Domestic Leagues
British Premier League – Round Twenty-five
Top Four:
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Chelsea
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Manchester City
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Tottenham Hotspur
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Arsenal
Bottom Four:
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Leicester City
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Hull City
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Crystal Palace
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Sunderland
February 11, 2017
Arsenal 2-0 Hull city
Alexis Sanchez 34’ 90’+3(pen)
Arsenal defeated Hull City to avoid going three league matches without picking up points and/or getting a victory.
Alexis Sanchez got two goals to take his personal tally to 17 goals in the league.
Manchester United 2-0 Watford
Juan Mata 32’
Anthony Martial 45’
Manchester United continued their undefeated run with a victory over Watford. It is now 16 unbeaten league matches for Manchester United.
Middlesbrough 0-0 Everton
Middlesbrough held Everton to a goalless draw.
Stoke City 1-0 Crystal Palace
Joe Allen 67’
Joe Allen’s goal in the second half gave Stoke City a victory over a struggling Crystal Palace.
After managing just a victory in their last 11 league matches and losing 8 of the last 11, the goal for Crystal Palace is to avoid relegation.
Sunderland 0-4 Southampton
Manolo Gabbiadini 30′ 45′
Jason Denayer 88’(o.g)
Shane Long 90’+2’
Southampton thrashes Sunderland to get an away victory and put a stop to a recent string of defeats. Sunderland returned to losing ways and gave the goal advantage that they got from their victory against Crystal Palace.
West Ham United 2-2 West Bromwich Albion
Sofiane Feghouli 63’ Nacer Chadli 6’
Manuel Lanzini 86’ Gareth McAuley 90’+4’
West Bromwich Albion remains five points above West Ham United after a ‘2-2’ draw.
After losing an early lead and finding themselves in a losing in the final minutes of regulation time, West Bromwich Albion had to score late to pick up a point against West Ham.
Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Sadio Mane 16’ 18’
It could have been another quick hat trick for Sadio Mane.
In what was the biggest fixture of the day, Liverpool got the better of Tottenham Hotspur.
Sadio Mane delivered Liverpool their first league victory in 2017 when he scored two goals in quick successions for Liverpool to close the gap and enhance their chances at a top-four finish.
February 12, 2017
Burnley 1-1 Chelsea
Robert Brady 24’ Pedro Rodriguez 7’
Burnley did the improbable and stopped Chelsea from picking up the maximum points from this fixture. Because of Liverpool’s success in their fixture against Tottenham, a draw was good enough for Chelsea to widen their lead at the top of the standings.
Swansea City 2-0 Leicester City
Alfie Mawson 37’
Martin Olsson 45’+2’
The champions might just drop. Leicester City earned five straight league defeats after Swansea City got two goals in the latter part of the first half to get a home victory.
Leicester is sitting right above the relegation zone and one more bad result could have them in the zone.
February 13, 2017
AFC Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester City
Raheem Sterling 29’
Tyrone Mings 69’(o.g)
Manchester City moved 8 points away from the top of the table after defeating AFC Bournemouth away.