Premier League Table: Week 16 Standings and Full Roundup After Sunday's Results
Tottenham Hotspur suffered their first defeat since the opening day of the season on Sunday, when Newcastle United struck back from a goal down to clinch a tide-turning 2-1 victory at White Hart Lane.
Liverpool also faltered at home and salvaged a 2-2 draw in their home clash against West Bromwich Albion, thanks to a 96th-minute equaliser from substitute Divock Origi.
Meanwhile, north London rivals Arsenal sit at the head of the English top flight following Sunday's 2-0 victory at Aston Villa, where Olivier Giroud kept up his fine run of form in addition to Aaron Ramsey's settling strike.
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Read on for a recap of Sunday's results, along with a full roundup of the Week 16 scores and a look to the updated Premier League standings.
| 1 | Arsenal | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 32 |
| 3 | Leicester | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 32 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 29 |
| 5 | Tottenham | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 26 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 26 |
| 7 | Watford | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 25 |
| 8 | West Ham | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 24 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 24 |
| 10 | Everton | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 23 |
| 11 | Stoke | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 23 |
| 12 | Southampton | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 21 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -11 | 16 |
| 15 | Newcastle United | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Chelsea | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 15 |
| 17 | Swansea | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 24 | -9 | 14 |
| 18 | Norwich | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -10 | 14 |
| 19 | Sunderland | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -13 | 12 |
| 20 | Aston Villa | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 30 | -17 | 6 |
| Norwich City | 1-1 | Everton |
| Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Southampton |
| Manchester City | 2-1 | Swansea City |
| Sunderland | 0-1 | Watford |
| West Ham United | 0-0 | Stoke City |
| Bournemouth | 2-1 | Manchester United |
| Aston Villa | 0-2 | Arsenal |
| Liverpool | 2-2 | West Bromwich Albion |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1-2 | Newcastle United |
Spurs' Run Ends as Liverpool Scrape Point
Aleksandar Mitrovic helped guide Newcastle to a 2-1 victory at Tottenham to secure the Magpies' first back-to-back victories of the season.
Mauricio Pochettino's men were unbeaten in their last 14 Premier League matches and looked destined to make it 15 after Eric Dier extended their successful streak from set pieces, per OptaJoe:
Summer signing Mitrovic cancelled out that strike in the 74th minute, before teeing up Ayoze Perez three minutes into added time for a dramatic winner just a week after the Magpies beat Liverpool.
The Mirror's Alex Richards agreed that lacklustre Spurs didn't deserve three points from the match, as Newcastle made their surge outside the bottom three:
Amid all the pressure threatening to weigh the Gunners down, manager Arsene Wenger has taken Arsenal to the summit of the Premier League following Sunday's 2-0 triumph at Villa Park, capping off a superb week for the club.
Just days after Giroud was the hat-trick hero in a 3-0 thrashing of Olympiakos in the Champions League, the Frenchman converted an eighth-minute penalty against Aston Villa to inspire the north Londoners to another three-point haul.
Giroud now has five goals in his last three games, and Mesut Ozil was also back to his best after setting up fit-again Ramsey for Arsenal's second in Birmingham, firing Wenger's men above Leicester in the table.
The Foxes play host to Chelsea on Monday evening and sit a point below the Gunners as things stand, but Ramsey believes his side have a grand opportunity to claim this year's crown, according to Squawka:
A month after surrendering a damaging defeat at home to Crystal Palace, Liverpool dropped points at Anfield with a 2-2 result against West Brom—a result that will have left Baggies boss Tony Pulis beaming.
Captain Jordan Henderson opened the scoring before having a hand in Origi's added-time equaliser, but goals from Craig Dawson and Jonas Olsson either side of the break ensured the Baggies left with a point.
The result was particularly disappointing for the Reds, considering they dominated the shot count 28 to four, per WhoScored.com, but the Baggies' conversion rate was far superior, with two of those attempts on target.
As the scoreline showed, Pulis' side made the most of those efforts and left with a share of the points after taking their chances well, while Reds boss Jurgen Klopp will scratch his head as to why his men couldn't claim the maximum haul.
What was already a great weekend for Arsenal could have been so much better were it not for Kelechi Iheanacho's late deflected winner against Swansea City on Saturday, handing Manchester City a tight 2-1 win.
Manuel Pellegrini's side looked destined to share the spoils against the manager-less Swans after Bafetimbi Gomis struck in the 90th minute to cancel out Wilfried Bony's opener against his old club. Bleacher Report UK described Swansea's anguish following Yaya Toure's last-gasp effort, diverted in by Iheanacho:
The red half of Manchester wasn't in as jubilant a mood, however, after United fell to a 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth in what was just their fourth time conceding more than one goal in a game this Premier League season.
Bournemouth bounced up to 14th as a result of Saturday's victory, where Junior Stanislas and Joshua King scored either side of a Marouane Fellaini equaliser. The pressure on the shoulders of United manager Louis van Gaal is mounting, and the Mirror's Liam Canning emphasised the need for change at Old Trafford:
Elsewhere, Crystal Palace and Watford continued their good runs, thanks to 1-0 victories over Southampton and Sunderland, respectively, with Yohan Cabaye and Odion Ighalo the scoring heroes.
According to WhoScored, the 10-goal haul that Hornets front man Ighalo has managed this season is equal to 56 percent of their total count, and the Premier League attested to the Nigerian already making Watford history:
Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for Everton in Saturday's early trip to Norwich City, but Wes Hoolahan hit back early in the second period to ensure the Toffees left with just a point to their name.
After defeating Manchester City last week, Stoke City enjoyed a hard-fought trip to West Ham United, leaving Upton Park with a point following their 0-0 stalemate.
