Roundup of latest Premier League action as the title-race took a potentially season-defining twist.
Arsenal saw their title lead cut to three points as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at title rivals, Manchester City, in which Erling Haaland netted a 65th-minute winner after Rayan Cherki’s opener was cancelled out by Kai Havertz’s equaliser from a careless error by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Matheus Cunha’s 43rd-minute winner from Bruno Fernandes’ cutback pass saw third-placed Manchester United clinch a 1-0 victory at Chelsea.
Tammy Abraham flicked in a 93rd-minute winner as Aston Villa edged past Sunderland in a 4-3 thriller at Villa Park, as Ollie Watkins’ brace and Morgan Rogers’ strike put the Villains 3-1 up despite Chris Rigg’s initial equaliser, only for Trai Hume and Wilson Isidor to score quick-fire goals to restore brief parity.
Virgil van Dijk’s 100th-minute header saw Liverpool round out the top five with a 2-1 win over local rivals, Everton in the first Merseyside derby played at Hill Dickinson’s Stadium, as Mohamed Salah opened the scoring for the Reds before Beto equalised for David Moyes’ Toffees after half time.
Down in the relegation zone, Wolves edged closer to official confirmation of relegation with a 3-0 loss at Leeds on Saturday, as James Justin and Noah Okafor put Daniel Farke’s Whites in firm control in the first half before Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s injury-time penalty wrapped up the result.
Second-bottom Burnley blew a first-half lead to lose 4-1 at Nottingham Forest, having scored the opener through Zian Flemming before Morgan Gibbs-White’s hat-trick and Igor Jesus’ finish completed the Tricky Trees’ comeback victory.
Tottenham missed a chance to move out of the bottom three after Pedro Porro and Xavi Simons put them in front twice in a 2-2 draw at home to Brighton, only for Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter to fight back for the Seagulls as their ex boss – Roberto De Zerbi conducted his first home game as Spurs manager.
West Ham officially confirmed Wolves’ relegation on Monday evening with a goalless draw at Crystal Palace.
Elsewhere, Adrien Truffert tapped in a 85th-minute winner as Bournemouth extended their unbeaten run to 13 matches with a 2-1 win at Newcastle, in which Marcus Tavernier’s opener was cancelled out by William Osula’s equalising strike.
Brentford were held to a fifth consecutive draw by Fulham in a goalless West London derby at the Gtech Community Stadium.
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