PREMIER LEAGUE
1| Manchester City – 56 points
2| Liverpool – 45 points
3| Chelsea – 43 points
4| West Ham United – 37 points
5| Arsenal – 35 points
6| Tottenham Hotspur – 33 points
7| Manchester United – 32 points
8| Wolves – 31 points
9| Brighton – 28 points
10| Leicester City – 25 points
11| Crystal Palace – 24 points
12| Southampton – 24 points
13| Aston Villa – 23 points
14| Brentford – 23 points
15| Leeds United – 22 points
16| Everton – 19 points
17| Watford – 14 points
18| Norwich City – 13 points
19| Newcastle United – 12 points
20| Burnley – 11 points
Manchester City gained an extra point lead to grow an 11 point lead in the Premier League title race.
Liverpool (with a game in hand) moved a point and position above Chelsea.
Liverpool took advantage of Chelsea’s defeat against Manchester City by grabbing a 3-0 win against Brentford.
West Ham United remains in 4th place despite defeat against Leeds United.
Arsenal (with 2 games in hand) is 2 points from 4th place.
Tottenham (with 4 games in hand) is 4 points out of a Champions League qualifying spot.
Norwich City moved out of the bottom of the league after a 2-1 win against Everton.
Burnley dropped to the bottom of the league.
Mohamed Salah is away (playing for Egypt in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations) but his 6 goal lead in the Golden Boot race was untouched.
MATCH RESULTS
MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 CHELSEA
NEWCASTLE 1-1 WATFORD
NORWICH 2-1 EVERTON
WOLVES 2-1 SOUTHAMPTON
ASTON VILLA 2-2 MANCHESTER UNITED
LIVERPOOL 3-0 BRENTFORD
WEST HAM 2-3 LEEDS
POSTPONED MATCHES
{BURNLEY VS LEICESTER}
{TOTTENHAM VS ARSENAL}
BRIGHTON 1-1 CRYSTAL PALACE
Despite needing an 87th-minute own-goal to save a point from the match, Brighton will feel like they allowed points to slip out of their hands.
MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 CHELSEA
Kevin De Bruyne scored the game-winning goal in the 70th minute to tighten Manchester City’s grip on the top spot.
Chelsea’s first defeat in 12 competitive fixtures. 6 Premier League games are in those 12 matches, and two league wins from that.
NEWCASTLE 1-1 WATFORD
Newcastle was denied their second league win of the season in the 88th minute.
Joao Pedro’s goal got Watford a draw and their first point since beating Manchester United on November 20, 2021
NORWICH 2-1 EVERTON
A win against Arsenal is Everton’s only victory from their last 13 league games. And things are at a new low when you lose to this Norwich City side.
WOLVES 3-1 SOUTHAMPTON
Wolves with a game in hand have opened a 7 point lead on Southampton.
ASTON VILLA 2-2 MANCHESTER UNITED
Bruno Fernandes’s two goals were not enough for Manchester United to pick up the three points from a win.
Philippe Coutinho scores on his Aston Villa debut to get his side to come from two goals down to get a draw.
Philippe Coutinho came off the bench in the 68th-minute help and turned the game around for Aston Villa to cancel out Manchester United’s 2 goal lead.
Coutinho’s attacking play led to Jacob Ramsey’s goal that kicked off Aston Villa’s comeback in the 77th minute. Ramsey then assisted Coutinho with the equalizing goal in the 82nd minute.
WEST HAM 2-3 LEEDS
Jack Harrison scored three goals for Leeds to leave London with all three points.
It was a game that gave both teams an opportunity to get the maximum points; and Leeds took it.
