2021-22 Premier League: Match day 21

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Premier League 2021-22
Day	Saturday/Sunday/Monday
Date	1/2/3 January 2022
Total matches	8
Total goals	26
Average	(3.25 per match)
League leaders start	Manchester City
League leaders end	Manchester City
Highest scoring	Crystal Palace 2–3 West Ham United Everton 2–3 Brighton
Bottom start	Norwich City
Bottom end	Norwich City
Attendance	308778
Current league	2021-22
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Rodri scored a stoppage-time winner as Manchester City beat 10-man Arsenal in an incident-packed encounter to move 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Leicester City v Norwich City was postponed due to Covid.

Dávinson Sánchez scored a 96th-minute winner as Tottenham continued their push for a Premier League top-four place with a last-gasp victory over struggling Watford at Vicarage Road.

West Ham United survived a late fightback by Crystal Palace to start the new year with a narrow Premier League victory at Selhurst Park.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank hailed his "incredible" side after victory over Aston Villa catapulted them into a position he claimed "shouldn't be possible".

Brighton piled more pressure on Everton manager Rafael Benítez as the Seagulls climbed to eighth in the Premier League with victory in an entertaining match at Goodison Park.

Marcelo Bielsa says Leeds United took a "step forward" by ending a three-game losing run in the Premier League with a victory over Burnley at Elland Road that adds to the Clarets' own relegation fears.

Southampton v Newcastle United was postponed due to Covid.

Chelsea came from two goals down to claim a point against Covid-hit Liverpool in a breathless Premier League classic at Stamford Bridge that did little for either side's hopes of chasing down leaders Manchester City.

Manchester United lost for the first time in the Premier League under interim coach Ralf Rangnick as João Moutinho struck late on to give Wolverhampton Wanderers victory at Old Trafford.

Saturday 1 January 2022

1 January 2022 12:30 GMT 15 °C (59 °F)	Arsenal	1–2	Manchester City	Emirates Stadium, London Attendance: 59,757 Referee: Stuart Attwell Player of the Match: Bukayo Saka
	Saka  31' Gabriel  58', 59'	HT:1–0 Report	Mahrez  57' (pen.) Rodri  90+3'

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1 January 2022 15:00 GMT	Leicester City	P–P	Norwich City	King Power Stadium, Leicester

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1 January 2022 15:00 GMT 14 °C (57 °F)	Watford	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Vicarage Road, London Attendance: 20,391 Referee: Robert Jones Player of the Match: Dávinson Sánchez
		HT:0–0 Report	Sánchez  90+6'

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1 January 2022 17:30 GMT 13 °C (55 °F)	Crystal Palace	2–3	West Ham United	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 24,351 Referee: Darren England Player of the Match: Manuel Lanzini
	Édouard  83' Olise  90'	HT:0–3 Report	Antonio  22' Lanzini  25', 45+5' (pen.)

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Sunday 2 January 2022

2 January 2022 14:00 GMT 12 °C (53 °F)	Brentford	2–1	Aston Villa	Brentford Community Stadium, Brentford Attendance: 16,876 Referee: Craig Pawson Player of the Match: Saman Ghoddos
	Wissa  42' Roerslev  83'	HT:1–1 Report	Ings  16'

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2 January 2022 14:00 GMT 9 °C (49 °F)	Everton	2–3	Brighton	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 38,203 Referee: John Brooks Player of the Match: Alexis Mac Allister
	Gordon  53', 76'	HT:0–2 Report	Mac Allister  3', 71' Burn  21'

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2 January 2022 14:00 GMT 11 °C (52 °F)	Leeds United	3–1	Burnley	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 36,083 Referee: Kevin Friend Player of the Match: Stuart Dallas
	Harrison  39' Dallas  77' James  90+2'	HT:1–0 Report	Cornet  54'

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2 January 2022 14:00 GMT	Southampton	P–P	Newcastle United	St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton
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2 January 2022 16:30 GMT 11 °C (52 °F)	Chelsea	2–2	Liverpool	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 40,072 Referee: Anthony Taylor Player of the Match: Mateo Kovačić
	Kovačić  42' Pulisic  45'+1'	HT:2–2 Report	Mané  9' Salah  26'

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Monday 3 January 2022

3 January 2022 17:30 GMT 9 °C (48 °F)	Manchester United	0–1	Wolves	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 73,045 Referee: Mike Dean Player of the Match: Rúben Neves
		HT:0–0 Report	Moutinho  82'

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League table after Match day 21

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City	21	17	2	2	53	13	+40	53	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Chelsea	21	12	7	2	45	16	+29	43
3	Liverpool	20	12	6	2	52	18	+34	42
4	Arsenal	20	11	2	7	33	25	+8	35
5	West Ham United	20	10	4	6	37	27	+10	34	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	10	3	5	23	20	+3	33
7	Manchester United	19	9	4	6	30	27	+3	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	8	4	7	14	14	0	28
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	19	6	9	4	30	20	+10	27
10	Leicester City	17	7	4	6	30	31	−1	25
11	Crystal Palace	20	5	8	7	29	30	−1	23
12	Brentford	19	6	5	8	23	26	−3	23
13	Aston Villa	18	7	1	10	24	27	−3	22
14	Southampton	19	4	9	6	20	29	−9	21
15	Everton	18	5	4	9	23	32	−9	19
16	Leeds United	19	4	7	8	21	37	−16	19
17	Watford	18	4	1	13	22	36	−14	13
18	Burnley	17	1	8	8	16	27	−11	11	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Newcastle United	19	1	8	10	19	42	−23	11
20	Norwich City	19	2	4	13	8	44	−36	10

Updated to games played on 3 January 2022
Source: 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 - 2021-22 Season
• Portal:English Premier League

External links

• BBC Sport
• Premier League