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2020 PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS United Return To The

29th, Liverpool Wednesday July 22nd Abraham 61 Champions League With A
Chelsea
5-3
July Keita 23 Giroud 48+
Alexander-Arnold 38
Wijnaldum 43 Pulisic 73
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Firmino 54 Third-Place Finish
EXAMINER Manchester United 1-1 West Ham United
Oxlade-Chamberlain 84
H/T: 3-1

Antonio 47+ (pen)
Greenwood 51
H/T: 0-1
IRISH Arsenal Sunday July 26th Watford
3-2
Aubameyang 5 (pen), 33 Deeney 43 (pen)
Tierney 24 Welbeck 66
H/T: 3-1
(Watford were relegated to the Championship)
Burnley 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Wood 44 Bissouma 20
Connolly 50
H/T: 1-1
Chelsea 2-0 Wolves
Mount 46+
Giroud 49+
H/T: 2-0
Crystal Palace 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Schlupp 53 Kane 13
H/T: 0-1

Everton 1-3 AFC Bournemouth
Kean 41 King 13 (pen)
Solanke 46+
Stanislas 80
H/T: 1-2
(AFC Bournemouth were relegated to the Championship)
Leicester City 0-2 Manchester United
Bruno Fernandes 71 (pen)
Lingard 98+ runo Fernandes and them miss out on the top four. fierce strike was beaten away by
Red Card: Evans (Leicester City) 94+ min Jesse Lingard fired Not that the season should be the goalkeeper.
H/T: 0-0 BManchester United viewed as a flop but after losing Justin was forced into an
back into the Champions a 14-point lead over United they excellent tackle to halt Anthony
Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City
Gabriel Jesus 11 League to deny Leicester a still have reason to be disap- Martial after Matic’s pass split
De Bruyne 46+, 90 fairytale finish. pointed. the Leicester defense a minute
Sterling 79 A second-half Fernandes The Foxes created chances, after the restart.
Mahrez 83
H/T: 2-0 penalty and Lingard’s late goal – Nemanja Matic gifting them an United tried to exert some
after Kasper Schmeichel’s early one when he presented the pressure on the Foxes yet the
Newcastle United 1-3 Liverpool howler – secured a 2-0 win as ball to Kelechi Iheanacho and hosts held firm and went closest
Gayle 1 van Dijk 38 United rejoined Europe’s elite the striker teed up Wilfred Ndidi to breaking the deadlock after an
Origi 59
Mané 89 after a one-year absence. to drill just over from 20 yards. hour.
H/T: 1-1 United continued their resur- Mason Greenwood guided a Victor Lindelof brought down
gence under Ole Gunnar header over for United but Vardy on the left and the striker
Southampton 3-1 Sheffield United
Adams 50, 71 Lundstram 26 Solskjaer as they clinched third Leicester were the better side in then flicked Tielemans’ free kick
Ings 84 (pen) in the Premier League ahead of a game which never lived up to onto the angle of post and bar.
H/T: 0-1 Chelsea. its billing. It proved to be Leicester’s
Leicester have been forced to Iheanacho continued to find best chance with Fernandes, so
West Ham United 1-1 Aston Villa settle for the Europa League space and scuffed a shot which often United talisman since his
Yarmolenko 85 Grealish 84 after the winner-takes-all clash at David De Gea spilled after 25 January arrival, striking with 19
H/T: 0-0
the King Power Stadium and minutes with United vulnerable minutes left.
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE their frustration was compound- to the Foxes’ quick breaks. His inch-perfect throughball
ed after Jonny Evans was dis- Solskjaer’s side knew their found Martial and a combination
missed in injury time. fate was in their hands but failed of Evans and Wes Morgan took
Team P W D L F A GD Pts. Victory would have sent to find serious first-half momen- the striker out.
Liverpool 38 32 3 3 85 33 52 99
Manchester City 38 26 3 9 102 35 67 81 Brendan Rodgers’ side into the tum even if Fernandes had a goal Fernandes then rolled in his
Manchester United 38 18 12 8 66 36 30 66 Champions League at United’s correctly ruled out for offside. 10th goal of the season from the
Chelsea 38 20 6 12 69 54 15 66 expense but they have just fallen Tielemans rolled a low effort spot to leave Leicester with no
Leicester City 38 18 8 12 67 41 26 62
Tottenham 38 16 11 11 61 47 14 59 short. wide but United created the way back.
Wolves 38 15 14 9 51 40 11 59 Jamie Vardy, who won the game’s best chances just before Harvey Barnes fired at De
Arsenal 38 14 14 10 56 48 8 56 Golden Boot with 23 goals, hit the break. Gea and Demarai Gray curled
Sheffield United 38 14 12 12 39 39 0 54
Burnley 38 15 9 14 43 50 -7 54 the woodwork for the hosts but Marcus Rashford curled over wide but the Foxes finished with
Southampton 38 15 7 16 51 60 -9 52 the Foxes end the season fifth. after James Justin missed Paul 10 men after Evans saw red for a
Everton 38 13 10 15 44 56 -12 49 They needed to arrest a win- Pogba’s pass and the England lunge on Scott McTominay in
Newcastle United 38 11 11 16 38 58 -20 44
Crystal Palace 38 11 10 17 31 50 -19 43 less run against the sides above striker was denied by stoppage time.
Brighton 38 9 14 15 39 54 -15 41 them this season, having collect- Schmeichel in first-half injury Lingard then rubbed salt into
West Ham United 38 10 9 19 49 62 -13 39 ed two points from a possible 21. time. the wounds when he tapped in
Aston Villa 38 9 8 21 41 67 -26 35 Their only victory over Fernandes’ corner came to after robbing Schmeichel as the
AFC Bournemouth 38 9 7 22 40 65 -25 34
Watford 38 8 10 20 36 64 -28 34 United in 23 games was a 5-3 win the forward at the far post and, goalkeeper tried to dribble past
(R) Norwich City 38 5 6 26 26 75 -49 21 in 2014 and another failure saw after he collected himself, his him. C