Premier League Results Week 29: Sunday's 2018 EPL Scores, Top Scorers and Table
Manchester City restored their 18-point lead at the summit of the Premier League on Sunday after they defeated champions Chelsea 1-0 for the second time this season at the Etihad Stadium.
The Citizens edged Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in September, and Bernardo Silva's ricocheted strike 30 seconds into the second half proved enough to secure a league double over the west London side.
Brighton & Hove Albion beat Arsenal for the first time in 36 years and claimed their first points against a top-six team when they saw out a 2-1 win on Sunday, with the goals coming from Lewis Dunk and Glenn Murray in the first half.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang halved the deficit just before half-time, but despite dominating for periods of the second half, Arsenal could not complete their comeback and remain 13 points off the top four with nine matches left.
Mohamed Salah drew level with Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane as the Premier League's leading scorer this season after he netted in Liverpool's 2-0 defeat of Newcastle United, with the pair now tied on 24 goals apiece.
Read on for a look back at Sunday's action and how it impacts the Premier League standings, complete with an updated breakdown of the division's top scorers.
Sunday's Results
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Arsenal
Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea
Premier League Standings (Goal Difference)
1. Manchester City 78 (63)
2. Liverpool 60 (35)
3. Manchester United 59 (33)
5. Chelsea 53 (24)
6. Arsenal 45 (11)
7. Burnley 40 (-2)
8. Leicester City 37 (-1)
9. Watford 36 (-8)
11. Everton 34 (-16)
12. Bournemouth 33 (-10)
13. Swansea City 30 (-17)
14. West Ham United 30 (-18)
17. Southampton 28 (-12)
19. Stoke City 27 (-26)
20. West Bromwich Albion 20 (-21)
Visit the official Premier League website for the standings in full.
Top Scorers
1. Mohamed Salah, Liverpool: 24
2. Harry Kane, Tottenham Hotspur: 24
3. Sergio Aguero, Manchester City: 21
4. Raheem Sterling, Manchester City: 15
5. Jamie Vardy, Leicester City: 13
7. Romelu Lukaku, Manchester United: 13
8. Eden Hazard, Chelsea: 11
10. Son Heung-min, Tottenham Hotspur: 10
Recap
Manchester City star Sergio Aguero brought an intimidating haul of 21 league goals into Sunday's clash against Chelsea but was unable to make his mark against Antonio Conte's men at the Etihad.
Instead, it was Raheem Sterling's replacement, Silva, who rose to the fore, backing up his breakthrough strike in Thursday's 3-0 win over Arsenal with another opener, per Sky Sports Statto:
A goalless first half meant both sides were in with a shot at three points at half-time, but Silva showed great instinct to prod in from the back post less than a minute into the second period.
Alvaro Morata couldn't make the desired impact off the bench, and Eden Hazard was almost forgettable as a false nine. But Goal's Nizaar Kinsella spoke of deeper issues evident in the Chelsea side:
It speaks volumes of City's strength that a player such as Sterling, with 20 goals this season, can come out of the team through injury but manager Pep Guardiola can rely on Silva to have an impact.
City moved out of sight of the competition with 18 points distancing them from the rest, while Chelsea sit fifth and five points off fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur with nine games left.
Arsenal may have finished as the stronger of the two sides at the Amex Stadium, but their performance on the south coast was the latest in a string of uncertain and tame attempts to reach the top four.
Dunk had scored four own goals this season but finally notched his first Premier League strike in the right net by volleying home a seventh-minute corner.
Pascal Gross then set up Murray for a headed finish 19 minutes later, with the Brighton man advancing his prolific 2018 record, per Sky Sports Statto:
As much as Brighton deserved credit for their performance, both goals conceded by the Gunners came as a result of gaping defensive holes, with centre-backs Shkodran Mustafi and Laurent Koscielny partly to blame.
Aubameyang diverted in after 43 minutes to give Arsenal hope, but it ended as nothing but a consolation as the hosts held on through seven minutes of first-half stoppage time.
The Times' Henry Winter saw the defeat as further proof of why Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger should leave his post:
Brighton boss Chris Hughton was worthy of the plaudits on Sunday, after tactically structuring his side to play to their strengths while limiting the opposition's for the most part, and three points was his reward.
Murray's 11th goal of the Premier League campaign also saw him move into the division's top 10 scorers level with Chelsea's Hazard, which was a just reward for his match-winning contribution against the Gunners.
