2018-19 Premier League: Match day 23

Premier League 2018-19
Day	Saturday/Sunday
Date	19/20 January 2019
Total matches	10
Total goals	33
League leaders start	Liverpool
League leaders end	Liverpool
Highest scoring	Wolverhampton 4–3 Leicester Liverpool 4–3 Crystal Palace
Bottom start	Huddersfield Town
Bottom end	Huddersfield Town
Current league	2018-19
Prev match day	Next match day
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Diogo Jota completed a hat-trick in injury time to snatch a thrilling victory for Wolves, who punished a dire Leicester defensive display to increase the pressure on Foxes boss Claude Puel.

Callum Wilson's stunning strike helped Bournemouth register a deserved victory over in-form West Ham at Vitality Stadium.

Mohamed Salah scored twice - including his 50th Premier League goal - as Liverpool survived a scare by coming from behind to defeat a resolute Crystal Palace in a seven-goal thriller at Anfield.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer became the first Manchester United manager to win his first six league games in charge as his side held on to beat Brighton.

Newcastle lifted themselves out of the relegation zone and leapfrogged Cardiff as they secured a much-needed win over Neil Warnock's side.

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl hailed his team for producing their "best game" under his charge as their resurgence continued against a dismal Everton side at St. Mary's.

Goalkeepers Tom Heaton and Ben Foster produced inspired displays at Vicarage Road as Watford and Burnley maintained their unbeaten starts to 2019.

Arsenal earned an important win in a pulsating London derby against Chelsea to keep themselves in the race for the Premier League top four.

Manchester City scored their 100th goal of the season as they eased past managerless Huddersfield to move back to four points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.

Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri said his side are "alive and will continue to fight" despite losing to Tottenham through Harry Winks' injury-time header at Craven Cottage.

Saturday 19 January 2019

19 January 2019 12:30	Wolves	4–3	Leicester City	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Attendance: 31,278 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Jota  4', 64', 90+3' Bennett  12'	Report	Gray  47' Coady  51' (o.g.) Morgan  87'

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19 January 2019 15:00	Bournemouth	2–0	West Ham United	Dean Court, Bournemouth Attendance: 10,495 Referee: Simon Hooper
	Wilson  53' King  90+1'	Report

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19 January 2019 15:00	Liverpool	4–3	Crystal Palace	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 53,171 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Salah  46', 75' Firmino  53' Milner  82', 89' Mané  90+3'	Report	Townsend  34' Tomkins  65' Meyer  90+5'

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19 January 2019 15:00	Manchester United	2–1	Brighton	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,532 Referee: Paul Tierney
	Pogba  27' (pen.) Rashford  42' 90+3'	Report	Groß  72'

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19 January 2019 15:00	Newcastle United	3–0	Cardiff City	St James Park, Newcastle Attendance: 49,864 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Schär  24', 63' Pérez  90+3'	Report

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19 January 2019 15:00	Southampton	2–1	Everton	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 29,989 Referee: Graham Scott
	Ward-Prowse  50' Digne  64' (o.g.)	Report	Sigurðsson  90+1'

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19 January 2019 15:00	Watford	0–0	Burnley	Vicarage Road, London Attendance: 19,510 Referee: Michael Oliver
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19 January 2019 17:30	Arsenal	2–0	Chelsea	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,979 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Lacazette  14' Koscielny  39'	Report

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Sunday 20 January 2019

20 January 2019 13:30	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Manchester City	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 24,190 Referee: Andre Marriner
		Report	Danilo  18' Sterling  54' Sané  56'

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20 January 2019 16:00	Fulham	1–2	Tottenham	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 24,807 Referee: Craig Pawson
	Llorente  17' (og)	Report	Alli  51' Winks  90+3'

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League table after Match day 23

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	23	19	3	1	54	13	+41	60	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	23	18	2	3	62	17	+45	56
3	Tottenham	23	17	0	6	48	23	+25	51
4	Chelsea	23	14	5	4	40	19	+21	47
5	Arsenal	23	13	5	5	48	32	+16	44	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	23	13	5	5	46	33	+13	44
7	Watford	23	9	6	8	32	32	0	33
8	Wolves	23	9	5	9	27	31	−4	32
9	Leicester City	23	9	4	10	30	28	+2	31
10	West Ham Utd	23	9	4	10	30	34	−4	31
11	Everton	23	8	6	9	34	33	+1	30
12	Bournemouth	23	9	3	11	33	42	−9	30
13	Brighton	23	7	5	11	25	33	−8	26
14	Crystal Palace	23	6	4	13	23	32	−9	22
15	Southampton	23	5	7	11	25	40	−15	22
16	Burnley	23	6	4	13	23	43	−20	22
17	Newcastle Utd	23	5	6	12	19	31	−12	21
18	Cardiff City	23	5	4	14	19	44	−25	19	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham	23	3	5	15	21	51	−30	14
20	Huddersfield Town	23	2	5	16	13	40	−27	11

Updated to games played on 20 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