EPL Table Week 28: Latest Standings Following Saturday's Results

Five games of Week 28 of the Premier League season have been played, and we have some changes at the top of the standings. With Liverpool recording an easy win over Southampton and Arsenal slipping up away to Stoke City, the Reds are now the closest challengers to Chelsea's title bid.

Manchester City will be playing for the Capital One Cup and, with two games in hand, could also leapfrog the Gunners, making Wenger's men the biggest losers of the weekend so far.

English Premier League table:

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	Points
Chelsea	28	19	3	6	63
Liverpool	28	18	5	5	59
Arsenal	28	18	5	5	59
Manchester City	26	18	5	3	57
Tottenham	27	15	7	5	50
Everton	27	13	5	9	48
Manchester United	27	13	8	6	45
Newcastle United	28	13	11	4	43
Southampton	28	10	9	9	39
West Ham United	28	8	13	7	31
Hull City	28	8	14	6	30
Stoke City	28	7	12	9	30
Swansea	27	7	13	7	28
Aston Villa	27	7	13	7	28
Norwich	27	7	13	7	28
Chrystal Palace	26	8	16	2	26
West Bromwich Albion	27	4	10	13	25
Sunderland	26	6	14	6	24
Cardiff	27	5	15	7	22
Fulham	28	6	19	13	21

League-leaders Chelsea recorded an easy win over neighbours Fulham, powered by a hat-trick from Andre Schurrle. Johnny Heitinga was able to put the home side on the board, but it was little more than a consolation prize.

Felix Magath had his team playing solid, organised football in his first match at Craven Cottage, but the quality of the Blues was simply too much to overcome with a sublime Eden Hazard twice setting up his German midfield partner with some exquisite passing.

Jamie McDonald/Getty Images

Elsewhere, Liverpool continued their impressive run of results by beating Southampton by three goals. Luiz Suarez powered the Reds' attack as usual, scoring once and providing his teammates with two assists.

The most talked-about game will no doubt be Hull City-Newcastle, which saw the Magpies score four goals only to watch their coach Alan Pardew get sent off the pitch for an apparent head-butt.

Pardew apologised after the game, but as reported by BT Sport, Steve Bruce says he "might be in some serious trouble":

Of course, Joey Barton thinks it's no biggie:

Premier League action continues Sunday, along with the Capital One Cup Final between Manchester City and Sunderland.

Follow @DeKleineBelg