Week 31 - Leicester
City picked up another 1-0 victory winning at Crystal Palace while Tottenham
cruised 3-0 past Bournemouth with a double from Harry Kane at White Hart Lane
and Arsenal were 2-0 winners at Everton. Chelsea earned a 2-2 draw at home to
West Ham as Fabregas completed his brace with a last minute penalty while Stoke
City enjoyed a 2-1 victory at Watford and there were 1-0 wins for Norwich at
West Brom and for Swansea at home to Aston Villa. Manchester United won the
Manchester derby by a single goal at City and Sunderland shared the spoils with
Newcastle in a 1-1 draw at St James' Park while Sadio Mane had his penalty
saved but struck twice as Southampton came from 2 down in the first half to run
out 3-2 winners at home to Liverpool.
Week 32 - Arsenal
avenged their recent FA Cup defeat to Watford with a comfortable 4-0 win at the
Emirates and there were 4-0 wins for Manchester City, who struck 3 times in the
first 19 minutes and topped off their victory at Bournemouth with a 4th in the
last minute, and for Chelsea who won at lowly Aston Villa with 2 from Pedro
Rodriguez. Newcastle fought back from 2 down to level the match with 2 goals
from Mitrovic but lost to a last minute goal at relegation rivals Norwich while
Crystal palace drew 2-2 at 10-man West Ham and Sunderland played a goalless
match at home to West Bromwich Albion. Swansea City earned a 2-2 draw having
trailed by 2 goals at Stoke while Tottenham drew 1-1 at Liverpool and Everton
fell to a single goal at Manchester United. Leicester City continued their
winning streak with another 1-0 win as they entertained Southampton.
Week 33 - West
Ham United came from 2 goals down to take the lead with a hat-trick from Andy
Carroll but were pegged back to 3-3 at home to Arsenal while Leicester City
took another step towards the league title with a double from Vardy at
Sunderland and Tottenham kept their hopes alive as they brushed Manchester
United aside with 3 goals in the space of 6 minutes at White Hart Lane. Aston
Villa are on the brink of relegation after losing 2-1 at home to Bournemouth
while Norwich suffered a 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace and Newcastle were
comfortably beaten 3-1 at Southampton. Manchester City came from behind to win
2-1 at home to West Bromwich Albion and Liverpool crushed Stoke City 4-1 at
Anfield with a brace from Origi while Swansea enjoyed a 1-0 victory at home to
Chelsea and Everton drew 1-1 at Watford. In a rescheduled match on Wednesday
evening 10-man Everton drew 0-0 at Crystal Palace.
Week 34 - A
single goal at Manchester United confirmed Aston Villa's relegation as
Sunderland picked up 3 vital points with a 3-0 victory at Norwich and Newcastle
enjoyed the same result at home to Swansea. In a controversial match Leicester
City fell behind after the dismissal of goal scorer Jamie Vardy but earned a
2-2 draw at home to West Ham with a stoppage-time penalty and Arsenal dropped
more points as they could only draw 1-1 at home to Crystal Palace while
Tottenham marched on with a brace each from Harry Kane and Dele Alli at Stoke
on Monday evening. Sergio Aguero completed a hat-trick for Manchester City at
Chelsea as keeper Courtois saw red late in the match while Watford keeper
Heurelho Gomes saved 2 penalties to help the Hornets hold on to a 1-0 victory
at West Brom. Southampton Drew 1-1 at Everton and Liverpool won 2-1 at
Bournemouth. In midweek matches Manchester City drew 1-1 at Newcastle while
West Ham defeated Watford 3-1 with 2 penalties from Mark Noble at Upton Park,
Crystal Palace lost 2-0 at Manchester United, Alexis Sanchez scored both goals
in Arsenal's home win over West Brom and 10-man Everton were pummelled 4-0 by
Liverpool at Anfield.
Week 35 - Arsenal'a
title hopes were extinguished at the Stadium of light as they drew blanks
against Sunderland who moved out of the bottom three while Leicester
overpowered Swansea 4-0 at home with 2 goals from Ulloa and are a win away from
the Premier League title after Tottenham were held to a 1-1 home draw against
West Bromwich Albion on Monday evening with Craig Dawson scoring at both ends.
Newcastle came from 2 goals down to earn a point at Liverpool while relegated
Aston Villa lost 4-2 at home to Southampton with Tadic netting a brace for the
visitors. Iheanacho scored twice as Stoke City were taken apart 4-0 at
Manchester City and Chelsea sailed 4-1 past Bournemouth with 2 goals from Eden
Hazard at the Vitality Stadium.
Week 36 -
Leicester City won the English Premier League with 2 matches to spare. The
Foxes who saw Danny Drinkwater sent off late at Manchester United earned a 1-1
draw and were crowned champions when Chelsea fought back from 2 goals down to
draw 2-2 at home to Tottenham in a tempestuous match on Monday evening. A
double from Kelechi Iheanacho was not enough as Manchester City lost 4-2 at
Southampton thanks to a hat-trick from Sadio Mane while Arsenal struggled to
beat lowly Norwich 1-0 at the Emirates and Liverpool who were reduced to 10 men
lost 3-1 at Swansea with Andre Ayew netting a brace. Mark Noble scored twice as
West Ham triumphed 3-0 at West Brom while Watford came from behind to enjoy a
3-2 home win against 10-man Aston Villa with 2 goals from Troy Deeney in
stoppage time and Everton won 2-1 at home to Bournemouth. Sunderland earned a
vital point in a 1-1 draw with a stoppage-time penalty at Stoke while Newcastle
picked up all 3 points with a single goal as visitors Crystal palace failed to
score from the spot.
Week 37 - Jamie
Vardy returned from suspension to net a double and miss a penalty as newly
crowned champions Leicester City celebrated at home with a 3-1 win over Everton
while at the other end of the table with Newcastle failing to score at Aston
Villa and Norwich losing 1-0 at Manchester United, Sunderland moved out of the
relegation zone having twice come from behind at the Stadium of Light to defeat
Chelsea 3-2 with John Terry ending his season having seen red in stoppage time.
West Ham United were stunned 4-1 at home by Swansea City while Stoke City's
lead was blown away by a Dwight Gayle double at Crystal Palace and West Brom
drew 1-1 at Bournemouth having missed a penalty. On Sunday Southampton upset
Tottenham 2-1 with a Steven David double at White Hart Lane while Arsenal drew
2-2 at Manchester City and Watford lost 2-0 at Liverpool. On Tuesday 2 Anthony
Martial goals were not enough for Manchester United as Wes Ham United rallied
to a 3-2 victory in the last match ever at Upton Park and on Wednesday a double
from Lamine Kone helped Sunderland to a 3-0 win over Everton at the Stadium of
Light securing the Black Cats' survival in the Premier League while relegating
bitter rivals Newcastle and Norwich who went down despite a 4-2 home win
against Watford with a brace from Dieumerci Mbokani. Liverpool scored in
stoppage time to draw 1-1 with Chelsea at Anfield.
Week 38 - Arsenal
finished 2nd in the league after brushing bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa aside
4-0 at the Emirates with a hat-trick from Olivier Giroud as Tottenham were
thrashed 5-1 at 10-man relegated Newcastle with a brace from Wijnaldum and
Manchester City drew 1-1 at Swansea City. West Ham United took the lead but
suffered a hammer blow in their bid to qualify for the Europa League losing 2-1
to a late goal at Stoke while FA Cup finalists Crystal Palace were taken apart
4-1 at Southampton who finished 6th after being overtaken by Manchester United who
defeated Bournemouth 3-1 on Tuesday evening having had their original match
postponed for security reasons. Having parted company with manager Roberto
Martinez Everton ended the season with a 3-0 home win over relegated Norwich
City while Sunderland celebrated survival with a 2-2 draw at Watford who bid
farewell to manager Quique Sanchez and Liverpool drew 1-1 at West Brom. Champions
Leicester City ended their season with a 1-1 draw at outgoing champions Chelsea
who finished in 10th spot.
The final standings were: 1- Leicester City 2- Arsenal
3- Tottenham 4- Manchester City 5- Manchester United 6- Southampton 7- West Ham
United 8- Liverpool 9- Stoke City 10- Chelsea 11- Everton 12- Swansea City 13- Watford
14- West Bromwich Albion 15- Crystal Palace 16- Bournemouth 17- Sunderland 18- Newcastle
19- Norwich City 20- Aston Villa
