for a second. A third violation remains a lifetime ban.PHILADELPHIA -- Despite a poorly timed losing streak, Maple Leafs head coach Randy Carlyle still believes Toronto can turn its season around before its too late. The Leafs dropped a 4-2 decision on Friday to the Philadelphia Flyers, their seventh straight loss, and remain outside of a post-season berth. Carlyle, however, said that his team just needs to clean up the little things and they should be fine with seven games remaining in the regular season. "Theyve proven to us before that they can play the game at a high level," said Carlyle. "If we can tidy up the turnover situation...we got to win more one-on-one battles for the puck. Those are the things at this juncture in the season thats imperative, that we win those battles. And right now were not winning enough." Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk, who scored his 29th goal of the season on Friday, agreed with his coach. "I think our work ethic has been good, we havent quit," said van Riemsdyk. "Weve played hard to the end, sometimes were just not getting the bounces." Vinny Lecavalier, Scott Hartnell, Claude Giroux and Wayne Simmonds scored for the Flyers, while goaltender Steve Mason stopped 32 shots for the win. David Bolland also scored for the Leafs and Jonathan Bernier made 25 saves in defeat. Lecavalier opened the scoring for Philadelphia 5:35 into the first period as Toronto tried to kill off 1:36 of a 5-on-3 power play. Leafs defenceman Dion Phaneuf was forced to take the face-off after centre Jay McClement was tossed from the draw. After Phaneuf lost the faceoff to Giroux, Lecavalier one timed the puck past Bernier after being set up by defenceman Kimmmo Timonen.dddddddddddd "They score a five-on-three goal, our centre gets kicked out, I dont know if we could have covered it differently," said Carlyle. Van Riemsdyk responded for Toronto just four seconds into the second period, tying the NHL record for the fastest goal to start a period. After centre Tyler Bozak won the draw forward, van Riemsdyk skated ahead and put the puck past Mason to even the score. "Bozie made the play pretty much, he decided he was going to push it ahead," said van Riemsdyk. "He made a great play and I just fired it on net." "It was a big spark," Carlyle said of the goal. "We had a lot of momentum for our hockey club but we just werent able to carry it through." Hartnell killed any Toronto momentum when he gave Philadelphia the lead back at 11:03 of the second after a backhand tip on a shot from Timonen. Giroux made it 3-1 at 4:55 of the third period when he fired a slapper from the circle over Berniers right shoulder. Bolland brought the Leafs within a goal at 6:18. Simmonds, however, put the game out of reach at 12:39. "I look at it as we came here to work, we worked hard," said Carlyle. "Were we smart enough in some areas? No. But we gave ourselves a chance." Toronto is in a four-way tie for the two wild card spots in the Eastern Conference, but sit outside a post-season position because of playing more games than any of the other three clubs. One of those teams is the Detroit Red Wings, who the Leafs will face on Saturday. Carlyle knows a win over the Red Wings is as big as it gets. "We have an opportunity tomorrow night, its the biggest game of the year." ' ' '