- Relegation-wary Brighton survived a scare at home as they came back from a goal down to snatch a crucial point against Newcastle, Southampton sealed their stay in the Premiership ...
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.
Relegation-wary Brighton survived a scare at home as they came back from a goal down to snatch a crucial point against Newcastle, Southampton sealed their stay in the Premiership following an entertaining 3-3 tie with visiting Bournemouth, and Everton lost ground in the race for the seventh spot as they were held to a goalless tie by Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Michail Antonio controlled Marko Arnautovic's pass perfectly before firing a powerful effort into the roof of the net and past Hugo Lloris
Elsewhere on the day, the stress and fatigue seem to have finally gotten to Tottenham Spurs as they slipped to an uncharacteristic lone goal loss at home to West Ham, and the Wolves moved four points clear of Watford in the race for seventh place following a 2-1 win over the latter.
Earlier on Friday, title-hopeful side, Liverpool, upped the pressure on defending champions, Manchester City, who will be in action on Sunday against relegation survivors, Burnley, after a 5-0 whipping of already relegated Huddersfield that saw the Reds reclaim the Premier League summit on Friday.
EPL Week 36 Stankdings
And on Sunday, Manchester City moved two wins closer to a successful title defense following a scrappy lone goal victory over Burnley at Turf Moor that saw them reclaim the summit from Liverpool, Arsenal saw their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League take a major dent after going down heavily (3-0) against Leicester City, and Chelsea came from a goal down to divvy the spoils with Manchester United to stay in the hunt for a top-four finish.
Sunday
Leicester City 3-0 Arsenal
Leicester rampaged past 10-man Arsenal on Super Sunday, winning 3-0 and condemning the Gunners to their third straight league defeat.
Arsenal were indebted to goalkeeper Bernd Leno as Leicester had already enjoyed 72 per cent possession when Ainsley Maitland-Niles was dismissed for a second yellow card (36) following his late tackle on James Maddison.
Youri Tielemans made the extra man count by heading the Foxes in front (59) before Jamie Vardy helped himself to a late double (86 & 90+5).
Arsenal for now remain fifth while Leicester are up to eighth place, three points behind Wolves in seventh.
Burnley FC 0-1 Manchester City
Manchester City inched ahead of Liverpool in the Premier League title race after overcoming a stern test to beat Burnley 1-0.
City were frustrated for an hour at Turf Moor, but Sergio Aguero broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute when his shot from close range went just over the line before Matt Lowton could clear.
Goal-line technology showed the ball was 25.3 millimetres over the line and it was that fine margin that proved decisive as City held on for a tense win - their 12th in a row in the Premier League - to move one point ahead of Liverpool at the top of the table.
Manchester Utd 1-1 Chelsea
David de Gea's howler gave Chelsea the advantage in the race for the top four after a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Super Sunday.
United came out brightest and took the lead through Juan Mata's close-range finish after a fine team move (11), but De Gea's week went from bad to worse as he fumbled Antonio Rudiger's long-range shot into Marcos Alonso's path, allowing the defender to squeeze home (44).
The hosts struggled to break down Chelsea in a turgid second half, and Marcos Rojo was lucky not to see red for a nasty tackle on Willian before the Argentine saw his own header cleared off the line by Pedro late on, but for United it looks like a season outside of Europe's elite competition for only the second time since 1995.
With two games to play, Chelsea sit fourth, two points clear of Arsenal in fifth and three clear of United in sixth.
Friday
Liverpool 5-0 Huddersfield
Liverpool maintained the pressure on Premier League title rivals Manchester City with a convincing 5-0 victory over already-relegated Huddersfield on Friday.
Naby Keita scored the hosts' fastest-ever Premier League goal after 15 seconds before Sadio Mane (23) netted his ninth league goal of the season at Anfield and Mohamed Salah lobbed Jonas Lossl shortly before the break.
Huddersfield tried to work their way into the game with Steve Mounie and Karlan Grant coming close to applying a decisive touch, but Mane's (66) second header of the game and Salah's 21st league goal of the season in the 83rd minute saw Jurgen Klopp's side sweep to a 10th consecutive win.
Liverpool re-establishedtheir two-point lead over City, who travel to Burnley on Super Sunday and will still secure the league title if they win their remaining three matches.
Saturday
Tottenham 0-1 West Ham
West Ham ended Tottenham's 100 per cent record at their new stadium with a shock 1-0 victory.
Michail Antonio scored the only goal of the game, the first Spurs have conceded in their five games at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, finishing superbly from Marko Arnautovic's fine assist (67).
Spurs, who rested Jan Vertonghen and made four changes overall, went closest to levelling in stoppage time as sub Vincent Janssen saw a header cleared off the line by Fabian Balbuena.
The result leaves Tottenham third while West Ham remain 11th, two points off the top half.
Southampton 3-3 Bournemouth
Southampton secured their Premier League survival despite being held to a thrilling 3-3 draw by south-coast rivals Bournemouth.
Shane Long scored the opener in the 12th minute at St Mary's, only for Dan Gosling to level after a swift counter and Callum Wilson to put Bournemouth ahead in the 32nd minute.
Southampton turned the game around after half-time as James Ward-Prowse made it 2-2 with a low shot from outside the box and substitute Matt Targett headed in his first goal for the club in the 67th minute. Wilson snatched a point for Bournemouth with a late equalizer.
Fulham 1-0 Cardiff City
Ryan Babel's sensational second-half strike left Cardiff facing an uphill task for Premier League safety following their 1-0 defeat at Fulham.
Babel struck a first-time curling effort from 25 yards which gave Neil Etheridge no chance to settle a game of little quality at Craven Cottage.
The Dutchman's moment of magic proved a rare bright spark for either side, with Cardiff lacking the intensity expected from Neil Warnock's side, who badly needed a win to keep themselves on Brighton's tail, and an eight-minute, first-half stoppage after Denis Odoi was knocked unconscious did little to aid the tempo.
However, having failed to force a save of note out of Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico until the final five minutes, when Sean Morrison and Danny Ward both went close, they are now four points adrift of safety with two games remaining after Brighton drew 1-1 with Newcastle, and realistically needing to win both of their final two games against Crystal Palace and Manchester United.
Watford 1-2 Wolves
Wolves strengthened their hold of seventh place by beating rivals Watford 2-1 at Vicarage Road.
Raul Jimenez headed the visitors ahead four minutes before the interval with his 13th goal of the season, a Premier League record for Wolves.
However, Ryan Bennett's mistake gifted Andre Gray an equaliser four minutes into the second period, only for Diogo Jota to take advantage of another error - this time from Ben Foster - to win it for Wolves with 13 minutes to play.
As a result, Wolves stay seventh in the table - which will bring European football next season if Man City win the FA Cup - while Watford drop to ninth, four points behind their hosts.
Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
Crystal Palace and Everton played out a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park, with neither side able to follow up last weekend's big wins.
The hosts picked up a 3-2 away victory at Arsenal on Sunday and Everton thrashed Manchester United 4-0 on the same day, in two thrilling performances, but neither bought the same form to south London.
Everton had the best opportunities in the first half but did not really test Guaita in the home goal. They had a great chance inside six minutes when a long goal-kick from Jordan Pickford found Dominic Calvert-Lewin up front. However, his shot on the angle went straight into the hands of Guaita.
Everton has the 8th spot with Palace in 12th.
Brighton 1-1 Newcastle
Brighton took a step closer towards survival after fighting back from a goal down to secure a 1-1 draw with Newcastle.
Following Cardiff's defeat to Fulham earlier in the day, Brighton had the opportunity to all-but secure their top-flight status for next season with a victory at home.
However, it was Rafael Benitez's side, who secured their Premier League survival last weekend, who claimed an 18th-minute lead thanks to Ayoze Perez's fifth goal in his last three matches.
Chris Hughton's side put a lacklustre first-half performance behind them as Pascal Gross grabbed what could prove to be a valuable equaliser 15 minutes from time to move them four points clear of the relegation zone with two games remaining.
The point means Cardiff must now win their final two games against Crystal Palace and Manchester United to have any chance of overhauling Brighton.
Sunday
Leicester City vs Arsenal
Burnley FC vs Manchester City
Manchester Utd vs Chelsea
EPL Week 36 Scores At A Glance
Saturday
Liverpool 5-0 Huddersfield
Tottenham 0-1 West Ham
Southampton 3-3 Bournemouth
Fulham 1-0 Cardiff City
Watford 1-2 Wolves
Crystal Palace 0-0 Everton
Brighton 1-1 Newcastle
Sunday
Leicester City 3-0 Arsenal
Burnley FC 0-1 Manchester City
Manchester Utd vs Chelsea
Game day reports from BBC and skysports were used in this compilation.
