Barclays Premier League Table: Updated 2016 EPL Review After Week 34 Results

Sunderland grabbed a vital 3-0 win over Norwich City in Week 34 of the 2015-16 Premier League season, closing the gap with the Canaries to just a single point in the process.

The Black Cats still sit in the relegation zone, but with five matches left to play, the race to avoid the drop is wide open. Newcastle United also won on Saturday, beating Swansea City 3-0, and they now trail 17th-place Norwich by just three points.

Here are the full results from Saturday's Premier League action:

Norwich	0-3	Sunderland
Everton	1-1	Southampton
Manchester United	1-0	Aston Villa
Newcastle	3-0	Swansea
West Bromwich Albion	0-1	Watford
Chelsea	0-3	Manchester City

Here's a look at the latest Premier League standings:

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	33	21	9	3	57	31	+26	72
2	Tottenham	33	18	11	4	60	25	+35	65
3	Manchester City	33	18	6	9	61	33	+28	60
4	Arsenal	32	17	8	7	55	33	+22	59
5	Manchester United	33	16	8	9	40	30	+10	56
6	West Ham	32	13	13	6	52	40	+12	52
7	Southampton	34	14	9	11	45	35	+10	51
8	Liverpool	31	13	9	9	50	42	+8	48
9	Stoke	33	13	8	12	37	43	-6	47
10	Chelsea	33	11	11	11	49	45	+4	44
11	Everton	33	9	14	10	53	44	+9	41
12	Watford	33	11	8	14	32	37	-5	41
13	Bournemouth	33	11	8	14	40	55	-15	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	33	10	10	13	31	40	-9	40
15	Swansea	34	10	10	14	34	45	-11	40
16	Crystal Palace	33	10	8	15	35	42	-7	38
17	Norwich	34	8	7	19	35	60	-25	31
18	Sunderland	33	7	9	17	39	57	-18	30
19	Newcastle United	33	7	7	19	35	61	-26	28
20	Aston Villa	34	3	7	24	23	65	-42	16

Recap

Fabio Borini, Jermain Defoe and Duncan Watmore all scored for Sunderland, who outplayed Norwich for much of the second half and came away with a deserved 3-0 win.

Borini's opener from the penalty spot just before half-time appeared controversial at first, but per MailOnline Sport, official Andre Marriner made the right call awarding a penalty:

Norwich had been the better team until that point, but Defoe and Watmore added to the lead after half-time as Sunderland took control.

The defeat will come as a shock to Norwich, who dominated possession before the break and mustered a handful of good chances. Per OptaJoe, Sunderland finished the day with three shots on target, but all of those resulted in goals. 

Andre Wisdom's horror tackle proved the difference before half-time, and while the incident wasn't very clear in real time, replays showed the Liverpool loanee's tackle was rightly punished. The 22-year-old was lucky to still be on the pitch.

Per ESPN FC's Ben Dinnery, Borini didn't doubt the decision to award a penalty one bit:

Sunderland have a match in hand on Norwich. The Canaries still have to play Arsenal, Manchester United, Watford and Everton to end the season.

Sunderland will face Arsenal, Stoke City, Chelsea, Everton and Watford in their last five matches, and with just one point separating them from Norwich, this year's race to avoid the drop looks like it will be a close one.

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Sergio Aguero bagged a hat-trick in Manchester City's 3-0 win over Chelsea, who finished the match with 10 players after Thibaut Courtois received a straight red card. As it was the Belgian's second dismissal of the season, he will be banned for two matches and won't be available for the clash with Tottenham Hotspur.

Aston Villa became the first team to be mathematically certain of relegation with a 1-0 loss against Manchester United, as Marcus Rashford scored the only goal of the match during the first half.

Villa put together a dreadful showing, apart from a push for an equaliser in the final minutes, and Samuel Luckhurst of the Manchester Evening News couldn't help but take a shot after Antonio Valencia's assist for Rashford's goal:

Newcastle put together a far better showing. The Magpies cruised to a 3-0 win over Swansea City thanks to goals from Jamaal Lascelles, Moussa Sissoko and Andros Townsend, moving within three points of Norwich in the standings.

With fixtures against Manchester City, Liverpool, Crystal Palace, Villa and Tottenham Hotspur left on the calendar, Newcastle will have their work cut out for them if they wish to avoid the drop, but with Saturday's win, they've given themselves a chance.

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Elsewhere, Everton held Southampton to a 1-1 draw, while Heurelho Gomes twice denied Saido Berahino from the penalty spot to preserve a 1-0 win for Watford over West Bromwich Albion.