North London is red after Arsenal’s win against Tottenham.
The chasing pack have games in hand but Manchester City has a 14-point lead in the title race.
Chelsea fell 5 points away from the top 3. They were the only side in the ‘top 4’ not to win their game.
Liverpool moved up two positions after a narrow win at Wolves. They moved a position above Everton, but with an extra game needed.
The three teams in the relegation zone were all on the wrong end of the score in their respective matches.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 17 goals
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – 16 goals
Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 16 goals
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton) – 14 goals
NEWCASTLE VS ASTON VILLA
Goal Scorers – Newcastle – Jamaal Lascelles 90+4′
Goal Scorers – Aston Villa – Ciaran Clark 86′(og)
LEEDS 0-0 CHELSEA
CRYSTAL PALACE 1-0 WEST BROM
Goal Scorers – Crystal Palace – Luka Milivojevic 37′
EVERTON VS BURNLEY
Goal Scorers – Everton – Dominc Calvert – Lewin 32′
Goal Scorers – Burnley – Chris Wood 13′ Dwight McNeil 24′
FULHAM 0-3 MANCHESTER CITY
Goal Scorers – Manchester City – John Stones 47′ Gabriel Jesus 56′ Sergio Aguero 60′ (pen)
SOUTHAMPTON 1-2 BRIGHTON
Goal Scorers – Southampton – Che Adams 27′
Goal Scorers – Brighton – Lewis dunk 16′ Leandro Trossard 56′
LEICESTER CITY 5-0 SHEFFIELD UNITED
Goal Scorers – Leicester City – Kelechi Iheanacho 39′ 69′ 78′ Ayoze Perez 64′ Ethan Ampadu 80′
ARSENAL 2-1 TOTTENHAM
Goal Scorers – Arsenal – Martin Odegaard 44′ Alexandre Lacazette 64′(pen)
Goal Scorers – Tottenham – Erik Lamela 33′
MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 WEST HAM
Goal Scorers – Manchester United – Craig Dawson 53′(og)
WOLVES 0-1 LIVERPOOL
Goal Scorers – Liverpool – Diogo Jota 45+2′
Jamal Lascelles headed in Newcastle’s equalizing goal in the dying minute to get his side a point at home against Aston Villa. Aston Villa had taken the lead in the 86th minute and looked to be leaving with all three points.
Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea are still unbeaten in all competitions but dropped points at Leeds against a Leeds United side that was on the brink of a third straight league defeat.
Luka Muluvojevic’s 27th-minute goal from the penalty spot was enough for Crystal Palace to sink West Bromwich.
A consecutive defeat for Everton. Everoton followed up their defeat to Chelsea with a 2-1 home defeat against Burnley.
They had to wait till the second half to find the goals but Manchester City grabbed three points from a 3-0 win at Fulham to move closer to the league title. Sergio Aguero scored the final goal from the penalty spot. It was his first since January 2020.
A ‘2-1’ win at Southampton was Brighton’s first league in 5 league games. Brighton’s first win in all competitions since their shocking win at Anfield against Liverpool on February 3, 2021. Southampton on the other hand have had 1 league win from their last 12 games since beating Liverpool on January 4th, 2021.
Sheffield United conceded 5 without a response. Kelechi Iheanacho’s hat trick helped Leicester City to thrash Sheffield United.
Arsenal cme from a goal down to win the North London derby. It finished a 2-1 win for Arsenal to close to narrow the gap between themselves and Totenham down to 4 points. Erik Lamela had an eventful game. He replaced an injured Hueng-Min Son in the 19th minute, opened the scoring for the game by scoring a beauty in the 33rd minute to hand Tottenham the lead, and got sent off after picking up multiple yellow cards.
Manchester United kept second place in the league after a narrow win at home against West Ham.
