Manchester City are within touching distance of the Premier
League tittle with 8 matches remaining.
Week 20 – Harry
Kane scored another hat-trick to become the highest scorer in Europe in 2017 as
Tottenham demolished Southampton 5-2 at Wembley om Boxing Day while Liverpool
slaughtered Swansea 5-0 at Anfield with Roberto Firmino netting a brace and Chelsea
put 2 past Brighton without reply at Stamford Bridge. Burnley had their 2-goal
lead at Old Trafford wiped out as Jesse Lingard scored his 2nd goal
of the match in added-on time to give Manchester United a 2-2 draw and in a 6-goal
thriller Bournemouth earned a 3-3 draw with a controversial goal in stoppage
time at home to West Ham United while Leicester City lost 2-1 at Watford and
there was a 1-1 draw between Huddersfield Town and Stoke City and a goalless
match for Everton at WBA. On Wednesday evening Manchester City continued their winning
ways with a goal at Newcastle and on Thursday evening Alexis Sanchez scored 2
goals in quick succession as Arsenal got the better of Crystal Palace 3-2 at
Selhurst Park.
Week 21 –
Manchester City’s winning streak came to an end on the final day of the
calendar year when they drew 0-0 at Crystal Palace who missed a stoppage-time
penalty while West Brom converted a late penalty to earn a 1-1 draw at home to
Arsenal and on Saturday Southampton held Manchester United to a goalless draw
at Old Trafford while Chelsea pummelled Stoke City 5-0 at Stamford Bridge and
Liverpool came back from an early setback to beat Leicester City 2-1 with a
double from Mohamed Salah at Anfield. Swansea came from behind with 2 late
goals to give manager Carlos Carvalhal a 2-1 winning start at Watford while 2
goals from Ryan Fraser gave Bournemouth the same winning scoreline at home to
Everton and there were goalless draws for Burnley at Huddersfield town and Brighton
at Newcastle.
Week 22 – The
year began with Bournemouth twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 at Brighton
while Liverpool hit back at Burnley’s late equaliser to win 2-1 with the last
strike of the match at Turf Moor and Manchester United won with 2 wonder
strikes at Everton. Leicester City put 3 past their visitors from Huddersfield
Town without reply and a single goal sank Stoke at home to Newcastle while
Crystal Palace came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Southampton and West Ham did
the same with a double from Andy Carroll at home to West Brom. Manchester City
got back to winning ways with a 3-1 victory at home to Watford while Tottenham won
their game in hand 2-0 at Swansea on Tuesday and 2 days later drew 1-1 at home
to West Ham United. On Wednesday evening Arsenal scored first but needed a
stoppage-time goal to draw 2-2 with Chelsea at the Emirates.
Week 23 –
Liverpool ended Manchester City’s long unbeaten run with a 4-3 victory at
Anfield having scored 3 times in 9 minutes to lead 4-1 until the 84th
minute while on Monday evening Manchester United put 3 past Stoke without reply
at Old Trafford but the week began with an early kick-off on Saturday at
Stamford Bridge where Chelsea and 10-man Leicester City played out a goalless
match. Harry Kane added 2 more goals to his tally as Tottenham eased past
Everton 4-0 at Wembley and 2 goals from Manuel Lanzini helped West Ham to a 4-1
routing at Huddersfield Town while Watford came from 2 James Ward-Prowse goals
down to earn a 2-2 draw with a last-minutes equalizer at home to Southampton
and a single goal gave Crystal Palace a home win over Burnley. Arsenal took the
lead but lost 2-1 at Bournemouth while Brighton lost 2-0 at West Brom and
Swansea drew 1-1 at Newcastle United.
Week 24 –
Manchester City got back to winning ways as they hosted and defeated Newcastle
United 3-1 with a hat-trick from Sergio Aguero while a single goal at Burnley
gave Manchester United all 3 points and a double from Eden Hazard helped
Chelsea to a 4-0 win at Brighton. Arsenal stormed to a 4-1 victory at home to
Crystal Palace scoring their 4 goals within the first 22 minutes of the match
while there were 2-0 home wins for Leicester over Watford and Stoke City
against Huddersfield Town and there were 1-1 draws for Bournemouth at West Ham
and West Brom at Everton. On Sunday Tottenham drew 1-1 at Southampton and on
Monday evening Liverpool lost 1-0 at bottom club Swansea.
Week 25 – In
midweek matches Bournemouth embarrassed Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge while
Arsenal opened the scoring but fell 3-1 at Swansea who moved off the bottom of
the table with 2 goals from Sam Clucas and Manchester United were defeated 2-0
by Tottenham at Wembley. Manchester City picked up another 3 points with 3
goals at home to West Brom and Liverpool enjoyed the same result at
Huddersfield while newly signed Theo Walcott scored both Everton’s goals in
their 2-1 home win over Leicester. There were 1-1 draws for Crystal Palace at
West Ham, Burnley at Newcastle and Brighton at Southampton while Watford played
a goalless match at Stoke City.
Week 26 – A late
flurry of goals condemned 10-man Chelsea to a humiliating 4-1 defeat at Watford
on Monday evening while at the weekend a last-gasp penalty earned Tottenham a
2-2 draw in a controversial match at Liverpool for whom Mohamed Salah had
completed his double in stoppage time and Burnley drew 1-1 at home to runaway
league leaders Manchester City. Aaron Ramsey netted a hat-trick as Arsenal
demolished Everton 5-1 at the Emirates while West Ham lost 3-1 at Brighton and
Stoke took an early lead but lost 2-1 at Bournemouth. Having honoured the late
Cyrille Regis at the Hawthorns, WBA lost an emotional match 3-2 to Southampton while
2 goals gave Manchester United a win at home to Huddersfield Town and there were
1-1 draws for Swansea at Leicester and Newcastle at Crystal Palace.
Week 27 – Sergio
Aguero ran riot with 4 goals in the 2nd half as Manchester City
demolished Leicester City 5-1 at the Etihad Stadium while Manchester United
lost 1-0 at Newcastle and Tottenham got the better of Arsenal with a single
goal in the north London derby at Wembley. Crystal Palace lost 3-1 at Everton
and West Ham defeated their visitors from Watford 2-0 while Stoke drew 1-1 at
home to Brighton having missed a last-minute penalty and Burnley lost 1-0 at
Swansea. Steve Mounie netted twice as Bournemouth were thrashed 4-1 at
Huddersfield while Liverpool won 2-0 at Southampton and on Monday evening Eden
Hazard scored twice as Chelsea ended their losing streak with a 3-0 win over
bottom-of-the-table WBA at the Bridge.
Week 28 –
Liverpool romped to a 4-1 victory over West Ham at Anfield while Brighton
enjoyed the same result at home to Swansea with a double from Glenn Murray and
Huddersfield Town won 2-1 at West Brom. Dwight Gayle scored twice for Newcastle
United but Bournemouth scored 2 late goals to earn a 2-2 home draw while there
were 1-1 draws for Stoke at Leicester and Southampton who scored a 90th-minute
goal at Burnley. Everton lost 1-0 at Watford while on Sunday Tottenham broke
the deadlock to win with a late goal at Crystal Palace and Manchester United
came from a goal down to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Old Trafford.
Having defeated Arsenal 3-0 at Wembley to win the League Cup
on Sunday, Manchester City repeated the scoreline in the league at the Emirates
on Thursday with all their goals coming in the first half.
Week 29 –
Arsenal’s run of poor results continued with a 2-1 loss at Brighton while
Chelsea lost to a single goal at Manchester City and Liverpool put 2 goals past
Newcastle at Anfield. West Ham United were hammered 4-1 at Swansea while 2 Son
Heung-min goals for Tottenham put paid to Huddersfield at Wembley and West Brom
lost 1-0 at Watford. Everton took the lead but came unstuck with 2 second-half
goals and a late dismissal at Burnley while Leicester earned a 1-1 home draw
against Bournemouth with a goal deep into stoppage time and there was a
goalless match between Southampton and Stoke City. On Monday evening Manchester
United came from 2 goals down to win 3-2 with a stoppage-time winner at Crystal
Palace.
Week 30 – In the
battle for 2nd place in the league, a double from Marcus Rashford
gave Manchester United a 2-1 home win over Liverpool while Chelsea defeated
Crystal Palace by the same scoreline at Stamford Bridger and Arsenal put 3 past
Watford without reply at the Emirates. Leicester City bounced back from a goal
down to thrash West Brom 4-1 while Tottenham achieved the same result thanks to
a brace from Son Heung-min after an early setback at Bournemouth. Amidst
disgraceful scenes at the London Stadium, West Ham were humiliated 3-0 by
Burnley while Southampton lost 3-0 at Newcastle with Robert Kennedy netting
twice for the hosts and Brighton, who ended the match with 10 men, lost 2-0 at
Everton. Ten-man Swansea drew 0-0 at Huddersfield Town and on Monday evening
Manchester City took a step closer to the league tittle with 2 David Silva
goals at Stoke.
