ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester City got the result against Leicester City to put pressure on Arsenal’s title ambitions.
MATCH RESULTS – ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Aston Villa [ 3-0 ] Newcastle United
Southampton [ 0-2 ] Crystal Palace
Wolverhampton Wanderers [ 2-0 ] Brentford
Chelsea [ 1-2 ] Brighton & Hove Albion
Tottenham Hotspur [ 2-3 ] Bournemouth
Everton [ 1-3 ] Fulham
Manchester City [ 3-1 ] Leicester City
West Ham United [ 2-2 ] Arsenal
Nottingham Forest [ 0-2 ] Manchester United
Leeds United [ 1-6 ] Liverpool
Manchester City joined Arsenal in the 70-point and-up list. The two teams are now separated by 4 points with a fixture scheduled between them.
Arsenal did not get the needed victory to tighten their grip on first place. A ‘2-2’ draw against West Ham has opened the Premier League title race and increased the pressure on Arsenal.
Manchester United and Newcastle United swapped positions. Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest, while Newcastle fell to a 3-0 defeat against Aston Villa.
Chelsea continued their poor form by losing at home against Brighton, despite being the first to get on the score sheet, while Liverpool found great success at Leeds.
The bottom 5 teams failed to add to their point tally.
West Ham and Bournemouth swapped positions – Bournemouth to 14th and West Ham to 15th.
LEAGUE STANDINGS – ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
1 | Arsenal ( 31 ) – 74 points
2 | Manchester City ( 30 ) – 70 points
3 | Manchester United ( 30 ) – 59 points
4 | Newcastle United ( 30 ) – 56 points
5 | Tottenham Hotspur ( 31 ) – 53 points
6 | Aston Villa ( 31 ) – 50 points
7 | Brighton & Hove Albion ( 29 ) – 49 points
8 | Liverpool ( 30 ) – 47 points
9 | Brentford ( 31 ) – 43 points
10 | Fulham ( 30 ) – 42 points
11 | Chelsea ( 31 ) – 39 points
12 | Crystal Palace ( 31 ) – 36 points
13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers ( 31 ) – 34 points
14 | Bournemouth ( 31 ) – 33 points
15 | West Ham United ( 30 ) – 31 points
16 | Leeds United ( 31 ) – 29 points
17 | Everton ( 31 ) – 27 points
18 | Nottingham Forest ( 31 ) – 27 points
19 | Leicester City ( 31 ) – 25 points
20 | Southampton ( 31 ) – 23 points
April 15.
Aston Villa [ 3-0 ] Newcastle United
Aston Villa – Jacob Ramsey 11′ Ollie Watkins 64′ 83′
Southampton [ 0-2 ] Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace – Eberechi Eze 54′ 68′
Wolverhampton Wanderers [ 2-0 ] Brentford
Wolverhampton Wanderers – Diego Costa 27′ Hee-Chan Hwang 69′
Chelsea [ 1-2 ] Brighton & Hove Albion
Chelsea – Connor Gallagher 13′
Brighton & Hove Albion – Danny Welbeck 42′ Juilio Enciso 69′
Tottenham Hotspur [ 2-3 ] Bournemouth
Tottenham Hotspur – Heung-Min Son 14′ Arnaut Danjuma 88′
Bournemouth – Matias Vina 38′ Dominic Solanke 51′ Dango Ouattara 90+5′
Everton [ 1-3 ] Fulham
Everton – Dwight McNeil 35′
Fulham – Harrison Reed 22′ Harry Wilson 51′ Daniel James 68′
Manchester City [ 3-1 ] Leicester City
Manchester City – John Stones 5′ Erlin Haaland 13′ (pen) 25′
Leicester City – Kelechi Iheanacho 75′
April 16.
West Ham United [ 2-2 ] Arsenal
West Ham United – Said Benrahma 33′ Jarrod Bowen 54′
Arsenal – Gabriel Jesus 7′ Martin Odegaard 10′
Nottingham Forest [ 0-2 ] Manchester United
Manchester United – Antony 32′ Diago Dalot 76′
April 17.
Leeds United [ 1-6 ] Liverpool
Leeds United – Luis Sinisterra 47′
Liverpool – Cody Gakpo 35′ Mohamed Salah 39′ 64′ Diogo Jota 52′ 73′ Darwin Nunez 90′
Ollie Watkins scored two and assisted the other for Aston Villa to go 8 league games unbeaten and picked up their 7th win in that run from a 3-0 win over Newcastle United.
The defeat ended Newcastle’s streak of 5 wins in the league.
Eberechi Ezi’s two goals in the second half got Crystal Palace a third straight league win through a 2-0 win against Southampton.
Wolves followed a win against Chelsae with another against Brentford.
Three defeats in a row for Brentford.
A deserved win for a dominant Brighton side that went a goal down but recovered and pick up 3 points through a 2-1 away victory over Chelsea. Julio Encisco scored the winning goal with a wonder strike in the 69th minute. Chelsea is now without a win from their last 6 competitive matches (5 league games), with 4 defeats (3 in the league). Chelsea followed a 1-0 defeat at Wolves with a 2-1 defeat to Brighton. Frank Lampard picked up where he left off.
Brighton bounced back from an undeserved 2-1 defeat against Tottenham with a 2-1 win against Chelsea.
Dango Ouattara scored in the 5th minute of the final added time to get Bournemouth a 3-2 away win against Tottenham.
Back-to-back defeat for Everton.
Second-half goals from Harry Wilson and Daniel James restored Fulham’s lead and hand them a 3-1 win over Everton.
Erling Haaland scored his 31st and 32nd league goals in Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Leicester City.
A comfortable start for Arsenal ended with them dropping two points against West Ham. Arsenal was 2-goals up inside the opening 10 minutes but just like it ended in the previous round (vs Liverpool), the game ended as a 2-2 draw. The difference here is that it was against a West Ham side in a relegation avoidance battle.
Massive three points for West Ham.
Manchester United did the expected and picked up a win against relegation-zoned Nottingham Forest.
It was a good night for Liverpool as they picked up three points from a 6-1 win at Leeds. Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota scored two goals each. Salah’s first goal was the game-winner. Jota’s first goal calmed down the nerves of Liverpool after Luis Sinisterra scored in the opening minute of the second half for Leeds United to half Liverpool’s lead.
