Week 31 Liverpool
are virtually out of contention for a Champions League place after being blown
away 4-1 at Arsenal with the Gunners moving into 2nd place. Manchester City
failed to reclaim 2nd spot when they lost 2-1 at Crystal palace on Monday
evening and are now behind Manchester United who enjoyed a 3-1 home win over
Aston Villa. The other big winners were Queens Park Rangers who thumped their
hosts 4-1 at West Brom and picked up a further point in a 3-3 thriller at Aston
Villa one Tuesday evening, but bottom team Leicester City were also winners
when they rallied to a 2-1 win at home to West Ham and Burnley earned a point
in a no-score bore draw at home to Tottenham. Charlie Adam scored from 66 yards
but Stoke lost 2-1 at leaders Chelsea and a single goal gave Sunderland an
important win over neighbours Newcastle United. A single goal was also enough
to give Everton all 3 points against Southampton and Hull are in imminent
danger of being sucked into the relegation zone after losing 3-1 at Swansea.
Week 32
Manchester City scored an early goal at Old Trafford but were taken apart 4-2
by Manchester United who extended the gap in 3rd place ahead of their
neighbours. Arsenal picked up their 8th win in a row with a single goal at
Burnley while a late goal at Queens Park Ranger broke the deadlock to give
Chelsea another 3 points as they march on at the top. Sunderland fell apart in
front of their home fans as Crystal Palace struck 4 times in 14 minutes to
smash the Black Cats 4-1 with Yannick Bolasie grabbing an 11-minute hat-trick
while Leicester City scored in stoppage time to come from behind and win 3-2 at
West Bromwich Albion. Tim Sherwood took Aston Villa to his old club Tottenham
where they won 1-0 with another Benteke goal. There were 1-1 draws for Everton
at Swansea and Stoke City at West Ham United while Southampton put 2 past their
visitors from Hull as did Liverpool against Newcastle on Monday evening.
Week 33 Chelsea took another strep towards the league title with a solitary
goal at home to Manchester United while Manchester United moved within a point
of their neighbours with 2 home goals against West Ham. Leicester City gave
their home supporters hope with a 2-0 win against Swansea City as they moved
off the bottom and were replaces by Burnley who fell to a single goal at
Everton while Crystal Palace lost 2-0 at home to West Brom and Newcastle were
swept aside 3-1 by Tottenham at St James' Park. With Arsenal, Aston Villa and
Liverpool on FA Cup duty the only other league match was played at Stoke where
the Potters came from behind to inflict a 2-1 loss on Southampton.
Week 34 Chelsea
picked up a point in a goalless draw at Arsenal who fell below Manchester City into
3rd place on goal difference after the Blues scored a last-minute winner having
relinquished a 2 goal lead at home to Aston Villa while Manchester United were
beaten 3-0 at Everton. Southampton and Tottenham shared 4 goals at St Mary's
failing to catch up with Liverpool who drew 0-0 at West Brom. Newcastle
suffered their 7th defeat in a row, losing 3-2 at home to Swansea while Sunderland
drew 1-1 at Stoke City. Queens Park Rangers missed a penalty as they drew 0-0
at home to West Ham while Burnley's penalty miss at home was immediately punished
by Leicester City who scored the only goal of the match at the other end. An
N'Doye brace at Crystal Palace secured a 2-0 win for Hull City who further
enhanced their chances of survival with a vital goal at home to Liverpool on
Tuesday evening while on Wednesday Chelsea came from behind to win 3-1 at
Leicester and leave themselves a win away from the league title.
Week 35 A gaol at
Stamford Bridge against Crystal Palace secured the Premier League title for
Chelsea with 3 matches to go. Newcastle United ended the match with 9 players
as they suffered their 8th straight defeat with Ulloa netting a brace to help
hosts Leicester City to a 3-0 win moving them within a point of the Magpies
while 10-man Queens Park Rangers lost 2-1 at Liverpool with Gerrard heading the
late winner having earlier missed a penalty and Burnley who were
controversially reduced to 10 men lost to a spot kick at West Ham. West
Bromwich Albion celebrated a 1-0 victory at Manchester United while a single
goal gave Manchester City a win at Tottenham and Southampton, who were reduced
to 10 men, lost 2-1 to 2 Jordi Gomez penalties at Sunderland. Everton lost 3-2
at Aston Villa and Stoke were defeated 2-0 at Swansea with both losing sides
having a player sent off while on Monday evening Arsenal scored 3 goals in the
first half to win 3-1 at Hull.
Week 36 Sunderland
took a step towards safety with a 2-0 win at Everton and Newcastle finally
earned a morale-boosting point drawing 1-1 at home to West Bromwich Albion,
while Burnley's 1-0 win at Hull City was not enough as they became the first
Premier League side to be relegated this season dragging their hosts into the
bottom 3 in the process. A day later in Manchester, Queens Park Rangers were
dumped into the Championship by a rampant City side who put 6 past the hapless
Hoops. Mahrez scored 2 early goals as Leicester City continued to move in the
right direction with a 2-0 home win over Southampton while West Ham lost to a
single goal at Aston Villa and Tottenham were brushed aside 3-0 at Stoke.
Manchester United won 2-1 at Crystal Palace while Liverpool drew 1-1 at newly
crowned champions Chelsea and on Monday evening Arsenal suffered a huge blow in
their attempt to finish 2nd when they lost 1-0 at home to Swansea City.
Week 37 Sadio Mane grabbed a hat-trick for Southampton in just
under 3 minutes to break a Premier League record as the Saints thrashed Aston
Villa 6-1 at St Mary's while Steven Gerrard said goodbye to Anfield in
Liverpool's 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace. Hull City remained on the brink of
relegation after a 2-0 loss at Tottenham while Newcastle lost 2-1 at Queens
Park Rangers and Sunderland earned a point in their 0-0 draw at home to
Leicester City. Stoke could only draw 0-0 at relegated Burnley and Everton won
2-1 at West Ham while on Sunday Swansea City came back from 2 down, but lost
4-2 at home to Manchester City with Yaya Toure netting a brace for the visitors
while in Manchester Arsenal drew 1-1 with United and on Monday evening Berahino
scored twice as champions Chelsea were beaten 3-0 at West Brom. On Wednesday
evening Sunderland secured their Premier League survival with a goalless draw
at Arsenal that cemented 2nd place for Manchester City.
Week 38 Having already secured the title, Chelsea
lifted the Premier League trophy at Stamford Bridge after their 3-1 win over
Sunderland with Loic Remy netting twice for the Blues, while at the other end
of the table Newcastle United celebrated survival with a 2-0 win over West Ham United
at St James' Park sending Hull City down after their goalless draw at home to
Manchester United who had Marouane Fellaini sent off. Frank Lampard scored in
his last match in England as Manchester City ended the season with a 2-0 home
win over Southampton while Steven Gerrard, also bowing out of English football,
scored as Liverpool were taken apart 6-1 at Stoke who struck 5 times in the
first half. Theo Walcott scored a first-half hat-trick in front of his home
crowd as Arsenal triumphed 4-1 over West Brom and relegated Queens Park Rangers
were outclassed 5-1 at Leicester while Burnley bid farewell to the Premier
League with a 1-0 win at FA Cup finalists Aston Villa. Harry Kane scored the
only goal of the match at Everton to secure Tottenham the 5th spot and Crystal
Palace ended their season on a high with a 1-0 win at home to Swansea City.
On Monday Norwich City followed Bournemouth and Watford into
the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough at Wembley.
The final standings were 1- Chelsea 2- Manchester City 3- Arsenal 4- Manchester United 5- Tottenham 6- Liverpool 7- Southampton 8- Swansea City 9- Stoke City 10- Crystal Palace 11- Everton 12- West Ham United 13- West Bromwich Albion 14- Leicester City 15- Newcastle United 16- Sunderland 17- Aston Villa 18- Hull City 19- Burnley 20- Queens Park Rangers
