Week 21- On
Sunday Everton Pummelled Manchester City 4-0 at Goodison Park and Liverpool
drew 1-1 at Manchester United while on Saturday there were 4-0 wins for Arsenal
at Swansea and Tottenham at home to WBA thanks to a hat-trick from Harry Kane.
A double from Marcos Alonso helped league leaders Chelsea to a 3-0 victory at
champions Leicester and West Ham celebrated a 3-0 home win over Crystal Palace
while there were 3-1 wins for Stoke City at Sunderland with a brace from Marko
Arnautovic and for Hull at home to Bournemouth with Abel Hernandez also netting
twice. Southampton lost 1-0 at Burnley and there was a goalless match between
Watford and Middlesbrough.
Week 22 – Swansea
City moved off the bottom of the table and out of the relegation zone as they
ended Liverpool’s 25 match unbeaten record at Anfield with a 3-2 victory having
seen their 2 goal lead, given to them by Fernando Llorente, whipped out by a
Roberto Firmino double while Tottenham came from 2 down to draw at Manchester
City and Manchester United drew 1-1 at Stoke with Wayne Rooney netting his 250th
goal for the Red Devils to break Sir Bobby Charlton’s record and earn United a
point. Ten-man Arsenal scored a last gasp penalty to win 2-1 at home to Burnley
and move into 2nd place while leaders Chelsea won 2-0 at home to
Hull City and Sunderland moved to the foot of the table after losing 2-0 at
West Brom. Andy Carroll hit a brace to help West Ham to a 3-1 win at
Middlesbrough and Leicester City were defeated 3-0 at Southampton while Everton
broke the deadlock with a late goal at Crystal Palace and Watford drew 2-2 at
Bournemouth.
Week 23 – On
Tuesday evening Arsenal imploded, losing 2-1 at home to Watford while Chelsea
drew 1-1 at Liverpool and Tottenham fired blanks at Sunderland. Leicester City
lost to a late goal at Burnley and Southampton were beaten 2-1 at Swansea while
Crystal Palace enjoyed a 2-0 win at Bournemouth and West Brom drew 1-1 at
Middlesbrough. On Wednesday evening Manchester City took West Ham apart 4-0 at
the London Olympic Stadium while Manchester United were held to a goalless draw
at home to Hull City and Everton drew 1-1 at Stoke.
Week 24 – Arsenal
completed a dismal week as they were brushed aside 3-1 by Chelsea at Stamford
Bridge while a penalty conversion gave Tottenham 3 points at home to
Middleborough and Gabriel Jesus completed his brace in stoppage time as
Manchester City overcame Swansea 2-1 at the Etihad. Romelu Lukaku scored 4
times as Everton foiled an attempted Bounemouth comeback to win 6-3 at Goodison
Park while Liverpool lost 2-0 at Hull and West Ham were 3-1 winners at
Southampton. Crystal Palace were pummelled 4-0 at home to Sunderland by the
interval with 2 gaols from Jermain Defoe while 3 goals around the break gave
Manchester United a convincing victory at Leicester and an early goal gave West
Bromwich Albion a home win against Stoke. Ten-man Burnley lost 2-1 at Watford.
Week 25 – Two
early Sadio Mane goals in quick succession blew Tottenham away at Liverpool
while Alexis Sanchez handed Arsenal a home win with both goals against Hull
City and Manchester United enjoyed the same scoreline as they entertained
Watford. West Ham fought back from an early goal down but were pegged back to
2-2 in stoppage time by their visitors from West Brom while leaders Chelsea drew
1-1 at Burnley and Everton fired blanks at Middlesbrough. Sunderland were
humiliated 4-0 at home with Manolo Gabbiadini netting a brace for Southampton
while Crystal Palace lost to a single goal at Stoke and faltering champions
Leicester City lost 2-0 at Swansea. On Monday evening Manchester City moved
into 2nd place with a 2-0 win at Bournemouth.
Week 26 – While
Manchester United were winning the League Cup final 3-2 against Southampton at
Wembley with Zlatan Ibrahimovich completing his brace with the late winner after
Gabbiadini had given the Saints parity with a double, Chelsea got back to
winning ways defeating Swansea 3-1 at the Bridge and Tottenham put Stoke to the
sword 4-0 in the first 45 minutes at White Hart Lane as Harry Kane claimed
another hat-trick. One goal was enough to give Crystal Palace a home win over
Middlesbrough while Sunderland lost 2-0 at Everton and West Bromwich Albion
conceded an early goal but hit back with 2 goals to win at home to Bournemouth.
There were 1-1 draws for Burnley at Hull and West Ham at Watford with both
visiting teams being reduced to 10 men in the dying minutes. Days after the
sacking of manager Claudio Ranieri, on Monday evening, Jamie Vardy scored twice
to help Leicester City to 3-1 victory at home to Liverpool preventing the Reds
from overtaking Manchester City and Arsenal who had their matches postponed due
to their opponents being involved in the League Cup final.
Week 27 – Harry
Kane netted a brace as Tottenham got the better of Everton 3-2 at White Hart
Lane while Arsenal lost 3-1 at Liverpool and Manchester United drew 1-1 at home
to 10-man Bournemouth. Marko Arnautovic scored both goals as Stoke sent
Middlesbrough packing and there were 2-0 wins for Crystal Palace at Wet Brom
and Manchester City at Sunderland while Fernando Llorente completed his double
in stoppage time as Swansea edged out Burnley 3-2 at the Liberty Stadium.
Manolo Gabbiadini scored twice for Southampton who won 4-3 at Watford and
Leicester were 3-1 winners at home to Hull City while on Monday evening leaders
Chelsea picked up another 3 points with a 2-1 win away to West Ham United. On
Wednesday evening Manchester City were held to a goalless draw at home to
Stoke.
Week 28 – With
the FA Cup quarter -finals in full swing there were only 4 matches played in
the Premier League. Joshua King was one of two Bournemouth players to miss a
penalty but made amends with a hat-trick to send West Ham away 3-2 losers and
Swansea fell 2-1 to a Oumar Niasse double at Hull City while Everton enjoyed a
3-0 home win over West Brom and Liverpool came from an early goal down to beat
Burnley 2-1 at Anfield.
Week 29 – Following
the sacking of manager Aitor Karanka, Middlesbrough slipped to a 3-1 defeat at
home to Manchester United who overtook Arsenal after their 3-1 loss at West
Brom where Craig Dawson netted twice for the Baggies while Liverpool drew 1-1
at Manchester City and a Romelu Lukaku brace in stoppage time condemned 10-man
Hull City to a 4-0 drubbing at Everton. Chelsea scored a late 2-1 winner at
Stoke where the hosts ended the match with 10 man while Tottenham won by the
same scoreline at home to Southampton and Leicester City won 3-2 at West Ham
United. Bottom-of-the-table Sunderland picked up a point in a goalless draw at
home to Burnley while a single goal gave Crystal Palace all 3 points at home to
Watford and Swansea City fell to 2 goals at Bournemouth.
Week 30 – Crystal
Palace bounced back from an early goal down with 2 goals in quick succession at
Stamford Bridge to end Chelsea’s unbeaten home record while Tottenham narrowed
the gap at the top to 7 points with a 2-0 win at Burnley and Liverpool won the
Merseyside derby against Everton 3-1 at Anfield. West Ham United took the lead
but lost 2-1 at Hull City and Arsenal twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at
home to Manchester City while Leicester continued their recent winning streak
with a 2-0 victory at home to Stoke and a single goal saw Sunderland lose at
Watford. Manchester United were held to a goalless draw at home to West Brom while
Middlesbrough drew 0-0 at Swansea and Bournemouth missed a late penalty in
their goalless draw at Southampton.
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