Premier League Table: Week 35 Standings, Full Weekend Recap After Sunday Scores

Five points.

In the most improbable of seasons and amidst the most unlikely of odds, Leicester City are now just five points away from being Premier League champions after a 4-0 win over Swansea City on Sunday. The magic hasn't run dry in King Power Stadium.

While the rest of the league looks up and marvels (or perhaps laments) Leicester's ascent, the Foxes just continue to win. Below, we'll take a look at how every club in the Premier League fared over the weekend and the implications of every result.

Results

Home	Score	Away
Sunderland	0-0	Arsenal
Leicester City	4-0	Swansea City
Manchester City	4-0	Stoke City
Aston Villa	2-4	Southampton
Bournemouth	1-4	Chelsea
Liverpool	2-2	Newcastle

Standings

Place	Team	G	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	35	22	10	3	63	33	30	76
2	Tottenham Hotspur	34	19	11	4	64	25	39	68
3	Manchester City	35	19	7	9	66	34	32	64
4	Arsenal	35	18	10	7	58	34	24	64
5	Manchester United	34	17	8	9	42	30	12	59
6	West Ham United	34	14	14	6	57	43	14	56
7	Liverpool	34	15	10	9	58	45	13	55
8	Southampton	35	15	9	11	49	37	12	54
9	Chelsea	34	12	11	11	53	46	7	47
10	Stoke City	35	13	8	14	37	51	-14	47
11	Everton	34	9	14	11	53	48	5	41
12	Watford	34	11	8	15	33	40	-7	41
13	Bournemouth	35	11	8	16	42	61	-19	41
14	West Bromwich Albion	34	10	10	14	31	42	-11	40
15	Swansea City	35	10	10	15	34	49	-15	40
16	Crystal Palace	35	10	9	16	36	45	-9	39
17	Sunderland	34	7	10	17	39	57	-18	31
18	Norwich City	34	8	7	19	35	60	-25	31
19	Newcastle United	35	7	9	19	38	64	-26	30
20	Aston Villa	35	3	7	25	25	69	-44	16

Recap

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Even without Jamie Vardy, Leicester was once again brilliant, as Leonardo Ulloa (two goals), Riyad Mahrez and Marc Albrighton took over the scoring duties and led the club to a 4-0 win over Swansea City.

Phil McNulty of BBC Sport summed up the club's win nicely:

ESPN Stats & Information broke down Leicester's title-clinching possibilities:

Leicester City could potentially clinch a title next Sunday. It's unreal. 

It's certainly just as unreal in north London.

Perhaps few days on the calendar were more indicative of this season than Sunday. While Leicester cruised to another win sans their superstar striker, Arsenal could manage only a point on the road against a Sunderland team fighting just to avoid relegation. 

And while Leicester managed to score four goals without Vardy, the Gunners couldn't manage a single goal. 

Take nothing away from Sunderland—they played an excellent game and fully deserved a point. They weren't bashful against the Gunners or content to sink into a shell and concede possession. They attacked the Gunners at every opportunity and created several wonderful scoring chances. So, too, did the Gunners. But neither side had a goal in them.

"Maybe a little anxiety is creeping in when we are in front of goal," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger admitted after the game, per the club's official Twitter account. "[Olivier] Giroud is lacking confidence but you go through spells like that"

For Arsenal, then, what once appeared to be a season with a title race in it has reverted to what every Arsenal season in recent memory seems to be: a fight for a top-four finish and UEFA Champions League football next year, where they can inevitably be eliminated by Barcelona or Bayern Munich in the round of 16.

Arsenal fans are surely feeling such cynicisms after watching their club drop six points in their last four matches and win just three Premier League matches in their last nine fixtures. In a season where a title was ripe for the taking, Arsenal have choked down the stretch. It's hard to put it much more delicately than that.

"It is frustrating because we play to win the league," Wenger conceded. "It is the same for other teams."

For Sunderland, meanwhile, the draw was huge, earning them a point that, at least temporarily, vaulted them out of the relegation zone, with still a game in hand over Newcastle United. If Leicester keep winning, as they have, the most intriguing race down the stretch may be Norwich City, Newcastle and Sunderland all fighting to stay out of the two relegation places alongside Aston Villa, long a doomed squad this season.

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In Saturday's action, Manchester City kept themselves in the driver's seat for a top-four finish, manhandling Stoke City, 4-0, behind goals from Fernando and Sergio Aguero (penalty) and a brace from Kelechi Iheanacho, who is proving to be one of the Premier League's brightest young stars.

The win kept the Citizens five points clear of fifth-placed Manchester United and ultimately above Arsenal for third place due to goal differential, though the Red Devils have a game in hand.

Liverpool's chances of earning a European spot in league play took a major hit, meanwhile, as the Reds drew with Newcastle. Goals from Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana in the first 30 minutes were matched by Papiss Cisse and Jack Colback. 

Liverpool probably have Champions League football on the mind after their stunning comeback win in the Europa League against Borussia Dortmund gave them hope of earning a title in that competition and an automatic place in next season's Champions League. It may be their best chance of European football at this point.

Chelsea continued to look like a club whose struggles this season won't be replicated next, smashing Bournemouth, 4-1, behind a brace from Eden Hazard and goals from Pedro and Willian.

Getting Hazard—the 2014-15 Player of the Year—back on top form is crucial for Chelsea. The Blues will undergo changes next season, with Antonio Conte taking over as manager, but few things will be more important for the club than returning Hazard to his superstar form.

Finally, Aston Villa continued to limp toward relegation, losing 4-2 to Southampton. 

On Monday, Tottenham will attempt to stay in the title race against West Bromwich Albion. Spurs probably can't afford to drop a single point down the stretch if they want to win the Premier League, while West Brom are almost assuredly safe in the Premier League and will avoid relegation barring a monumental collapse and an even bigger monumental hot streak from the clubs near the bottom of the table. 

But who cares?

Because while there are European places on the line and relegation battles to be fought, does anything really compare to Leicester this season? Is there anything, perhaps in all of sport, more compelling than this David vs. Goliath story?

This club has never won a Premier League title. Its highest finish in top-flight English football was second place in the 1928-29 season. 

And it appears that will be changing this year. This most improbable and unlikely of years.

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