With only 8 match days remaining, Liverpool seem destined for glory while at the other end Southampton are hanging onto the Premier Leage by a thread.
Week 21 – In midweek matches Brentford came from 2 down at home to Manchester City to cancel out Phil Foden’s double with a leveller in stoppage time and Chelsea needed a goal in added-on time to draw 2-2 with their visitors from Bournemouth while Liverpool drew 1-1 at Nottingham Forest. Alex Iwobi scored twice for Fulham who lost 3-2 at West Ham while a double from Alexander Isak netted twice in front of his home crowd as Newcastle defeated Wolves 3-0 and Crystal Palace returned from Leicester with a 2-0 win. Tottenham took the lead but lost 2-1 at Arsenal and Aston Villa were 1-0 winners at Everton while on Thursday evening Brighton struck twice at Ipswich and Amad Diallo bagged a late hat-trick as Manchester United came from behind to send Southampton home 3-1 losers.
Week 22 – Justin Kluivert scored a hat-trick as Bournemouth shocked their hosts Newcastle 4-1 while Aston Villa came from 2 down to earn a draw at Arsenal and there were 2-0 away wins for Liverpool for whom Darwin Nunez scored twice in stoppage time at Brentford, Crystal Palace with a double for Jean-Philippe Mateta at 10-man West ham and for Fulham at West Ham. On Sunday, Brighton triumphed 3-1 at Manchester United while Southampton and Tottenham both conceded 3 times before the break but clawed their ways back to 3-2 defeats away at Nottingham Forest and Everton respectively and Ipswich were thrashed 6-0 at home to Manchester City for whom Phil Foden netted a brace. On Monday evening, Chelsea beat Wolves 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
Week 23 – Dango Ouattara scored a hat-trick at home as Bournemouth battered high-flying Nottingham Forest 5-0 while a double from Alexander Isak helped Newcastle come from behind to win 3-1 at Southampton and Ipswich lost 4-1 at Liverpool with Cody Gakpo scoring twice for the Reds. With both teams reduced to 10 players a single gave gave Arsenal a win at Wolves and Everton enjoyed the same result at Brighton while Chelsea took an early lead but lost 3-1 at Manchester City. On Sunday Tottenham scored first but lost 2-1 at home to lowly Leicester City and Brentford were 2-1 winners at Crystal Palace while West Ham drew 1-1 at Aston Villa and one goal gave Manchester United 3 points at Fulham.
Week 24 – Brighton were demolished 7-0 at Nottingham Forest with Chris Wood claiming a hat-trick while a Beto brace embarrassed Leicester 4-0 at Everton and Mohamed Salah scored both goals for Liverpool at Bournemouth. Newcastle took the lead but suffered a 2-1 loss at home to Fulham while Southampton were 2-1 winners at Ipswich and Aston Villa lost 2-0 at Wolves. On Sunday Arsenal took champions Manchester City apart 5-1 at the Emirates while Manchester United lost 2-0 to Crystal Palace at Old Trafford with Jean Philippe Mateta scoring both goals for the Eagles and Tottenham won 2-0 at Brentford. Chelsea came from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 at Stamford Bridge on Monday evening.
Week 25 – In a rearranged match on Wednesday evening Everton played their last ever Merseyside derby at Goodison park where they scored with virtually the last kick of the match to draw 2-2 with Liverpool in a match that saw a player form each side plus the Liverpool manager shown red after the final whistle. On Friday Chelsea were soundly beaten 3-0 at Brighton for whom Yankuba Minteh scored a brace while on Saturday Omar Marmoush scored a quick hat-trick in the first half as Newcastle were taken apart 4-0 at Manchester City and Mikel Merino came off the bench to score both goals for Arsenal at Leicester. Ten-man Ipswich earned a 1-1 draw at Aston Villa while Nottingham Forest lost 2-1 at Fulham and Southampton were defeated 3-1 at home to Bournemouth. An early goal gave Brentford a victory at West Ham and Everton rallied to a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace while on Sunday Liverpool held on to a 2-1 win at home to Wolves and Manchester United lost to a single goal at Tottenham. In a rearranged match on Wednesday, Liverpool drew 2-2 at Aston Villa.
Week 26 – Leicester City were demolished 4-0 at home to Brentford on Friday evening while on Saturday Southampton suffered the same fate against their visitors from Brighton and Manchester United bounced back from 2 down to draw 2-2 at Everton. Ten-man Arsenal lost 1-0 at home to West Ham while Bournemouth, who were also reduced to 10 players, lost by the same scoreline to Wolves and Crystal Palace were 2-0 winners at Fulham. Brennan Johnson netted twice as Tottenham eased past their hosts Ipswich 4-1 and after taking an early lead, Chelsea lost 2-1 to a Marco Asensio double at Aston Villa while on Sunday Newcastle stormed into a 4-1 lead before the break, with a brace from Alexander Isac, to defeat Nottingham Forest 4-3 at St James’ Park and Liverpool scored twice to win at Manchester City.
Week 27 – In midweek matches Crystal Palace took Aston Villa apart 4-1 with a double from Ismaila Sarr and Southampton were battered 4-0 at Chelsea while there were 2-1 wins for Fulham at Wolves and for Brighton at home to Bournemouth. Jaden Philogene scored twice for Ipswich who lost 3-2 at Manchester United while Liverpool defeated Newcastle 2-0 at Anfield and Manchester City returned from Tottenham with a 1-0 victory. Nottingham Forest and Arsenal drew blank while Everton drew 1-1 at Brentford and on Thursday Leicester lost 2-0 at West Ham.
Week 28 – Nottingham Forest sent Manchester City home 1-0 losers and Crystal Palace did the same to Ipswich while Mohamad Salah converted 2 spot kicks to give Liverpool a 3-1 home win over Southampton and one goal was the difference in Aston Villa’s favour at Brentford. Brighton came from behind to beat Fulham 2-1 with a goal late into stoppage time and Everton drew 1-1 at Wolverhampton while on Sunday Tottenham came from 2 down to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Bournemouth and Arsenal drew 1-1 at Manchester United. Leicester lost 1-0 at Chelsea and on Monday, Newcastle United were 1-0 winners at West Ham.
Week 29 – Brighton and Hove Albion drew 2-2 at Manchester City while Anthony Elanga scored a brace in Nottingham Forest’s 4-2 win at Ipswich and Jorgen Strand Larsen also netted twice as Wolves won 2-1 at Southampton. Everton earned a 1-1 draw at home to West Ham in stoppage time and Brentford came from behind to win 2-1 at Bournemouth while on Sunday, while Newcastle United were winning the Carabao Cup with a victory over Liverpool at Wembley, Tottenham lost 2-0 at Fulham and Arsenal were 1-0 winners over Chelsea. Manchester United scored 3 times without reply at Leicester.
Week 30 – In midweek, after an international break, Arsenal beat Fulham 2-1 at the Emirates and there were 1-0 home wins for Wolves against West Ham and for Nottingham Forest over Manchester United. Ipswich Town won 2-1 at Bournemouth and Leicester lost 2-0 at Manchester City while Aston Villa put 3 past Brighton at the coast and a single goal gave Liverpool a win over Everton. Parading the Carabao Cup, Newcastle beat Brentford 2-1 while Southampton were denied a win in front of their home crowd when Crystal Palace made it 1-1 in stoppage time and on Thursday Tottenham fell to a single goal at Chelsea.