With several of this weekend’s matches postponed, Crystal Palace on Saturday regained some momentum in their survival bid with an impressive 2-0 win over relegation rivals, Huddersfield, to move out of the bottom places.

The English Premier League returned from the international break today with leaders, Manchester City, turning up the pressure on closest title contenders, Liverpool, to win against Tottenham Spurs on Sunday, following a 2-0 win over Fulham.

The English Premier League returned from the international break this weekend with leaders, Manchester City, picking up where they left off with an easy 3-1 thumping of Everton to move a win closer to winning their third title in seven years.

Week 33 of the English Premier League got underway this past Tuesday with Fulham securing their return to the Championship following a 4-1 pounding at the hands of Watford that put to bed all mathematical formulations of salvaging their season, and Manchester United missed the chance to move up third on the leaderboard after the Wolves came from behind to hand them a 2-1 loss.

It was a dramatic game of two halves on Saturday afternoon as Manchester United went down by two goals in the first half but rebounded with three goals of their own to deny Manchester City the opportunity of winning this year’s Premier League title at the Etihad.

With the top two teams on the table – Liverpool and Manchester City – set to be in action tomorrow, relegation-wary Newcastle took a big step towards retaining their status in the Premiership following a lone goal victory over Leicester on Friday that saw them increase their points haul to 38, 10 points better than Cardiff, who holds the first relegation spot.

Champions-elect, Manchester City, moved a win closer to winning this year’s Premier League title as they bounced back from their Champions League exit with a comfortable 3-1 win over Tottenham. They need just three points to be crowned champions, but they can win the title outright if second-placed Manchester United lose to West Brom on Sunday or to Bournemouth on Wednesday.

Following a match day 34 that was spread through four days, EPL leaders – Chelsea and title chasers – Tottenham Spurs both won their respective assignments to keep the points differential between them at four.

Game in hand Manchester city took a giant step towards retaining the Premier League title after edging Tottenham Spurs by a lone goal on Saturday in a tension packed game, a result that left closest contenders Liverpool with no choice but to win on Sunday against relegation threatened Cardiff City.

With Chelsea dethroned, Manchester City winning the title with four games to spare, the second and the third spot ostensibly secure in the grips of Manchester United and Liverpool in that order, what remains in doubt is the fight for the fourth spot between Chelsea and Tottenham Spurs, and the two other teams that will accompany the seemingly relegation bound West Brom, whose latest attempt at survival got a feint spark from a 0-1 win over Newcastle to the Championship.

With just two games to the end of the season, relegation threatened Cardiff City edged closer to the exit on Saturday following a lone goal loss at already relegated Fulham that left their survival hopes hanging by the thinnest of threads.