Premier League
MATCH RESULTS
Brentford 3-0 Southampton
Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa
Chelsea 2-2 Wolves
Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford
Brighton 4-0 Manchester United
Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham
Arsenal 2-1 Leeds United
Leicester City 1-2 Everton
Norwich City 0-4 West Ham
Manchester City 5-0 Newcastle
Manchester City’s lead at the top grew to three points.
A 5-0 thrashing of Newcastle in the final match of the round pushed Manchester City’s lead in the title race up to 3 points.
Liverpool pool dropped two points and fell three points behind in the title race with a maximum of 9 points left in the season for the title contenders.
Manchester United officially ended their bid for Champions League football at Brighton.
Arsenal used a 2-1 win against Leeds United to move a point away from 3rd (Chelsea), while also opening a 4-point lead on Tottenham in the race for the ‘top 4’.
The result dropped Leeds into the relegation zone.
Everton moved out of the relegation zone after picking up a win at Leicester.
Watford joined Norwich City to leave the league with just one spot left to complete the list of relegated.
Leeds United, Burnley, and Everton are the prime relegation candidates as things stand.
PREMIER LEAGUE STANDINGS
1| Manchester City – 86 points
2| Liverpool – 83 points
3| Chelsea – 67 points
4| Arsenal – 66 points
5| Tottenham Hotspur – 62 points
6| Manchester United – 58 points
7| West Ham United – 55 points
8| Wolves – 50 points
9| Brighton – 47 points
10| Crystal Palace – 44 points
11| Aston Villa – 43 points
12| Brentford – 43 points
13| Newcastle United – 43 points
14| Leicester City – 42 points
15| Southampton – 40 points
16| Everton – 35 points
17| Burnley – 34 points
18| Leeds United – 34 points
19| Watford – 22 points
20| Norwich City – 21 points
Brentford scored three to open three points on Southampton.
It ended 2-2 at Stamford Bridge. Romelu Lukaku’s two goals were wiped out by Wolves to see Chelsea go three league games without a win.
Wilfried Zaha’s goal confirmed another league victory for Crystal Palace and confirmed relegation for Watford.
Brighton has beaten Arsenal, Tottenham, and now Manchester United.
Brighton has been fair in taking three points from all three prime candidates that were chasing a ‘top 4’ finish.
Brighton ended Manchester United’s mathematical possibility of finishing in a Champions League qualifying spot with a 4-0 thrashing.
Tottenham got a big point from a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield.
Luis Diaz scored in the 74th minute for Liverpool to avoid defeat from Heung-Min Son’s goal in the 56th minute. A point wasn’t what both clubs needed to fund their ambitions but neither side could afford to leave the game empty-handed.
Edward Nketiah scored two in the first 10 minutes to get Arsenal a deserved three points at home through a 2-1 win against Leeds United.
Leeds United was reduced to 10 men in the 27th minute after VAR’s recommendation turned a yellow card into a red card for a two-foot tackle, but a 10-man Leeds United halved the score in the second half.
Everton got three points at Leicester from a 2-1 score.
West Ham took the opportunity against relegated Norwich City through a 4-0 win in Norwich.
A 5-0 win for Manchester City meant they end the season with a 9-0 aggregate score against Newcastle.
