Roundup of a dramatic penultimate matchweek in the 2023-24 Premier League season.
Arsenal and Manchester City continued to tussle for the title coming into this match week, with City holding a game in hand at the start of the round.
Luton and Burnley meanwhile knew that their fixtures were do-or-die if wanted to avoid relegation and take their survival ambitions to the final day.
Weekend
Leandro Trossard’s 20th minute flick-in goal saw Arsenal stay top with a narrow 1-0 win at Manchester United.
Josko Gvardiol’s brace plus goals from Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez saw Manchester City remain one point behind in second, having thrashed Fulham 4-0 at Craven Cottage.
Jhon Duran’s late brace rescued fourth-placed Aston Villa a 3-3 draw at home to third-placed Liverpool whose lead had been restored through Cody Gakpo and Jarell Quansah, after Youri Tielemans had cancelled out Emiliano Martinez’s own-goal.
Down in the relegation zone, Luton’s survival dreams were felt a major blow with a 3-1 loss at West Ham after Albert Sambi Lokonga initially put the Hatters ahead, only for James Ward-Prowse, Tomas Soucek and George Earthy to seal a comeback for the Hammers.
Jacob Bruun Larsen’s opening strike couldn’t prevent Burnley being relegated with a 2-1 loss at fifth-placed Tottenham, after Pedro Porro and Mickey van de Ven netted for the hosts from behind.
Abdoulaye Doucoure nodded in a 31st minute winner from Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s cross as Everton scraped a narrow home victory over rock-bottom Sheffield United.
Elsewhere, late goals from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson rescued Chelsea a 3-2 win at all-but mathematically safe Nottingham Forest, after Willy Boly and ex Blue – Callum Hudson Odoi had put the Tricky Trees ahead following Mykhailo Mudryk’s opener for the visitors.
Michael Olise, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Eberechi Eze all netted for Crystal Palace in a mid-table 3-1 win at Wolves, despite Matheus Cunha’s 66th minute cutback goal for the Old Gold prior to Palace’s Naouirou Ahamada’s red card for a 85th minute foul on Cunha.
Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa combined to score two late goals as Brentford won 2-1 at Bournemouth, despite Dominic Solanke’s header having cancelled out Mbeumo’s opener in a dramatic finish to a scrappy entertaining encounter.
Sean Longstaff cancelled out Joel Veltman’s close-range strike as Newcastle came from behind to draw 1-1 against Brighton at St James’ Park.
Midweek
Erling Haaland’s second-half brace saw Man City defeat Tottenham 2-0 in North London to move top from Arsenal by two points, whilst in-turn having delivered Villa fourth-place and Champions League qualification with Spurs unable to catch Unai Emery’s Villains.
Chelsea climbed to sixth with a 2-1 win at Brighton through goals from Cole Palmer and Christopher Nkunku, before Danny Welbeck netted a consolatory goal for the Seagulls following Reece James’ red card for the visitors.
Kobbie Mainoo, Amad Diallo and Rasmus Højlund found the net to keep Man Utd’s European dreams alive with a 3-2 home win over Newcastle, with Anthony Gordon and Lewis Hall having scored second-half goals for the Magpies.
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