Week 1 - The
Premier League began with a low-key win for Manchester United over Tottenham
thanks to an own goal, but with Chelsea being held to a 2-2 draw at home to
Swansea and recent Charity Shield winners Arsenal suffering a shock 2-0 defeat
to West Ham at the Emirates the following day, the Red Devils were smiling. Though
not as much as Leicester City who claimed top spot with a 4-2 win over
Sunderland followed by Crystal Palace who won 3-1 at Norwich and West Ham after
their victory over Arsenal until Monday night when 3 goals without reply for
Manchester City at West Brom took them to the top of the table at the end of
week one. In other matches Watford drew 2-2 at Everton and there were 1-0 wins
for Aston Villa at Bournemouth and Liverpool at Stoke City.
Week 2 - Leicester City brought hosts West Ham
down to earth with a 2-1 win while another single goal gave Manchester United
all 3 points at Aston Villa and Arsenal returned from Crystal Palace with a 2-1
win. Everton put 3 past Southampton on their travels and Sunderland lost 3-1 at
home to Norwich while Bournemouth lost 1-0 at Liverpool. Tottenham had to do
with a point as they let their 2 goal lead slip at home to Stoke while
Newcastle lost 2-0 at Swansea and there were no goals between Watford and West
Brom, but Manchester City continued their stampede at the top with 3 goals at
home to reigning champions Chelsea.
Week 3 - West Ham United suffered another home defeat losing a 4-3
to new boys Bournemouth with Callum Wilson bagging a hat-trick for the Cherries
while Chelsea won 3-2 at West Brom and leaders Manchester City were 2-0 winners
at Everton. Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 2-1 at Selhurst Park while
Leicester City finally lost points in a 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham and there
were also 1-1 draws for Stoke at Norwich and Swansea at Sunderland. Manchester
United could only draw 0-0 at home to Newcastle in Saturday's lunch time match
and there were goalless draws for Southampton at Watford on Sunday and
Liverpool at Arsenal on Monday evening.
Week 4 - Crystal
palace travelled across London to shock champions Chelsea 2-1 and Liverpool
were hammered 3-0 at home to West Ham while Manchester United lost 2-1 at
Swansea. A single goal at Newcastle gave Arsenal 3 points while Southampton put
3 past their visitors from Norwich and Tottenham played a goalless match at
home to Everton. Manchester City continued their perfect run with 2 goals at
home to Watford and West Brom scored the only goal to win at Stoke while
Leicester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth and Sunderland drew 2-2 at Aston Villa.
Week 5 - Chelsea suffered another defeat,
losing 3-1 at Everton and Liverpool lost by the same scoreline at Manchester
United while Arsenal won 2-0 at home to Stoke and Manchester City kept up their
unblemished record with a goal in stoppage time at Crystal palace. Bournemouth
lost 3-1 at Norwich and there were 1-0 wins for Tottenham at Sunderland and
Watford at home to Swansea while Southampton drew 0-0 at West Bromwich Albion
and Leicester came from 2 goals down to enjoy a 3-2 home win over Aston Villa.
On Monday evening Newcastle lost 2-0 at West Ham with Dimitri Payet scoring
both goals for the Hammers.
Week 6 - Chelsea
battled to a 2-0 victory over 9-man Arsenal in a controversial match at the
Bridge while Manchester City conceded for the first time this season losing 2-1
to West Ham United who claimed yet another big scalp on their travels moving
into 3rd place in the process. Leicester drew 2-2 at Stoke and Everton played
out a goalless match at Swansea while West Bromwich Albion won by a single goal
at Aston Villa and Watford were 2-1 victors at Newcastle. Sunderland lost to 2
early goals at Bournemouth while on Sunday Norwich drew 1-1 at Liverpool,
Crystal Palace lost 1-0 at Tottenham and Anthony Martial scored twice to help
Manchester United into 2nd place with a 3-2 win at Southampton.
Week 7 - Manchester United moved to the top of
the table after a 3-0 home win over bottom side Sunderland, overtaking
Manchester City who were taken apart 4-1 at Tottenham having led until just
before the break while Leicester City lost the only unbeaten record of the
Premier League when they were thumped 5-2 at home to Arsenal as Alexis Sanchez
claimed a hat-trick. West Ham salvaged a point with a goal in stoppage time to
draw 2-2 at home to Norwich and occupy 3rd spot ahead of Arsenal on goal
difference while Chelsea came from 2 down to draw with 2 late goals at
Newcastle and Sturridge netted a brace to help Liverpool to a 3-2 win at home
to Aston Villa. Swansea had their wings clipped 3-1 at Southampton and
Bournemouth lost 2-1 at Stoke while on Sunday Crystal Palace scored the only
goal of the match at Watford and on Monday evening Everton came from 2 down to
win 3-2 at West Bromwich Albion with Lukaku netting twice to take the Toffees
into 5th place.
Week 8 - Sergio Aguero ran riot in Manchester
scoring 5 goals as City came from a goal down to thump Newcastle 6-1 while
Chelsea took the lead at home to Southampton but ended up 3-1 losers and
Sunderland surrendered their 2 goal advantage to draw 2-2 at home to West Ham
United with Dick Advocaat handing in his resignation the following day.
Leicester City won 2-1 at Norwich and Stoke won by a single goal at Aston Villa
while Crystal Palace struck twice at home to West Brom and Watford drew 1-1 at
Bournemouth. On Sunday Arsenal blew Manchester United away with 3 goals in the
first half with a brace from Sanchez to overtake the Red Devils into 2nd place
while Christian Eriksen scored from 2 free kicks to earn Tottenham a 2-2 draw
at Swansea and Liverpool parted company with manager Brendan Rodgers after
their 1-1 draw away to Everton.
Week 9 - A Sterling hat-trick kept Manchester
City at the top as they thumped their visitors from Bournemouth 5-1 while the
red side of Manchester enjoyed a 3-0 win at Everton and Arsenal won by the same
scoreline at Watford to stay in 2nd place between the 2 Manchester sides. West
Ham United triumphed 3-1 at 10-man Crystal Palace with 2 goals in the last 2
minutes to move into 4th place while Leicester City came from 2-0 down to draw
at Southampton and Liverpool drew 0-0 at Tottenham in Jürgen Klopp's first
match in charge of the Reds. Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at the Bridge and
Sunderland, with Sam Allardyce in charge for the first time, lost 1-0 at West
Brom while on Sunday Wijnaldum knocked in 4 goals as Norwich City were tranced
6-2 at Newcastle United and on Monday evening a single goal gave Stoke City a
win in Swansea.
Week 10 - West
Ham United moved into 3rd place after a 2-1 home win over 10-man Chelsea while
the Manchester derby ended goalless at Old Trafford. Arsenal are just behind
leaders Manchester City on goal difference after beating Everton 2-1 at home
while Jamie Vardy scored the only goal
at Leicester to give the host a win over Crystal Palace and Harry Kane netted a
hat-trick as Tottenham cruised to a 5-1 victory at Bournemouth. Sunderland
enjoyed a 3-0 win at home to Newcastle in Sam Allardyce's second match in
charge of the Black Cats while Liverpool picked up another draw under Klopp,
drawing 1-1 at home to Southampton. Swansea came from behind to send Aston Villa to
the bottom of the league with a 2-1 win at Villa Park which resulted in the dismissal
of Villa Manager Tim Sherwood while
there were also away wins for Watford who won 2-0 at Stoke and West Bromwich
Albion who scored a goal at Norwich City.
