Manchester City won its eighteenth consecutive victory, among all competitions, after winning this Sunday at Arsenal (1-0), in the 25th day of the Premier League, and retains ten points of advantage over the second, Leicester.
Arsenal, tenth, after this eleventh defeat of the season, sees the wagon get a little further away from qualifying to European competitions.
With the return to the starting eleven of Belgian Kevin de Bruyne, a month after the last time he was lined up, and associated with the Algerian Riyad Mahrez, the Portuguese Bernardo Silva, Raheem Sterling or the German Ilkay Gundogan, City showed a impressive offensive potential.
And although he deserved a bigger win, he had to be content with a goal early in the game, with a header from Sterling, after a Mahrez cross (1-0, minute 2).
For their part, Leicester (2nd) and West Ham (4th) had a dream Sunday by defeating Aston Villa (8th) and Tottenham (9th), respectively, by the same result (2-1), reinforcing their qualifying hopes to the next Champions.
While waiting for Manchester United-Newcastle (19h00 GMT), Leicester took second place in the standings ahead of the Red Devils, defeating Aston Villa as visitors.
With 49 points, the Foxes are three ahead of United, but the latter have a favorable goal difference that will return them to second place, behind Manchester City, in case of victory.
Surprise team of the championship, Aston Villa seems to gradually return to reality with its eighth place, and 36 points, although the Birmingham club has two games less.
For their part, West Ham, with their victory at home in the London derby against Tottenham (2-1), rose to fourth place in the Premier, qualifying for the Champions League.
With 45 points, the Hammers took advantage of Chelsea’s draw at Southampton (1-1) on Saturday to take a two-point lead over the Blues, and 5 over Liverpool and Everton.
Tottenham, meanwhile, is 9th with 36 points, and will have to row hard to get a ticket to the next edition of the top European competition.
– Results of the matches of the 25th day of the English football championship, and classification table:
– Friday:
Wolverhampton – Leeds 1 – 0
– Saturday:
Southampton – Chelsea 1 – 1
Burnley – West Bromwich 0 – 0
Liverpool – Everton 0 – 2
Fulham – Sheffield United 1 – 0
– Sunday:
West Ham – Tottenham 2-1
Aston Villa – Leicester 1 – 2
Arsenal – Manchester City 0 – 1
(19h00 GMT) Manchester United – Newcastle
– Monday:
(20h00 GMT) Brighton – Crystal Palace
Classification: Pts JGEP GF GC Diff
1. Manchester City 59 25 18 5 2 50 15 35
2. Leicester 49 25 15 4 6 44 27 17
3. Manchester United 46 24 13 7 4 50 31 19
4. West Ham 45 25 13 6 6 39 29 10
5. Chelsea 43 25 12 7 6 41 25 16
6. Liverpool 40 25 11 7 7 45 34 11
7. Everton 40 24 12 4 8 37 33 4
8. Aston Villa 36 23 11 3 9 37 26 11
9. Tottenham 36 24 10 6 8 37 27 10
10. Arsenal 34 25 10 4 11 31 26 5
11. Wolverhampton 33 25 9 6 10 26 32 -6
12. Leeds 32 24 10 2 12 40 43 -3
13. Southampton 30 24 8 6 10 31 40 -9
14. Crystal Palace 29 24 8 5 11 27 42 -15
15. Burnley 28 25 7 7 11 18 30 -12
16. Brighton 26 24 5 11 8 25 30 -5
17. Newcastle 25 24 7 4 13 25 40 -15
18. Fulham 22 25 4 10 11 21 32 -11
19. West Bromwich 14 25 2 8 15 19 55 -36
20. Sheffield United 11 25 3 2 20 15 41 -26
bds / ribs-psr / dr
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