Chelsea superior

Week 31 - In midweek matches Eden Hazard scored both goals for Chelsea as they got the better of Manchester City 2-1 at Bridge while Tottenham overturned a 1-0 loss with 2 minutes remaining to win 3-1 at Swansea and Bournemouth opened and closed the scoring as they drew 2-2 at Liverpool. Manchester United needed a last gasp penalty to earn a 1-1 draw at home to Everton while Arsenal eased past West Ham 3-0 at the Emirates and 2 goals gave Leicester a home win over Sunderland. Hull City moved out of the relegation zone with a 4-2 victory at home to Middlesbrough while 10-man Watford held on to beat West Brom 2-0 at Vicarage Road and Stoke lost 1-0 at Burnley. Southampton came from behind to defeat Crystal Palace 3-1 with 2 late goals at St Mary’s.

Week 32 - Tottenham took Watford apart 4-0 at White Hart Lane with 2 goals from Son but Chelsea maintained the gap at the top with a 3-1 win at Bournemouth while Liverpool came from behind to win 2-1 at Stoke and Manchester City overpowered Hull City 3-1 at the Etihad. Ten-man Sunderland lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United and Southampton scored the only goal of the match at West Brom while Leicester City’s winning streak under Craig Shakespeare came to an end at Everton as Romelu Lukaku netted twice in a 4-2 victory for the Toffees while West Ham United picked up 3 points with a goal at home to Swansea and there was a goalless match between Middlesbrough and Burnley at the Riverside. On Monday evening Arsenal slumped to a 3-0 defeat at Crystal Palace.    

Week 33 - Tottenham reduced the points deficit at the top with an emphatic 4-0 victory at home to Bournemouth as leaders Chelsea were beaten 2-0 at Manchester United while Manchester City won 3-0 at Southampton and a single goal gave Liverpool all 3 points at West Bromwich Albion. Leicester City let a 2-goal lead slip as they drew 2-2 at Crystal Palace and Sunderland earned a 2-2 draw with a last-minute goal at home to West Ham United while there were 3-1 wins for Everton and Stoke City at home to Burnley and Hull City respectively. Swansea lost 1-0 at Watford while on Monday evening, after Brighton and Hove Albion had gained promotion to the Premier League, Arsenal laboured to a 2-1 win at struggling Middlesbrough.

Week 34 - While Chelsea and Arsenal were booking their places in the FA Cup final at the expense of Tottenham and Manchester City respectively, Crystal Palace came from a goal down to beat Liverpool 2-1 with a Christian Benteke brace at Anfield and Manchester United won 2-0 at Burnley. Ten-man Middlesbrough were battered 4-0 at Bournemouth while Hull City who were also reduced to 10 men early in the match rallied to a 2-0 home win over Watford and Swansea enjoyed the same result at home to Stoke City while Everton played out a goalless match at West Ham. Newcastle United were promoted to the Premier League on Monday and on Tuesday a Diego Costa double helped Chelsea to a 4-2 win over Southampton at Stamford Bridge while on Wednesday a late own-goal gave Arsenal all 3 points against Leicester at the Emirates and there were also 1-0 wins for Tottenham at Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough at home to Sunderland. In the Manchester derby on Thursday evening United, who were reduced to 10 players late on in the match, held hosts City to a goalless draw.

Week 35 - Sunderland were officially relegated after losing to a late goal at home to Bournemouth while at the top of the table Chelsea powered 3-0 past Everton at Goodison Park and Tottenham put 2 past Arsenal at White Hart Lane to guarantee finishing above their north London rivals for the first time in 22 years. Manchester City twice fought back to draw 2-2 at Middlesbrough while Manchester United drew 1-1 at home to lowly Swansea and Burnley stunned Crystal Palace 2-0 with their first away win of the season. A single goal gave Leicester City a win at West Brom and there were goalless draws for Hull City at Southampton and West Ham at Stoke. Liverpool maintained their 3^rd spot in the table with a spectacular goal at Watford on Monday evening.   

Week 36 - The weekend began on Friday evening with Tottenham’s title hopes suffering a hammer blow as they lost 1-0 at West Ham. Crystal Palace were pounded 5-0 at Manchester City while Watford lost 3-0 at Leicester City and there were 2-2 draws for West Brom at Burnley and Stoke City at Bournemouth. While Swansea City were winning 1-0 at home to Everton, Hull City slipped into the relegation zone after losing 2-0 at home to already relegated Sunderland and on Sunday Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Southampton and Arsenal defeated Manchester United 2-0 at the Emirates. On Monday evening Chelsea brushed Middlesbrough aside 3-0 relegating their guests in the process and on Wednesday Arsenal were victorious 2-0 at Southampton.

Week 37 - On Friday evening Chelsea secured the Premier League title with a 1-0 win at West Brom with 2 matches remaining while Everton were 1-0 winners at home to Watford. Arsenal brushed hosts Stoke City aside 4-1 with a brace from Olivier Giroud while Manchester City got the better of Leicester City 2-1 at The Etihad and Southampton enjoyed the same result at Middlesbrough. Bournemouth picked up a 2-1 home win over Burnley and Swansea took a vital step towards safety with a 2-0 victory at Sunderland. On Sunday Hull City were relegated after being taken apart 4-0 at Crystal Palace while Liverpool strengthened their claim for a Champions League place with 2 goals from Philippe Coutinho in their 4-0 thumping of West Ham United at the London Olympic Stadium and Tottenham moved out of White Hart Lane with a 2-1 win over Manchester United. On Monday evening a much changed Chelsea side defeated Watford 4-3 in front of a celebrating crowd at Stanford Bridge while on Tuesday Manchester City moved into 3^rd place with a 3-1 win at home to West Brom while a double from Alexis Sanchez at the Emirates gave Arsenal victory over Sunderland. Manchester United played a goalless match at Southampton on Wednesday and on Thursday Harry Kane took Leicester to the cleaners with 4 goals as Tottenham slaughtered their hosts 6-1 with Son Heung Min also netting twice.

Week 38 - Ten-man Arsenal beat Everton 3-1 at the Emirates, but Manchester City buried Watford 5-0 at Vicarage Road with a double from Sergio Aguero to finish 3^rd and Liverpool defeated relegated Middlesbrough 3-0 at Anfield to secure 4^th spot and deny Arsenal a place in the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. Newly crowned champions Chelsea came from behind in front of their jubilant crowd to slaughter Sunderland 5-1 with Michy Batshuayi netting a late brace in John Terry’s final match for the Blues while Tottenham annihilated hosts Hull City 7-1 with Harry Kane claiming a hat-trick and the Golden Boot. Bournemouth earned a 1-1 draw at outgoing champions Leicester while Manchester United ended their season with a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace and West Ham came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Burnley as did Swansea to win at home to West Brom. A single goal gave Stoke a win at Southampton.

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Chelsea	93
2	Tottenham	86
3	Manchester City	78
4	Liverpool	76
5	Arsenal	75
6	Manchester United	69
7	Everton	61
8	Southampton	46
9	Bournemouth	46
10	West Bromwich Albion	45
11	West Ham United	45
12	Leicester City	44
13	Stoke City	44
14	Crystal Palace	41
15	Swansea City	41
16	Burnley	40
17	Watford	40
18	Hull City	34
19	Middlesbrough	28
20	Sunderland	24

 

Chelsea chasers eye the gap

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 250^th 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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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.