MATCH RESULTS – ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United [ 2-0 ] Everton

Brentford [ 1-2 ] Newcastle United

Leicester City [ 0-1 ] Bournemouth

Fulham [ 0-1 ] West Ham United

Tottenham Hotspur [ 2-1 ] Brighton & Hove Albion

Aston Villa [ 2-0 ] Nottingham Forest

Wolverhampton Wanderers [ 1-0 ] Chelsea

Southampton [ 1-4 ] Manchester City

Leeds United [ 1-5 ] Crystal Palace

Liverpool [ 2-2 ] Arsenal

Arsenal’s lead in the title race is reduced to 5 points after dropping two points against Liverpool. Manchester City has a game in hand to cut the lead to two points. Both clubs have a game against each other pending.
Newcastle United and Manchester United are tied on equal points in their race for a ‘top 4’ finish.
Tottenham isn’t posing much threat at the moment.

Liverpool remains in the top half.
Chelsea remains in the bottom half.

Bournemouth moved out of the bottom three (from 18th to 15th) after beating Leicester City.
Nottingham Forest dropped into the relegation zone to replace Bournemouth.
Southampton remains bottom of the league.

LEAGUE STANDINGS – ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

1 | Arsenal ( 30 ) – 73 points
2 | Manchester City ( 29 ) – 67 points
3 | Newcastle United ( 29 ) – 56 points
4 | Manchester United ( 29 ) – 56 points
5 | Tottenham Hotspur ( 30 ) – 53 points
6 | Aston Villa ( 30 ) – 47 points
7 | Brighton & Hove Albion ( 28 ) – 46 points
8 | Liverpool ( 29 ) – 44 points
9 | Brentford ( 30 ) – 43 points
10 | Fulham ( 29 ) – 39 points
11 | Chelsea ( 30 ) – 39 points
12 | Crystal Palace ( 30 ) – 33 points
13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers ( 30 ) – 31 points
14 | West Ham United ( 29 ) – 30 points
15 | Bournemouth ( 30 ) – 30 points
16 | Leeds United ( 30 ) – 29 points
17 | Everton ( 30 ) – 27 points
18 | Nottingham Forest ( 30 ) – 27 points
19 | Leicester City ( 30 ) – 25 points
20 | Southampton ( 30 ) – 23 points

April 8.

Manchester United [ 2-0 ] Everton
Manchester United – Scott McTominay 36′ Anthony Martial 71′

Brentford [ 1-2 ] Newcastle United
Brentford – Ivan Toney 45+1′(pen)
Newcastle United – David Raya 54′(og) Alexander Isak 61′

Leicester City [ 0-1 ] Bournemouth
Bournemouth – Philip Billing 40′

Fulham [ 0-1 ] West Ham United
West Ham United – Harrison Reed 23′(og)

Tottenham Hotspur [ 2-1 ] Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur – Heung Min Son 10′ Harry Kane 79′
Brighton & Hove Albion – Lewis Dunk 34′

Aston Villa [ 2-0 ] Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa – Bertrand Traore 48′ Ollie Watkins 90+5′

Wolverhampton Wanderers [ 1-0 ] Chelsea
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Matheus Nunes 31′

Southampton [ 1-4 ] Manchester City
Southampton – Sekou Mara 72′
Manchester City – Erling Haaland 45′ 68′ Jack Grealish 58′ Julian Alvarez 75′(pen)

April 9.

Leeds United [ 1-5 ] Crystal Palace
Leeds United – Patrick Bamford 21′
Crystal Palace – Marc Guehi 45+1′ Jordan Ayen 53′ 57′ Eberechi Eze 55′ Odsonne Edouard 69′

Liverpool [ 2-2 ] Arsenal
Liverpool – Mohamed Salah 42′ Roberto Firmino 87′
Arsenal – Gabriel Martinelli 8′ Gabriel Jesus 28′

Manchester United did the expected by getting a win over a struggling Everton side.
Newcastle recovered from a goal down in the first half to take the three points from Brentford. Five wins in a row for Newcastle United.

Leicester City stretched their winless run to 8 league games (7 defeats) after losing 1-0 at home against Bournemouth.
It was a narrow win but West Ham United will take anything they can get. West Ham bounced back from their ‘5-1’ defeat against Newcastle by leaving Fulham with three points from an own-goal. Four league defeats in a row for Fulham.

Heung Min Son and Harry Kane scored with strikes from outside the penalty box as Tottenham bounce back from a consecutive draw in the league with a questionable 2-1 win over a Brighton side that arguably deserved more from the match than a defeat.

Aston Villa won their 4th straight game in a run of 7 unbeaten league matches. Bertrand Traore’s early goal in the 48th minute and Olli Watkins’s late goal in the 5th minute of the added times sealed a ‘2-0’ win for Aston Villa over Nottingham Forest.
Nottingham Forest is now 8 matches without a win (5 defeats).

Matheus Nunes volleyed in the only goal of the game to give Wolves the three points at Chelsea’s expense. The first win for Wolves in four matches, while Chelsea go four matches without a win.
Manchester City put the pressure on Arsenal by doing the expected against bottom-tabled Southampton. Erling Haaland scored two goals in Manchester City’s 4-1 win.

Back-to-back wins for Crystal Palace after coming from a goal down to follow a 2-1 win over Leicester City with a 5-1 thrashing of Leeds United. Crystal Palace had gone 12 league games without a win before this run.

Roberto Firmino’s goal allowed Liverpool to recover from two goals down to avoid a home defeat against Arsenal. Mohamed Salah could’ve scored two goals if he converted his penalty kick in the 54th minute. Arsenal were two goals up in the opening 30 minutes but failed to get a win at Anfield. Gabriel Martinelli scored the game-opening goal in the 8th minute and assisted the second goal in the 28th minute.