2018-19 Premier League: Match day 26

Premier League 2018-19
Day	Saturday/Sunday/Monday
Date	9/10/11 February 2019
Total matches	10
Total goals	31
League leaders start	Liverpool
League leaders end	Liverpool
Highest scoring	Manchester City 6–0 Chelsea
Bottom start	Huddersfield Town
Bottom end	Huddersfield Town
Current league	2018-19
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Confident Manchester United moved into the Premier League's top four with a dominant win over struggling Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Roy Hodgson says his Crystal Palace side should "not be concerned" about the sides below them after the Eagles edged up the Premier League table with a draw at home to West Ham.

Arsenal manager Unai Emery said finishing in a top-four spot will be "difficult, but we can" after his side's first away win since November at Premier League strugglers Huddersfield.

Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League with a composed display at Anfield that sent Bournemouth to an eighth successive away defeat.

Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl says his side have "no chance of staying in the league" if they continue to perform as they did in Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by fellow strugglers Cardiff.

Watford held off late pressure from Everton to claim a hard-fought victory over their former manager Marco Silva.

Chris Wood scored twice and goalkeeper Tom Heaton produced a series of outstanding saves as Burnley eased their relegation worries with victory at Brighton.

Tottenham ensured they remain in contention in the Premier League title race as Mauricio Pochettino's side earned victory against Leicester at Wembley.

Sergio Aguero was Manchester City's hat-trick hero again as they returned to the top of the Premier League in scintillating style by outclassing Chelsea at Etihad Stadium.

Wolves defender Willy Boly scored a dramatic late equaliser as Newcastle were denied a precious victory in their battle against relegation from the Premier League.

Saturday 9 February 2019

Saturday 9 February 2019 12:30	Fulham	0–3	Manchester United	Craven Cottage, London Referee: Paul Tierney
		Report	Pogba  14', 65' (Pen) Martial  23'

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Saturday 9 February 2019 15:00	Crystal Palace	1–1	West Ham United	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 25,552 Referee: Craig Pawson
	Zaha  76'	Report	Noble  27' (pen.)

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Saturday 9 February 2019 15:00	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Arsenal	John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 24,182 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Kolašinac  90+3' (og)	Report	Iwobi  16' Lacazette  44'

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Saturday 9 February 2019 15:00	Liverpool	3–0	Bournemouth	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 53,178 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Mané  24' Wijnaldum  34' Salah  48'	Report

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Saturday 9 February 2019 15:00	Southampton	1–2	Cardiff City	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 31,438 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Stephens  90+1'	Report	Bamba  69' Zohore  90+3'

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Saturday 9 February 2019 15:00	Watford	1–0	Everton	Vicarage Road, London Attendance: 20,333 Referee: Lee Probert
	Gray  65'	Report

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Saturday 9 February 2019 17:30	Brighton	1–3	Burnley	Falmer Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 29,323 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Duffy  76'	Report	Wood  26',  61' Barnes  74' (pen.)

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Sunday 10 February 2019

Sunday 10 February 2019 13:30	Tottenham	3–1	Leicester City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 44,154 Referee: Michael Oliver
	Son  90+1' Sánchez  33' Eriksen  63'	Report	Vardy  76'

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Sunday 10 February 2019 16:00	Manchester City	6–0	Chelsea	City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 54,452 Referee: Mike Dean
	Sterling  4', 80' Agüero  13', 19', 56' (pen.) Gündoğan  25'	Report

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Monday 11 February 2019

Monday 11 February 2019 20:00	Wolves	1–1	Newcastle United	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton Attendance: 30,687 Referee: Graham Scott
	Boly  90'+5'	Report	Hayden  56'

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League table after Match day 26

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City	27	21	2	4	74	20	+54	65	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	26	20	5	1	59	15	+44	65
3	Tottenham Hotspur	26	20	0	6	54	25	+29	60
4	Manchester United	26	15	6	5	52	35	+17	51
5	Arsenal	26	15	5	6	53	37	+16	50	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	26	15	5	6	45	29	+16	50
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	26	11	6	9	34	33	+1	39
8	Watford	26	10	7	9	34	34	0	37
9	Everton	26	9	6	11	36	37	−1	33
10	West Ham United	26	9	6	11	32	39	−7	33
11	Bournemouth	26	10	3	13	37	47	−10	33
12	Leicester City	26	9	5	12	32	33	−1	32
13	Crystal Palace	26	7	6	13	27	34	−7	27
14	Brighton & Hove Albion	26	7	6	13	28	40	−12	27
15	Burnley	26	7	6	13	29	47	−18	27
16	Newcastle United	26	6	7	13	22	34	−12	25
17	Cardiff City	26	7	4	15	24	47	−23	25
18	Southampton	26	5	9	12	28	44	−16	24	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham	26	4	5	17	25	58	−33	17
20	Huddersfield Town	26	2	5	19	14	48	−34	11

Updated to games played on 11 February 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