ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal replaces Tottenham in the top four as the race for Champions League qualification continues between the North London clubs.
Manchester City and Liverpool stayed a point apart.
Newcastle United enters the top half of the table (9th).
Norwich City and Watford are the prime candidates for relegation.
MATCH RESULTS
Arsenal 3-1 Manchester United
Leicester City 0-0 Aston Villa
Manchester City 5-1 Watford
Norwich 0-3 Newcastle
Brentford 0-0 Tottenham
Brighton 2-2 Southampton
Burnley 1-0 Wolves
Chelsea 1-0 West Ham
Liverpool 2-0 Everton
Crystal Palace 0-0 Leeds United
PREMIER LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Mancehster City (33) – 80 points
2| Liverpool (33) – 79 points
3| Chelsea (32) – 65 points
4| Arsenal (33) – 60 points
5| Tottenham Hotspur (33) – 58 points
6| Mancehster United (34) – 54 points
7| West Ham United (34) – 52 points
8| Wolves (33) – 49 points
9| Newcastle United (34) – 43 points
10| Leicester City (32) – 42 points
11| Brighton (34) – 41 points
12| Brentford (34) – 40 points
13| Southampton (34) – 40 points
14| Crystal Palace (33) – 38 points
15| Aston Villa (32) – 37 points
16| Leeds United (33) – 34 points
17| Burnley (33) – 31 points
18| Everton (32) – 29 points
19| Watford (33) – 22 points
20| Norwich City (33) – 21 points
Gabriel Jesus scored two goals in each half to help Manchester City to the three points by thrashing relegation bound Watford 5-1.
A ‘2-0’ Merseyside derby victory kept Liverpool on Manchester City’s tails while leaving Everton in the relegation zone.
Arsenal followed up a win against Chelsea with another against a Manchester United team that was also looking for the result to help make amends for their defeat at Liverpool.
{We are counting on Chelsea to not slip up}As things stand, Arsenal gained the advantage in the race for a ‘top four’ finish in the Premier League after opening a 6-point gap on Manchester United through a 3-1 win, while Tottenham dropped points against Brentford.
Tottenham dropped points in consecutive matches.
Brentford was denied a fourth successive victory but stayed unbeaten in their last four matches after a goalless draw with Tottenham.
Newcastle United enters the top half of the table (9th).
With four wins on the bounce, it is safe to say that Newcastle has won their battle to avoid relegation. Joelinton’s brace contributed to the 3-0 Newcaster win against bottom tabled Norwich.
Luckily for Chelsea (and Jorginho), Christian Pulisic found the net in the 90th minute to secure maximum points against a 10-man West Ham.
West Ham was reduced to 10 men in the 86th minute when Craig Dawson received a red card for a foul on Lukaku that also resulted in a penalty being rewarded to Chelsea. – Jorginho took the penalty and missed.
