2018-19 Premier League: Match day 21

Premier League 2018-19
Day	Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Date	1/2/3 January 2019
Total matches	10
Total goals	29
League leaders start	Liverpool
League leaders end	Liverpool
Highest scoring	Bournemouth 3–3 Watford
Bottom start	Huddersfield Town
Bottom end	Huddersfield Town
Current league	2018-19
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Jamie Vardy's second-half strike for Leicester handed Everton their fourth defeat in five games in an error-strewn Premier League encounter at Goodison Park.

Arsenal bounced back from their thrashing by Liverpool to beat Fulham and move two points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

Tottenham need to be consistent if they want to be Premier League title contenders, says manager Mauricio Pochettino after his side strolled to a 3-0 win at Cardiff to climb back up to second.

Watford captain Troy Deeney said "Sunday League" defending contributed to his side's astonishing 3-3 draw at Bournemouth, with all six goals arriving in a frenetic first half.

Chelsea head coach Maurizio Sarri hinted at the need for a new striker after his side failed to break down a resolute Southampton team at Stamford Bridge.

Huddersfield manager David Wagner says he is excited to try and "do something that nobody has done before" after defeat against Burnley saw the Terriers stay bottom of the Premier League.

West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini said he was "absolutely frustrated" despite Marko Arnautovic scoring twice in two minutes to salvage a point against Brighton.

Crystal Palace struck two late goals as Roy Hodgson's side edged further away from the Premier League relegation zone with victory over Wolves at Molineux.

Substitute Romelu Lukaku scored with his first touch as Manchester United beat Newcastle United with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer becoming the second manager in the club's history to win his first four league games in charge.

Manchester City reignited the Premier League title race as they ended Liverpool's 20-game unbeaten start to the season to reduce their lead at the top of the table to four points.

Tuesday 1 January 2019

Tuesday 1 January 2019 15:00	Everton	0–1	Leicester City	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 39,052 Referee: Martin Atkinson
		Report	Vardy  58'

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Tuesday 1 January 2019 15:00	Arsenal	4–1	Fulham	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,887 Referee: Graham Scott
	Xhaka  25' Lacazette  55' Ramsey  79' Aubameyang  83'	Report	Kamara  69'

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Tuesday 1 January 2019 17:30	Cardiff City	0–3	Tottenham	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 32,485 Referee: Kevin Friend
		Report	Kane  3' Eriksen  12' Son Heung-min  26'

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Wednesday 2 January 2019

Wednesday 2 January 2019 19:45	Bournemouth	3–3	Watford	Dean Court, Bournemouth Attendance: 10,261 Referee: David Coote
	Aké  34' Wilson  37' Fraser  40'	Report	Deeney  14', 27' Sema  38'

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Wednesday 2 January 2019 19:45	Chelsea	0–0	Southampton	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 40,668 Referee: Jonathan Moss
		Report

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Wednesday 2 January 2019 19:45	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Burnley	Kirklees Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 23,715 Referee: Mike Dean
	Steve Mounié  33' Schindler	Report	Wood  40' Barnes  74' Brady

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Wednesday 2 January 2019 19:45	West Ham United	2–2	Brighton	London Stadium, London Attendance: 59,870 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Arnautović  66', 68'	Report	Stephens  56' Duffy  58'

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Wednesday 2 January 2019 19:45	Wolves	0–2	Crystal Palace	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Attendance: 30,666 Referee: Roger East
		Report	J Ayew  83' Milivojević  90+5'

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Wednesday 2 January 2019 20:00	Newcastle United	0–2	Manchester United	St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 52,217 Referee: Andre Marriner
		Report	Lukaku  64' Rashford  80'

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Thursday 3 January 2019

Thursday 3 January 2019 20:00	Manchester City	2–1	Liverpool	Etihad Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 54,511 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Agüero  40' Sané  72'	Report	Roberto Firmino  64'

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League table after Match day 21

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	21	17	3	1	49	10	+39	54	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	21	16	2	3	56	17	+39	50
3	Tottenham Hotspur	21	16	0	5	46	21	+25	48
4	Chelsea	21	13	5	3	38	16	+22	44
5	Arsenal	21	12	5	4	46	31	+15	41	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester United	21	11	5	5	43	32	+11	38
7	Leicester City	21	9	4	8	26	22	+4	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	8	5	8	23	25	−2	29
9	Watford	21	8	5	8	30	31	−1	29
10	West Ham United	21	8	4	9	29	32	−3	28
11	Everton	21	7	6	8	31	31	0	27
12	Bournemouth	21	8	3	10	31	40	−9	27
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	7	5	9	24	29	−5	26
14	Crystal Palace	21	6	4	11	19	26	−7	22
15	Newcastle United	21	4	6	11	15	29	−14	18
16	Cardiff City	21	5	3	13	19	41	−22	18
17	Burnley	21	5	3	13	21	42	−21	18
18	Southampton	21	3	7	11	21	38	−17	16	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham	21	3	5	13	19	47	−28	14
20	Huddersfield Town	21	2	4	15	13	37	−24	10

Updated to games played on 3 January 2018
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

See also

• Premier League
• Premier League - 2018-19 Season

External links

• BBC Sport