Leicester see daylight

With only 8 matches remaining Leicester City are 5 points clear of Tottenham and have the league title in their sight.  

Week 21 - In midweek matches Leicester City scored late to win at Tottenham and take themselves within goal difference of leaders Arsenal who conceded a last minute goal to draw 3-3 at Liverpool with Firmino and Giroud each scoring twice for their respective teams while Manchester United suffered the same fait drawing 3-3 at Newcastle after Wayne Rooney had netted a brace for the Red Devils and Manchester City were held to a goalless draw at home to Everton.  A Jermain Defoe hat-trick helped Sunderland to a 4-2 victory at 10-man Swansea while 10-man Norwich lost 3-1 at Stoke City and Crystal Palace lost to a single goal at Aston Villa. Enner Valencia scored twice as West Ham came from behind to win 3-1 at Bournemouth while Watford lost 2-0 at Southampton and a late goal gave West Bromwich Albion a 2-2 draw at Chelsea.

Week 22 - Manchester City sailed past Crystal Palace 4-0 with a double from Aguero at the Etihad to close the gap at the top as Leicester City could only draw 1-1 at bottom club Aston Villa and Arsenal drew 0-0 at Stoke. Chelsea who came from 2 down to draw level with 2 goals in quick succession conceded in stoppage time but scored a controversial goal with the last kick of the match to draw 3-3 at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham came from behind to smash Sunderland 4-1 with 2 goals from Eriksen at White Hart Lane and Bournemouth put 3 past their visitors from Norwich without reply. A brace from Ward-Prowse helped Southampton to a 3-0 home win over WBA while Manchester United enjoyed a 1-0 win at Liverpool and 2 early goals at Newcastle gave the Magpies a 2-1 win over West Ham. On Monday evening Swansea were 1-0 winners at home to Watford.

Week 23 - In a thrilling match at Norwich, Liverpool came from 3-1 down to lead until the last minute when they were pegged back to 4-4 but regained their lead with the last kick of the match to run out 5-4 winners with Firmino claiming a double. Ten-man Arsenal suffered a costly 1-0 loss at home to Chelsea and were overtaken by Leicester City who enjoyed a 3-0 home win over Stoke City and Manchester City who twice fell behind to goals from Valencia but fought back with goals from Aguero to draw 2-2 at West Ham. Tottenham bounced back from a goal down to win 3-1 at Crystal Palace while Manchester United lost 1-0 at home to Southampton with debutant Charlie Austin coming off the bench to grab the late winner. There were draws for Bournemouth 1-1 at Sunderland and Aston Villa 0-0 at West Brom and there were 2-1 wins for Watford at home to Newcastle and Swansea away to Everton.

Week 24 - In midweek Jamie Vardi scored both goals as Leicester City prolonged their stay at the top with a 2-0 home win over Liverpool while a single goal gave Manchester City all 3 points at Sunderland and a double from Harry Kane helped Tottenham to a 3-0 win at Norwich, moving them above Arsenal on goal difference after the Gunners were held to a goalless draw at home to Southampton. Bournemouth came from behind to win 2-1 at Crystal palace while 10-man Aston Villa lost 2-0 at West Ham and Manchester United cruised to a 3-0 victory at home to Stoke City. West Bromwich Albion salvaged a 1-1 draw with a goal in stoppage time at home to Swansea while 2 late penalties from Ross Barkley buried Newcastle 3-0 at Everton and Chelsea drew 0-0 at Watford.

Week 25 - In a top-of-the-table clash Robert Huth scored twice as Leicester City won 3-1 at Manchester City to go 5 points clear of Tottenham who scored a single goal at home to Watford and Arsenal who won 2-0 at Bournemouth while Chelsea salvaged a 1-1 draw with a goal in injury time at home to Manchester United and Sunderland came from 2 goals down to draw 2-2 with 2 late goals at Liverpool. Aston Villa picked up a much needed win with 2 goals at home to Norwich while Newcastle moved out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 home win over West Bromwich Albion. Stoke City suffered their 3rd 3-0 defeat in a row losing at home to Everton while Southampton who were reduced to 10 men held on to win 1-0 at home to West ham and Crystal palace drew 1-1 at Swansea City.

Week 26 - Arsenal came from behind to close the gap at the top with a last-gasp goal from the returning Danny Welbeck to beat 10-man Leicester City 2-1 at the Emirates, but remain in 3rd place after Tottenham won 2-1 at Manchester City. Manchester United lost 2-1 at Sunderland and Southampton won by a single goal to nil at Swansea while Norwich let a 2 goal lead slip to draw 2-2 at home to West Ham United. Stoke City ended their poor run with a 3-1 win at Bournemouth while Crystal palace continued their poor form losing 2-1 at home to Watford with  a Troy Deeney double and West Bromwich Albion defeated Everton 1-0 at Goodison Park. The big hitters were Chelsea who took Newcastle apart 5-1 at Stamford Bridge with 2 from Pedro Rodriguez and Chelsea who demolished Aston Villa 6-0 at Villa Park.

Week 27 - Leicester City picked up another 3 points at the top with a last-minute goal at home to Norwich City and Tottenham came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Swansea City while Marcus Rashford put Arsenal to the sword with 2 goals as they lost 32- at Manchester United.  West Ham put one goal past their visitors from Sunderland and Chelsea came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Southampton while Aston Villa lost 2-1 to a double from Marko Arnautovic at Stoke. A 2nd half brace from Connor Wickham was not enough for Crystal Palace who lost 3-2 after conceding 3 goals in the first half at West Brom and there was a goalless draw between Watford and Bournemouth while Manchester City picked up silverware with a penalty shootout victory over Liverpool in the League Cup at Wembley.

Week 28 - In midweek Leicester City took a small step towards the league title despite being held to a 2-2 draw at home to West Brom as Tottenham lost 1-0 at West Ham and Swansea came from behind to hand Arsenal a shock 2-1 defeat at the Emirates. Manchester City suffered a blow with a 3-0 loss at Liverpool while Manchester United scored late to pick up 3 points at home to Watford and Bournemouth struck twice at home to dispose of Southampton.

Chelsea won 2-1 at Norwich and Sunderland scored a last-minute goal to deny Crystal palace victory after Connor Wickham had netted twice for the visitors while Newcastle lost to a late goal at Stoke and Aston Villa remained rooted to the bottom of the table after losing 3-1 at home to Everton.

Week 29 - In a pulsating North London derby 10-man Arsenal came from behind to draw 2-2 at Tottenham giving Leicester City the opportunity to extend their lead at the top with a 1-0 win at Watford while Manchester City thumped Aston Villa 4-0 with Aguero netting twice in front of the home crowd who had endured a goalless first half. Bournemouth enjoyed a 3-1 win at Newcastle while Sunderland scored a late goal after hosts Southampton had been reduced to 10 men but were pegged back to 1-1 with a last-minute equalizer, and Chelsea failed to overtake Stoke City as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. Ten-man Everton came unstuck after failing to extend their 2 goal lead from the spot and were beaten 3-2 with a last-gasp gaol at home to West Ham while Norwich lost 1-0 at Swansea, and on Sunday Manchester United who were reduced to 10 men in the first half lost 1-0 at West Brom while 10-man Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 with a last minute goal at Crystal Palace.     

Week 30 - With the 6th round of the FA Cup in full swing only 5 Premier League matches were played. Manchester City drew blanks at Norwich while Southampton were 2-1 winners at Stoke with Graziano Pelle scoring both goals for the Saints and Harry Kane scored either side of the break to settle the match in Tottenham's favour away to Aston Villa. Bournemouth enjoyed a 3-2 win at home to Swansea and on Monday evening newly appointed Raffa Benitez took Newcastle to Leicester City who took another step towards the league title with a 1-0 win over the Magpies.        

Fox trot goes on

Leicester City continue to push on but it is Arsenal who cross the halfway line at the top. 

Week 11 - Liverpool recovered from an early goal at Chelsea to win 3-1 with a brace from Coutinho while a double from Mahrez and another goal from Jamie Vardy, his eighth in successive league matches, secured a 3-2 victory for Leicester at West Bromwich Albion. A late penalty earned league leaders Manchester City a 2-1 win at home to Norwich City while Arsenal remained in 2nd place on goal difference after cruising to a 3-0 win at Swansea. Odion Ighalo struck twice for Watford who won at home to West Ham while there were goalless draws for Stoke at Newcastle and Manchester United at Crystal Palace and on Sunday 10-man Southampton put 2 past their visitors from Bournemouth while a Kone hat-trick helped Everton to a 6-2 mauling of Sunderland at Goodison Park. Aston Villa lost 3-1 at Tottenham on Monday evening.      

 Week 12 -Tottenham drew 1-1 at Arsenal to prevent them from overtaking Manchester City at the top, as the league leaders were held to a goalless draw at bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa with Remi Garde making his managerial home debut while Vardy was on target again as Leicester City picked up a 2-1 home win against Watford and Manchester United finally found the target with 2 goals at home to West Brom. Chelsea sank to a 1-0 defeat at Stoke and Swansea lost 1-0 at Norwich while there were 1-0 away wins for Newcastle at Bournemouth and Southampton at Sunderland. Everton drew 1-1 at West Ham while on Sunday Liverpool lost 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace.

Week 13 - Jamie Vardy scored for the 10th consecutive match as Leicester City moved to the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win in Newcastle while Manchester City were shattered 4-1 at home to Liverpool and Arsenal suffered a disappointing 2-1 loss at West Bromwich Albion. Everton put 4 past troubled Aston Villa with Barkley and Lukaku each netting a brace for the hosts while Bournemouth drew 2-2 at Swansea and Manchester United won 2-1 at Watford with a last minute own goal from Deeney who had also scored at the right end. A single goal gave Chelsea a home win over Norwich while Stoke won with a solitary goal at Southampton and Tottenham hammered West Ham 4-1 with a double from Kane at White Hart Lane. On Monday evening Crystal palace lost 1-0 at home to Sunderland.  

Week 14 - A premier League record was broken when Jamie Vardy scored in his 11th successive match as Leicester City drew 1-1 at home to Manchester United to allow Manchester City to go top with a 3-1 home win over Southampton while injury-hit Arsenal could only draw 1-1 at Norwich City. Bournemouth who came from 2 down to level the match with 2 late goals against Everton conceded late in stoppage time only for Stanislas to complete his brace with a last-gasp goal to earn the Cherries a 3-3 draw in front of their ecstatic fans while Crystal Palace came from behind to thrash Newcastle 5-1 with a double each from Zaha and Bolasie at Selhurst Park and Watford overcame Aston Villa 3-2 at Villa Park. Chelsea drew 0-0 at Tottenham and West Brom drew 1-1 at West Ham while Sunderland scored 2 late goals at home to beat 10-man Stoke City and Liverpool converted a home penalty to defeat Swansea. 

Week 15 - Leicester City went top with a hat-trick from Mahrez in their 3-0 win at Swansea as Vardy's run of goals in consecutive games came to an end while Manchester City fell to an early brace from Marko Arnautovic at Stoke and Arsenal won 3-1 at home to Sunderland to move into 2nd place. West Ham United drew 0-0 at Manchester United and Chelsea lost 1-0 at home to Bournemouth while there were 1-1 draws for Tottenham at West Brom and for Aston Villa at Southampton. Watford were 2-0 victors over Norwich at Vicarage Road while on Sunday Liverpool lost 2-0 at Newcastle and on Monday evening Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at Everton.

Week 16 - A goal deep into stoppage time gave Manchester City a 2-1 win at home to Swansea and took them to the top of the table for a day until overtaken by Arsenal who won 2-0 at Aston Villa, but on Monday evening the Gunners were replaced at the top by Leicester City who triumphed 2-1 at home to Chelsea in Jose Mourinho's last match before his dismissal from the club. Bournemouth earned another memorable result winning 2-1 at home to Manchester United while there were 1-0 wins for Crystal Palace at home to Southampton and Watford away to Sunderland. Everton drew 1-1 at Norwich and Stoke played a goalless match at West Ham while Newcastle came from behind to win 2-1 at Tottenham and Liverpool salvaged a point with a last gasp goal to draw 2-2 at home to West Bromwich Albion.

Week 17 - Riyad Mahrez netted twice from the spot to give Leicester City a 3-2 win at Everton and secure them top spot for Christmas while Manchester United lost 2-1 at home to Norwich and Tottenham struck twice just before the end of the first half to win at Southampton. Chelsea began life without Mourinho with 2 early goals and went on to win 3-1 at home to Sunderland while Crystal Palace and Bournemouth were 2-1 winners at Stoke and 9-man West Brom respectively. Bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa drew 1-1 at Newcastle while on Sunday there was a goalless draw between Swansea and West Ham and a double from Ighalo put Liverpool to the sword 3-0 at Watford. On Monday evening Arsenal moved clear into 2nd place with a 2-1 victory over Manchester City at the Emirates.      

Week 18 - On Boxing Day Arsenal suffered a 4-0 stuffing at Southampton with Shane Long finding the net twice and league leaders Leicester lost 1-0 at Liverpool while Manchester City closed the gap with an emphatic 4-1 win at home to Sunderland and a Kane double helped Tottenham moved into the top 4 with a 3-0 victory at home to Norwich City. There was heartbreak at Newcastle as Everton broke the deadlock in stoppage time and an early Swansea goal sent West Brom home as losers while Manchester United lost 2-0 at Stoke and a Costa double earned Chelsea a 2-2 draw at home to Watford. West Ham United drew 1-1 at Aston Villa and there were no goals between Bournemouth and Crystal Palace.

Week 19 - Two days after beating Manchester United, Stoke City scored a stoppage-time penalty to win 4-3 at Everton with Shaqiri hitting the net twice and Lukaku doing likewise for the Toffees while Arsenal went to the top of the table with 2 goals at home to Bournemouth and Tottenham scored a last-minute goal to win 2-1 at 10-man Watford. Aston Villa lost 2-0 at Norwich and Newcastle were beaten by a single goal at West Bromwich Albion while Chelsea drew 0-0 at Manchester United and Swansea played out a goalless draw at Crystal palace. West Ham United came from behind to win 2-1 at home to Southampton while on Tuesday evening Leicester City failed to overtake Arsenal at the top after a goalless draw at home to Manchester City and in the last match of 2015 on Wednesday Liverpool picked up 3 points with a single goal at Sunderland.

Week 20 - League leaders Arsenal began 2016 with an unconvincing 1-0 win at home to Newcastle but extended their lead at the top as Leicester City played out their 2nd goalless draw in a row when they entertained 10-man Bournemouth while Manchester City came from a goal down to win with 2 late goals at Watford and Manchester United won by the same scoreline at home to Swansea City. A Defoe double helped struggling Sunderland to a 3-1 victory at home to bottom-of-the-table Aston Villa while West Bromwich Albion scored a last minute 2-1 winner after their visitors from Stoke had been reduced to 10 men and 10-man Southampton fell to a single goal at Norwich. West Ham United defeated Liverpool 2-0 and on Sunday Chelsea battered Crystal Palace 3-0 at Selhurst Park while Tottenham drew 1-1 at Everton.         

Happy Hammers see Chelsea meltdown

Week 1 - The Premier League began with a low-key win for Manchester United over Tottenham thanks to an own goal, but with Chelsea being held to a 2-2 draw at home to Swansea and recent Charity Shield winners Arsenal suffering a shock 2-0 defeat to West Ham at the Emirates the following day, the Red Devils were smiling. Though not as much as Leicester City who claimed top spot with a 4-2 win over Sunderland followed by Crystal Palace who won 3-1 at Norwich and West Ham after their victory over Arsenal until Monday night when 3 goals without reply for Manchester City at West Brom took them to the top of the table at the end of week one. In other matches Watford drew 2-2 at Everton and there were 1-0 wins for Aston Villa at Bournemouth and Liverpool at Stoke City.

Week 2 - Leicester City brought hosts West Ham down to earth with a 2-1 win while another single goal gave Manchester United all 3 points at Aston Villa and Arsenal returned from Crystal Palace with a 2-1 win. Everton put 3 past Southampton on their travels and Sunderland lost 3-1 at home to Norwich while Bournemouth lost 1-0 at Liverpool. Tottenham had to do with a point as they let their 2 goal lead slip at home to Stoke while Newcastle lost 2-0 at Swansea and there were no goals between Watford and West Brom, but Manchester City continued their stampede at the top with 3 goals at home to reigning champions Chelsea.  

   

 Week 3 - West Ham United suffered another home defeat losing a 4-3 to new boys Bournemouth with Callum Wilson bagging a hat-trick for the Cherries while Chelsea won 3-2 at West Brom and leaders Manchester City were 2-0 winners at Everton. Crystal Palace defeated Aston Villa 2-1 at Selhurst Park while Leicester City finally lost points in a 1-1 draw at home to Tottenham and there were also 1-1 draws for Stoke at Norwich and Swansea at Sunderland. Manchester United could only draw 0-0 at home to Newcastle in Saturday's lunch time match and there were goalless draws for Southampton at Watford on Sunday and Liverpool at Arsenal on Monday evening.

Week 4 - Crystal palace travelled across London to shock champions Chelsea 2-1 and Liverpool were hammered 3-0 at home to West Ham while Manchester United lost 2-1 at Swansea. A single goal at Newcastle gave Arsenal 3 points while Southampton put 3 past their visitors from Norwich and Tottenham played a goalless match at home to Everton. Manchester City continued their perfect run with 2 goals at home to Watford and West Brom scored the only goal to win at Stoke while Leicester City drew 1-1 at Bournemouth and Sunderland drew 2-2 at Aston Villa.             

                                                 

Week 5 - Chelsea suffered another defeat, losing 3-1 at Everton and Liverpool lost by the same scoreline at Manchester United while Arsenal won 2-0 at home to Stoke and Manchester City kept up their unblemished record with a goal in stoppage time at Crystal palace. Bournemouth lost 3-1 at Norwich and there were 1-0 wins for Tottenham at Sunderland and Watford at home to Swansea while Southampton drew 0-0 at West Bromwich Albion and Leicester came from 2 goals down to enjoy a 3-2 home win over Aston Villa. On Monday evening Newcastle lost 2-0 at West Ham with Dimitri Payet scoring both goals for the Hammers.

Week 6 -  Chelsea battled to a 2-0 victory over 9-man Arsenal in a controversial match at the Bridge while Manchester City conceded for the first time this season losing 2-1 to West Ham United who claimed yet another big scalp on their travels moving into 3rd place in the process. Leicester drew 2-2 at Stoke and Everton played out a goalless match at Swansea while West Bromwich Albion won by a single goal at Aston Villa and Watford were 2-1 victors at Newcastle. Sunderland lost to 2 early goals at Bournemouth while on Sunday Norwich drew 1-1 at Liverpool, Crystal Palace lost 1-0 at Tottenham and Anthony Martial scored twice to help Manchester United into 2nd place with a 3-2 win at Southampton.     

Week 7 - Manchester United moved to the top of the table after a 3-0 home win over bottom side Sunderland, overtaking Manchester City who were taken apart 4-1 at Tottenham having led until just before the break while Leicester City lost the only unbeaten record of the Premier League when they were thumped 5-2 at home to Arsenal as Alexis Sanchez claimed a hat-trick. West Ham salvaged a point with a goal in stoppage time to draw 2-2 at home to Norwich and occupy 3rd spot ahead of Arsenal on goal difference while Chelsea came from 2 down to draw with 2 late goals at Newcastle and Sturridge netted a brace to help Liverpool to a 3-2 win at home to Aston Villa. Swansea had their wings clipped 3-1 at Southampton and Bournemouth lost 2-1 at Stoke while on Sunday Crystal Palace scored the only goal of the match at Watford and on Monday evening Everton came from 2 down to win 3-2 at West Bromwich Albion with Lukaku netting twice to take the Toffees into 5th place.    

Week 8 - Sergio Aguero ran riot in Manchester scoring 5 goals as City came from a goal down to thump Newcastle 6-1 while Chelsea took the lead at home to Southampton but ended up 3-1 losers and Sunderland surrendered their 2 goal advantage to draw 2-2 at home to West Ham United with Dick Advocaat handing in his resignation the following day. Leicester City won 2-1 at Norwich and Stoke won by a single goal at Aston Villa while Crystal Palace struck twice at home to West Brom and Watford drew 1-1 at Bournemouth. On Sunday Arsenal blew Manchester United away with 3 goals in the first half with a brace from Sanchez to overtake the Red Devils into 2nd place while Christian Eriksen scored from 2 free kicks to earn Tottenham a 2-2 draw at Swansea and Liverpool parted company with manager Brendan Rodgers after their 1-1 draw away to Everton. 

        

Week 9 - A Sterling hat-trick kept Manchester City at the top as they thumped their visitors from Bournemouth 5-1 while the red side of Manchester enjoyed a 3-0 win at Everton and Arsenal won by the same scoreline at Watford to stay in 2nd place between the 2 Manchester sides. West Ham United triumphed 3-1 at 10-man Crystal Palace with 2 goals in the last 2 minutes to move into 4th place while Leicester City came from 2-0 down to draw at Southampton and Liverpool drew 0-0 at Tottenham in Jürgen Klopp's first match in charge of the Reds. Chelsea defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at the Bridge and Sunderland, with Sam Allardyce in charge for the first time, lost 1-0 at West Brom while on Sunday Wijnaldum knocked in 4 goals as Norwich City were tranced 6-2 at Newcastle United and on Monday evening a single goal gave Stoke City a win in Swansea.       

Week 10 - West Ham United moved into 3rd place after a 2-1 home win over 10-man Chelsea while the Manchester derby ended goalless at Old Trafford. Arsenal are just behind leaders Manchester City on goal difference after beating Everton 2-1 at home while Jamie Vardy  scored the only goal at Leicester to give the host a win over Crystal Palace and Harry Kane netted a hat-trick as Tottenham cruised to a 5-1 victory at Bournemouth. Sunderland enjoyed a 3-0 win at home to Newcastle in Sam Allardyce's second match in charge of the Black Cats while Liverpool picked up another draw under Klopp, drawing 1-1 at home to Southampton. Swansea came from behind to send Aston Villa to the bottom of the league with a 2-1 win at Villa Park which resulted in the dismissal of Villa Manager Tim Sherwood  while there were also away wins for Watford who won 2-0 at Stoke and West Bromwich Albion who scored a goal at Norwich City.