Needing only five more points to secure the
Premier League title Liverpool’s 30-year wait will have to go on at least a bit
longer as football was suspended in England due to a worldwide viral outbreak.
Week 21 – On
New Year’s Day Chelsea scored the first Premier League goal of the new decade in
their 1-1 draw at Brighton and Arsenal scored twice in the first half to beat Manchester
United 2-0 at the Emirates while Everton lost 2-1 to a Gabriel Jesus brace at Manchester
City. Mark Noble also claimed a brace as West Ham took their visitors from
Bournemouth apart 4-0 and Leicester City were 3-0 winners at Newcastle while
Wolves lost 2-1 at ten-man Watford and Tottenham lost 1-0 at Southampton.
Burnley were 2-1 losers at home to Aston Villa while Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at
Norwich and on the following evening Liverpool were 2-0 winners at home to Sheffield
United.
Week 22 –
Sergio Aguero claimed a hat-trick and Riyad Mahrez a brace as Manchester City humiliated
hosts Aston Villa 6-1 while a single goal at Tottenham was enough to give
Liverpool another 3 points and Leicester lost 2-1 at home to Southampton.
Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United beat their visitors from
Norwich 4-0 while ten-man Arsenal drew 1-1 at Crystal Palace and Chelsea were
3-0 winners at home to Burnley. Everton defeated Brighton 1-0 at Goodison Park while
Newcastle drew 1-1 at Wolves and Bournemouth fell 3-0 at home to Watford who
moved out of the relegation zone. The weekend had begun on Friday evening with
Sheffield United winning 1-0 at home to West Ham.
Week 23 –
Liverpool took another step towards the Premier League title with a 2-0 home victory
over Manchester United as the top six teams all dropped points. Sergio Aguero
netted a late double as Manchester City came from a goal down but drew 2-2 at home
to Crystal Palace while Leicester City took the lead at Burnley but lost 2-1
and Chelsea lost 1-0 to a goal in stoppage time at Newcastle. Tottenham drew
0-0 at Watford who had a penalty saved while Wolverhampton Wonderers came from
2 down at Southampton to win 3-2 with a double from Raul Jimenez and Sheffield
United drew 1-1 at Arsenal. There were also 1-1 draws for Everton at West Ham
and for Aston Villa at Brighton while Bournemouth lost 1-0 at Norwich with both
teams reduced to 10 players.
Week 24 – In
midweek matches ten-man Arsenal twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Chelsea while
Florian Lejeune scored twice late in stoppage time to earn Newcastle a 2-2 draw
at Everton and Burnley defeated Manchester United 2-0 at Old Trafford. Ayoze
Perez claimed a brace as West Ham United were put to the sword 4-1 at Leicester
while Norwich lost 2-1 at Tottenham and Crystal Palace were beaten 2-0 at home
to Southampton. Aston Villa came from behind and scored a last gasp 2-1 winner
at home to Watford while Bournemouth were 3-1 winners against their visitors
from Brighton and Manchester City picked up a 1-0 win at Sheffield United. On
Thursday evening, Liverpool overcame Wolves 2-1 at Molineux.
Week 25 – Mo
Salah netted twice for Liverpool who swept Southampton aside with 4 goals after
the break at Anfield while ten-man Manchester City, who missed a penalty, were
beaten 2-0 at Tottenham and Chelsea drew 2-2 at Leicester. Yerry Mina scored
twice for Everton who enjoyed a last-minute 3-2 winner with ten men at Watford
despite having trailed 2-0 at the break while a Robert Snodgrass brace was not
enough for West Ham who relinquished their two-goal lead to draw 3-3 at home to
Brighton and Aston Villa lost 2-1 at ten-man Bournemouth. Crystal Palace lost
to a single goal at home to Sheffield United while the matches between Newcastle
and Norwich City, Manchester United and Wolves, and Burnley against Arsenal ended
goalless.
Week
26 – The introduction of a winter break meant the week’s fixture list was played
over two weeks. Crystal Palace were beaten 3-1 at Everton and Watford drew 1-1
at Brighton while Bournemouth took the lead but lost 2-1 at Sheffield United
and Manchester City v West Ham fell foul of the weather. Ten-man Leicester drew
0-0 at Wolves on Friday evening and at the weekend Southampton lost 2-1 at home
to Burnley while a single goal gave Liverpool a win at bottom of the table
Norwich. Heung-min Son completed his brace for Tottenham with a stoppage-time
3-2 winner at Aston Villa while Arsenal took Newcastle apart with four
second-half goals at the Emirates and on Monday evening Manchester United
prevailed 2-0 at Chelsea. In a rearranged match on Wednesday evening, West Ham
United lost 2-0 at Manchester City.
Week 27 – A single
goal gave Manchester City a victory at Leicester while Tottenham lost 2-1 at
Chelsea and a double from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang help Arsenal to a 3-2 win
over Everton at the Emirates. Bournemouth lost a controversial match 3-0 at Burnley
while there were 3-0 wins for Manchester United at home to Watford and Wolves
at home to Norwich with a Diego Jota claiming a brace. Aston Villa were 2-0
losers at Southampton and Newcastle, who ended the match with 10 players, lost
1-0 at Crystal Palace and Brighton picked up a 1-1 draw at Sheffield United. On
Monday evening, Liverpool came from 2-1 down to beat West Ham United 3-2 at
Anfield.
Week 28 – While
Manchester City lifted the League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa, Liverpool’s
long unbeaten run in the Premier League came to an abrupt end when they were
beaten 3-0 at Watford with Ismaela Sarr netting twice for the hosts and on Friday
evening Leicester City lost 1-0 at Norwich. Wolverhampton Wanderers twice came
from behind to win 3-2 at Tottenham while Manchester United drew 1-1 at Everton
and West Ham United were 3-1 winners at home to Southampton. Bournemouth drew
2-2 at home to Chelsea while a single goal gave Crystal Palace a win at
Brighton and Burnley drew 0-0 at Newcastle.
Week 29 – Manchester
City lost 2-0 at Manchester United while Liverpool overturned an early setback
to beat Bournemouth 2-1 at Anfield and Chelsea thumped Everton 4-0 at Stamford
Bridge. Ten-man Southampton lost 1-0 at home to Newcastle while there were 1-0
home wins for Arsenal again West Ham, Crystal Palace against Watford and Sheffield
United against Norwich City. Tottenham drew 1-1 at Burnley and Brighton held
Wolves to a goalless draw at Molineux. On Monday evening Aston Villa were swept
aside 4-0 at Leicester with a double from Jamie Vardy.
