EPL Results: Monday's Week 18 Scores, Updated 2016 Premier League Table

Chelsea ran their winning streak to 12 matches with a 3-0 victory over Bournemouth, and in doing so, they kept the pressure on Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal to remain in the Premier League title hunt.

Sixteen teams were in action on Boxing Day, and the festive holiday fixtures featured few surprises.

Manchester City and Arsenal both won to remain seven and nine points, respectively, behind first-place Chelsea. Manchester United prevailed as well to continue their strong run of form.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, reigning champions Leicester City didn't help themselves with a 2-0 defeat to Everton. The Foxes are only three points above the relegation zone.

Below is a brief overview of Monday's matches and an updated look at the league table.

Premier League Results

Date	Home	Result	Away
Dec. 26	Watford	1-1	Crystal Palace
Dec. 26	Arsenal	1-0	West Brom
Dec. 26	Burnley	1-0	Middlesbrough
Dec. 26	Chelsea	3-0	Bournemouth
Dec. 26	Leicester City	0-2	Everton
Dec. 26	Manchester United	3-1	Sunderland
Dec. 26	Swansea City	1-4	West Ham
Dec. 26	Hull City	0-3	Manchester City
Dec. 27	Liverpool	-	Stoke City
Dec. 28	Southampton	-	Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League Table

Pos.	Club	P	W	D	L	GD	Points
1	Chelsea	18	15	1	2	+27	46
2	Manchester City	18	12	3	3	+19	39
3	Liverpool	18	11	4	2	+21	37
4	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	+20	37
5	Tottenham Hotspur	18	9	6	2	+17	33
6	Manchester United	18	9	6	3	+9	33
7	Everton	18	7	5	6	+2	26
8	Southampton	18	6	6	5	+1	24
9	West Brom	18	6	5	7	+1	23
10	Watford	18	6	4	8	-8	22
11	West Ham	18	6	4	8	-9	22
12	Stoke City	18	5	6	6	-5	21
13	Bournemouth	18	6	3	9	-8	21
14	Burnley	18	6	2	10	-11	20
15	Middlesbrough	18	4	6	8	-4	18
16	Leicester City	18	4	5	9	-8	17
17	Crystal Palace	18	4	4	10	-4	16
18	Sunderland	18	4	2	12	-15	14
19	Swansea City	18	3	3	12	-20	12
20	Hull City	18	3	3	12	-25	12

Monday Recap

A 24th-minute goal from Pedro put Chelsea ahead against Bournemouth, and the Blues didn't look back en route to their win on Monday. The 12 straight league victories are a club record:

Eden Hazard, who scored from the penalty spot in the 49th minute, earned a perfect 10 rating on WhoScored.com for his performance:

Chelsea have Stoke City and Tottenham Hotspur in their next two league matches, so their impressive winning streak may be in jeopardy over the coming week.

Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal will all hope the Blues drop points sooner rather than later; otherwise, the Premier League title race could effectively be over by March.

Arsenal needed an 86th-minute goal from Olivier Giroud to get the better of West Bromwich Albion on Monday. It was a deserved result for the Gunners, who had 26 total shots and 11 on target. The Baggies, on the other hand, managed three total shots and only one on target.

Manchester City had a similarly tough time breaking down Hull City. Their first goal didn't come until Yaya Toure converted a penalty in the 72nd minute. Kelechi Iheanacho doubled Manchester City's lead six minutes later, and Curtis Davies scored an own goal in the third minute of injury time.

Injured midfielder Ilkay Gundogan was happy to see his club move into second place:

Further down the table, manager Bob Bradley may soon find himself out of a job after Swansea slumped to a 4-1 loss at home to West Ham.

On one hand, Bradley took over in October, so he arguably hasn't had enough time to leave his identity on the club. On the other hand, OptaJoe noted how poorly the Swans have defended under Bradley:

StatsBomb.com's Ted Knutson thinks Bradley deserves plenty of blame for Swansea's poor league position:

Bradley said after the match he expects the club to consider his future following Monday's loss, per the Guardian's Stuart James:

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I don't have regular dealings with the board. As a manager, when the results go bad you understand that there will be discussion – and that's not anything you control. So you continue to prepare your team, try to pick the best team, make changes throughout a game to try and affect it in a positive way, and keep going.

"

When Swansea hired Bradley, the move had the potential to open the door for more Americans to manage in the Premier League. Instead, he may have indirectly made it more difficult for his compatriots to receive opportunities in England's top division.

Claudio Ranieri is basically untouchable after leading Leicester to the Premier League title last year, but the club's continued poor form could put him on the hot seat before long. The BBC's Gary Lineker knows the Foxes' honeymoon period has ended after last year's success:

Leicester's 4-2 win over Manchester City on Dec. 10 illustrated how deadly they can be on their best day, and they finished at the top of their Champions League group.

Stringing a few victories together would likely do wonders for Leicester City's league position, considering only five points separate them from 10th-place Watford. They'll play West Ham on New Year's Eve, which should be a good chance for Ranieri to get the Foxes back to winning ways.