With only 8 match weeks left, Manchester City are closing in on the finish line and still on course for an unprecedented quadruple. City rivals, Manchester United are leading the pack in pursue of a realistic Champions League spot and an unlikely slipup by the league leaders.
Week 21 – An early goal gave Manchester City a home win against Sheffield United to keep them at the top while Manchester United drew 0-0 at Arsenal and Southampton lost 1-0 at home to Aston Villa. Callum Wilson scored both goals for Newcastle at Everton while Fulham drew 2-2 at West Brom and a single goal gave Crystal Palace a home win over Wolves. Leeds United enjoyed a 3-1 victory at Leicester and Liverpool achieved the same result at West Ham with 2 goals from Mohamed Salah while Tottenham were defeated 1-0 at Brighton and Chelsea beat Burnley 2-0 at Stamford Bridge.
Week 22 – In midweek nine-man Arsenal lost 2-1 at Wolves while Southampton, whose first dismissal of two came after only 80 seconds, were taken apart 9-0 at Manchester United with Anthony Martial netting twice for the rampant hosts and there were 2-1 wins for Sheffield United at home to West Brom and Crystal Palace at Newcastle with both winning teams having to come from behind. Brighton earned a shock 1-0 win at Liverpool while Jesse Lingard scored twice on his debut as West Ham won 3-1 at Aston Villa and Everton defeated Leeds United 2-1 at Elland Road while there were 2-0 victories for Manchester City and Leicester City at Burnley and Fulham respectively. On Thursday evening, Tottenham lost 1-0 at home to Chelsea.
Week 23 – Having missed a penalty, Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City strengthened their position at the top with an impressive 4-1 victory at champions Liverpool while Everton came from 2 down to draw level with 2 goals early in the second half and earned a 3-3 draw at Manchester United with the last kick of the match and 10-man Newcastle defeated Southampton 3-2 at St James’ Park with Miguel Almiron netting a brace for the hosts. Arsenal fell 1-0 at Aston Villa while Brighton drew 1-1 at Burnley and West Ham, who ended the match with 10 players, drew 0-0 at Fulham. Ten-man West Brom lost 2-0 at Tottenham while Chelsea were 2-1 winners at Sheffield United and Leicester drew 0-0 at Wolves. On Monday evening, Crystal Palace lost 2-0 at Leeds United.
Week 24 – Leicester City scored 3 late goals in the space of 5 minutes as they came from a goal down to enjoy a 3-1 victory at home to Liverpool while another brace from Ilkay Gundogan helped Manchester United beat Tottenham 3-0 at the Etihad and Burnley enjoyed the same result at Crystal Palace. Leeds United scored twice at the Emirates by which time Arsenal had cruised into a 4-goal lead with a hat-trick from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang while Wolves came from behind to win 2-1 at Southampton and Manchester United drew 1-1 at West Bromwich Albion. Josh Maja scored both goals for Fulham at Everton and the only goalless match was between Brighton and Aston Villa while on Monday West Ham were 3-0 winners at home to Sheffield United and Chelsea put 2 past their visitors from Newcastle.
Week 25 – Two rearranged matches were played on Wednesday with Fulham drawing 1-1 at Burnley and Manchester City powering 3-1 past Everton at Goodison Park while week 25 began on Friday with Leeds losing 1-0 at Wolves. Liverpool lost their 4th home match in a row for the first time in 97 years when they went down 2-0 to Everton who had not won at Anfield since 1999 while Chelsea drew 1-1 at Southampton and a goal within 2 minutes of kick-off gave Manchester City a win at Arsenal. Tottenham lost 2-1 at West Ham while Leicester were 2-1 winners at Aston Villa and Manchester United picked up a 3-1 victory at home to Newcastle United. Ten-man West Brom drew 0-0 at Burnley and Fulham picked up 3 points with a goal at home to Sheffield United while on Monday evening Crystal Palace scored a stoppage-time 2-1 winner at Brighton. In a rearranged match the following evening, Leeds United triumphed 3-0 over Southampton at Elland Road.
Week 26 – Arsenal put an early setback behind them to win 3-1 at Leicester while Burnley were buried 4-0 with a Gareth Bale brace at Tottenham and there were goalless draws for Manchester United at Chelsea and Fulham at Crystal Palace. Manchester City continued their winning streak with a 2-1 scoreline at home to West Ham while Liverpool were 2-0 winners at Sheffield United and an early goal settled the match in Aston Villa’s favour at Leeds. West Bromwich Albion ended their winless run with a single goal at home to Brighton who twice struck the woodwork from the penalty spot while Wolves drew 1-1 at Newcastle and on Monday evening Southampton fell to an early goal at Everton.
Week 27 – In one of the many rearranged matches played in midweek, Manchester City scored 3 late goals with a double from Gabriel Jesus to send Wolves home with their tails between their legs as 4-1 losers while Leicester City conceded an early goal but drew 1-1 at Burnley and Manchester United fired blanks at Crystal Palace. Ten-man Sheffield United earned a 1-0 win at home to Aston Villa while there were 1-0 away wins for Everton at West Brom and Tottenham at Fulham and Liverpool suffered another home defeat, losing 1-0 to Chelsea. At the weekend runaway league leaders Manchester City lost 2-0 at home to Manchester United and Liverpool fell to a 1-0 loss at home to Fulham while Crystal Place were taken apart 4-1 at Tottenham for whom Gareth Bale and Harry Kane scored 2 apiece. Leicester City came from behind to win 2-1 at Brighton while Arsenal could only draw 1-1 at Burnley and Southampton were 2-0 winners at Sheffield United. There were goalless draws for Aston Villa at home to Wolves and Newcastle at West Bromwich Albion. On Monday evening, Chelsea defeated Everton 2-0 at Samford Bridge and West Ham enjoyed the same result at Home to Leeds.
Week 28 – On Wednesday evening Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez each scored a double as Southampton were brushed aside 5-2 at Manchester City in a rearranged match and on Friday 2 late goals saw Newcastle draw 1-1 at home to Aston Villa. Arsenal fell behind but beat Tottenham, who were later reduced to 10 players, 2-1 at the Emirates while a hat-trick from Kelechi Iheanacho helped Leicester thump Sheffield United 5-0 and West Ham United lost to a single goal at Manchester United. Manchester City undid Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage while Everton lost 2-1 at home to Burnley and Chelsea drew 0-0 at Leeds United. Crystal Palace were 1-0 winners at home to WBA and Brighton triumphed 2-1 at Southampton while on Monday evening Liverpool picked up a win with a goal at Wolves.
Week 29 – With the quarter-final matches of the FA Cup being played, only four Premier League matches took place starting on Friday evening when Leeds United were 2-1 winners at Fulham. On Saturday Newcastle United fell 3-0 at Brighton while on Sunday Tottenham won 2-0 at Aston Villa and Arsenal fought back from 3 down to draw 3-3 at West Ham.
Week 30 – Thomas Tuchel lost his first match in English football as West Bromwich Albion came from a goal down to pummel 10-man Chelsea 5-2 at Stamford Bridge with Matheus Pereira and Callum Robinson scoring 2 apiece for the Baggies. Manchester City were 2-0 winners at Leicester while Liverpool swept Arsenal aside 3-0 at the Emirates with Diogo Jota netting a brace and Leeds United picked up a 2-1 home win over Sheffield United. Southampton fought back from 2 down to send Burnley home 3-2 losers and Mahmoud Trezeguet scored twice as Aston Villa came from behind to register a 3-1 win at home to Fulham while Harry Kane was twice on target for Tottenham who drew 2-2 at Newcastle and Brighton took the lead but lost 2-1 at Manchester United. On Monday evening Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at Everton while West Ham were 3-2 winners at Wolves.
