EPL Table: Saturday's Week 17 Results, Scores and 2016 Premier League Standings

Diego Costa was once again the hero for Chelsea, scoring the only goal in a win over Crystal Palace to give the Blues their 11th straight victory in the Premier League.

Leicester City battled to a 2-2 draw against Stoke City despite facing a two-goal deficit and losing Jamie Vardy to a straight red card early. In the late fixture, Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0.

Here's a look at Saturday's results:

Crystal Palace	0-1	Chelsea
Sunderland	1-0	Watford
Middlesbrough	3-0	Swansea
Stoke	2-2	Leicester
West Ham	1-0	Hull
West Bromwich Albion	0-2	Manchester United

The current Premier League standings:

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	17	14	1	2	35	11	+24	43
2	Liverpool	16	10	4	2	40	20	+20	34
3	Arsenal	16	10	4	2	37	17	+20	34
4	Manchester City	16	10	3	3	34	19	+15	33
5	Tottenham	16	8	6	2	27	11	+16	30
6	Manchester United	17	8	6	3	24	17	+7	30
7	West Bromwich Albion	17	6	5	6	23	21	+2	23
8	Everton	16	6	5	5	21	20	+1	23
9	Southampton	16	5	6	5	14	15	-1	21
10	Bournemouth	16	6	3	7	22	25	-3	21
11	Stoke	17	5	6	6	19	24	-5	21
12	Watford	17	6	3	8	21	29	-8	21
13	West Ham	17	5	4	8	19	31	-12	19
14	Middlesbrough	17	4	6	7	16	19	-3	18
15	Leicester	17	4	5	8	23	29	-6	17
16	Burnley	16	5	2	9	15	26	-11	17
17	Crystal Palace	17	4	3	10	28	32	-4	15
18	Sunderland	17	4	2	11	15	28	-13	14
19	Swansea	17	3	3	11	20	37	-17	12
20	Hull	17	3	3	11	14	36	-22	12

Recap

Costa struck shortly before half-time in south London, heading home from close range to give Chelsea their 11th straight win, this time over Crystal Palace.

Matt Law of the Daily Telegraph was impressed:

The Blues didn't play their best match of the season―far from it―and for the second mach in a row, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had to come up big to preserve the three points.

With the win, Chelsea lead the Premier League by nine points, with Arsenal and Liverpool yet to play in Week 17. It's a massive lead heading into the busy holiday season, but with Costa and N'Golo Kante sidelined due to suspension on Boxing Day, it's one that could evaporate in a hurry.

After the match, manager Antonio Conte downplayed his role in the success, per the club's official Twitter account:

The Foxes' bid to grab a win against Stoke was greatly complicated when star forward Vardy was sent off in controversial fashion. The England international left his feet for a challenge on Mame Biram Diouf, and the referee deemed it to be a two-footed challenge even though he got the ball with only one of his feet and barely made contact with Diouf.

As noted by Paddy Power, the visitors ran into a ton of bookings after Vardy got sent off:

Bojan Krkic opened the score from the penalty spot 10 minutes after the dismissal, and Joe Allen doubled the lead to give the hosts a great chance of grabbing three points. Leicester fought back, however, and Leonardo Ulloa gave life to their comeback bid.

Daniel Amartey tied things up shortly before the final whistle, completing an epic comeback. Bleacher Report UK pulled out a classic meme:

West Ham United were aided by a controversial penalty decision, allowing Mark Noble to open the score against Hull City. Michail Antonio went down easily after a duel with Tom Huddlestone, and former England international Gary Lineker didn't like it one bit:

Middlesbrough cruised to an easy win over struggling Swansea City, and Patrick van Aanholt scored the only goal in Sunderland's win over Watford.

During Saturday's final match, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice to lead United to their third straight win. The Swede needed just five minutes to open the scoring, and he added a second goal after half-time to secure the three points.

The result leaves the Red Devils level on points with Tottenham Hotspur, who will play on Sunday.