EPL Results: Saturday's Week 32 Scores, Updated 2018 Premier League Table
Manchester City are three points away from winning the Premier League title after maintaining their 16-point lead at the top of the table on Saturday.
The leaders closed out the day's fixtures with an emphatic 3-1 win over Everton at Goodison Park. It means City will win the title if they beat local rivals Manchester United at the Etihad Stadium in the derby next Saturday.
United did their bit to delay the inevitable by beating Swansea City 2-0 at Old Trafford. A goal from struggling Alexis Sanchez helped the Red Devils snatch second place back from Liverpool.
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Jurgen Klopp's side briefly sat second after Mohamed Salah scored a late winner to down Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park. Palace remain in the relegation mix, as do Southampton and West Brom, who were both beaten and stay in the bottom three.
There was better news for Newcastle United, who had Ayoze Perez to thank for their 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town.
Here are the final scores from all of Saturday's matches:
- Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
- Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Leicester City
- Manchester United 2-0 Swansea City
- Newcastle United 1-0 Huddersfield Town
- Watford 2-2 Bournemouth
- West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Burnley
- West Ham United 3-0 Southampton
- Everton 1-3 Manchester City
Here's what those results mean for the table:
1. Manchester City: 84
2. Manchester United: 68
3. Liverpool: 66
4. Tottenham Hotspur: 61
5. Chelsea: 56
6. Arsenal: 48
7. Burnley: 46
8. Leicester City: 43
9. Everton: 40
10. Bournemouth: 37
11. Watford: 37
12. Newcastle United: 35
13. Brighton & Hove Albion: 34
14. West Ham United: 33
15. Swansea City: 31
16. Huddersfield Town: 31
17. Crystal Palace: 30
18. Southampton: 28
19. Stoke City: 27
20. West Bromwich Albion: 20
Full standings are available on BBC Sport.
City went ahead after just five minutes through Leroy Sane, and it was 2-0 seven minutes later when Kevin De Bruyne picked out Gabriel Jesus to head in.
De Bruyne has established himself as the most prolific creator on the continent since joining City, per OptaJoe:
City's early dominance and the Toffees' passivity were best summed up by these numbers from Matt Cheetham of Sky Sports:
Everton are used to putting up more of a fight against the Citizens, having beaten them at Goodison Park last season and earned a draw at the Etihad Stadium earlier in this campaign.
However, this meeting barely qualified as a contest, which enraged the home support, per Stuart Brennan of the Manchester Evening News:
Toffees supporters were less impressed when Sterling made it 3-0 to the league-leaders before half-time after being teed up by David Silva. Yannick Bolasie scored a fine goal for the home side just after the hour mark, but City rarely looked troubled.
Earlier, it was all about Salah as the Egypt international kept up his terrific scoring run to help Liverpool edge a tough encounter. Salah found the net six minutes from time after turning in a low cross from raiding left-back Andy Robertson.
The goal drew Salah level with some club greats, according to Sky Sports Statto:
Meanwhile, BBC Match of the Day showed how the prolific 25-year-old looks set to surpass the best individual scoring seasons in the division's history:
Palace will rue their missed chances after going ahead thanks to a penalty converted by Luka Milivojevic with barely 13 minutes on the clock. Sadio Mane equalised for the visitors four minutes after the break, but the Eagles should have gone back in front.
Instead, former Liverpool striker Christian Benteke spurned a pair of terrific chances.
Benteke's profligacy has left his old club all but certain of playing Champions league football next season, while Palace remain dangerously close to the drop zone.
The Swans are only a point ahead of Palace after offering little resistance in Manchester. United needed just five minutes to go in front through the in-form Romelu Lukaku.
The goal was a landmark one for the Belgium international:
Sanchez doubled United's lead after being played in by Jesse Lingard. A two-goal advantage was all the Red Devils needed to maintain their grip on second place.
United will now set focus toward trying to deny City the satisfaction of being officially crowned champions in front of their neighbours next week.
Relegation woes were eased for Newcastle when Perez netted the winner 10 minutes from time to see off the Terriers. The Magpies are now 12th and own a comfortable seven-point cushion ahead of the bottom three.
It's a different story for Southampton, who were brushed aside by a revived West Ham at the London Stadium. Joao Mario's opener was topped up by a double from Marko Arnautovic as the Hammers bounced back after ugly scenes during their last home game, a 3-0 loss to Burnley.
Speaking of the Clarets, their impressive form continued as they piled the misery on the Baggies at the Hawthorns. Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood were again among the goals as Sean Dyche's team continues to defy expectations.
West Brom were provided scant consolation by Salomon Rondon's late goal, and the club now looks sure to face the drop after setting an unwanted mark of eight straight league defeats.
Leicester City joined Burnley in keeping pressure on Arsenal at the foot of the top six with a 2-0 away win over Brighton & Hove Albion. Vicente Iborra put the visitors ahead seven minutes from time, before a second yellow card for Wilfred Ndidi reduced Leicester's numbers.
The 2016 champions not only held on but doubled their lead in the sixth minute of injury time, when ruthless Jamie Vardy scored his 15th league goal of the season.
Finally, Watford and Bournemouth played out an entertaining draw at Vicarage Road. Kiko Femenia put the Hornets in front, but Joshua King equalised from the penalty spot two minutes before the break.
Watford were back in front when Roberto Pereyra scored early in the second half, but the spoils were shared after Jermain Defoe equalised for the Cherries in stoppage time.
The stalemate leaves both teams on 37 points and with enough daylight between themselves and the relegation zone to start feeling comfortable.
