2020-21 Premier League: Match day 22

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Premier League 2020-21
Day	Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday
Date	2/3/4 February 2021
Total matches	10
Total goals	31
Average	(3.1 per match)
League leaders start	Manchester City
League leaders end	Manchester City
Highest scoring	Manchester United 9–0 Southampton
Bottom start	Sheffield United
Bottom end	Sheffield United
Attendance	0
Current league	2020-21
Prev match day	Next match day
Match day 21	Match day 23

Sheffield United fought back to claim a priceless Premier League victory over fellow strugglers West Brom.

Arsenal had two players sent off as they threw away a lead and lost to Wolves - who won for the first time in nine Premier League games.

Manchester United equalled the Premier League record by putting nine goals past nine-man Southampton - the second time Saints have lost 9-0 in as many seasons.

Crystal Palace recorded back-to-back wins in the Premier League for the first time since September as they kept an attack-minded Newcastle at bay at St James' Park.

Manchester City restored their three-point lead at the top of the Premier League and extended their ominous-looking winning streak to 13 games with a comfortable victory at Burnley.

Leicester strengthened their position in the Premier League's top four with victory over Fulham, whose survival hopes suffered a further blow at Craven Cottage.

Goals from Gylfi Sigurðsson and Dominic Calvert-Lewin gave Everton a hard-fought win at Leeds United to take the Toffees fifth in the Premier League.

Jesse Lingard scored twice on his West Ham debut as the Hammers cruised past Aston Villa in the Premier League to strengthen their top-six hopes.

Brighton moved 10 points clear of the Premier League relegation zone by stunning Liverpool, whose recent struggles at Anfield continued.

Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho criticised referee Andre Marriner's performance after his side lost at home to Chelsea, who continued their unbeaten start under new boss Thomas Tuchel and moved into the Premier League's top six.

Tuesday 2 February 2021

2 February 2021 18:00 GMT 2 °C (35 °F)	Sheffield United	2–1	West Brom	Bramall Lane, Sheffield Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney Player of the Match: Billy Sharp
	Bogle  56' Sharp  73'	HT:0–1 Report	Phillips  41'

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2 February 2021 18:00 GMT 10 °C (50 °F)	Wolves	2–1	Arsenal	Molineux, Wolverhampton Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson Player of the Match: Rúben Neves
	Moutinho  49' Neves  45+5' (pen.)	HT:1–1 Report	Pépé  32' David Luiz  45+3' Leno  72'

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2 February 2021 20:15 GMT 7 °C (44 °F)	Manchester United	9–0	Southampton	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean Player of the Match: Fernandes
	Wan-Bissaka  18' Rashford  25' Bednarek  34' (o.g.) Cavani  39' Martial  69', 90' McTominay  71' Fernandes  88' (pen.) James  90+3'	HT:4–0 Report	Jankewitz  2' Bednarek  86'

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2 February 2021 20:15 GMT 4 °C (39 °F)	Newcastle United	1–2	Crystal Palace	St. James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England Player of the Match: Gary Cahill
	Shelvey  2'	HT:1–2 Report	Riedewald  21' Cahill  25'

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Wednesday 3 February 2021

3 February 2021 18:00 GMT 2 °C (35 °F)	Burnley	0–2	Manchester City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson Player of the Match: İlkay Gündoğan
		HT:0–2 Report	Gabriel Jesus  3' Sterling  38'

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3 February 2021 18:00 GMT 8 °C (46 °F)	Fulham	0–2	Leicester City	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Jones Player of the Match: Youri Tielemans
		HT:0–2 Report	Iheanacho  17' Justin  44'

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3 February 2021 19:30 GMT 4 °C (40 °F)	Leeds United	1–2	Everton	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver Player of the Match: Raphinha
	Raphinha  48'	HT:0–2 Report	G Sigurðsson  9' Calvert-Lewin  41'

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3 February 2021 20:15 GMT 5 °C (41 °F)	Aston Villa	1–3	West Ham United	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Madley
	Watkins  81'	HT:0–0 Report	Souček  51' Lingard  56', 83'

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3 February 2021 20:15 GMT 6 °C (43 °F)	Liverpool	0–1	Brighton	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend
		HT:0–0 Report	Alzate  56'

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Thursday 4 February 2021

4 February 2021 20:00 GMT 9 °C (48 °F)	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Chelsea	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Andre Marriner Player of the Match: Mason Mount
		HT:0–1 Report	Jorginho  24' (Pen)

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League table after Match day 22

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City	21	14	5	2	34	13	+21	47	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United	22	13	5	4	46	27	+19	44
3	Leicester City	22	13	3	6	39	25	+14	42
4	Liverpool	22	11	7	4	43	25	+18	40
5	West Ham United	22	11	5	6	34	28	+6	38	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	22	10	6	6	36	23	+13	36
7	Everton	20	11	3	6	31	25	+6	36
8	Tottenham Hotspur	21	9	6	6	34	22	+12	33
9	Aston Villa	20	10	2	8	35	24	+11	32
10	Arsenal	22	9	4	9	27	22	+5	31
11	Leeds United	21	9	2	10	36	38	−2	29
12	Southampton	21	8	5	8	27	34	−7	29
13	Crystal Palace	21	7	5	9	22	36	−14	26
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	7	5	10	23	31	−8	26
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	9	8	24	29	−5	24
16	Newcastle United	22	6	4	12	22	36	−14	22
17	Burnley	21	6	4	11	13	28	−15	22
18	Fulham	21	2	8	11	17	31	−14	14	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	West Bromwich Albion	22	2	6	14	18	52	−34	12
20	Sheffield United	22	3	2	17	14	35	−21	11

Updated to games played on 4 February 2021
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 - 2020-21 Season

External links

• BBC Sport
• Premier League