English Premier League Table

English Premier League table after Wednesday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
 
Leicester  28  16  9  3  51  31  57

Tottenham  28  15  9  4  49  22  54

Arsenal  28  15  6  7  44  28  51

Man City  27  14  5  8  48  31  47

Man Utd  28  13  8  7  37  26  47

West Ham  28  12  10  6  42  31  46

Stoke  28  12  6  10  30  33  42

Liverpool  27  11  8  8  41  36  41

Southampton  28  11  7  10  35  28  40

Chelsea  28  10  9  9  42  38  39

Everton  27  9  11  7  49  36  38
 
Watford  28  10  7  11  29  29  37

West Brom  28  9  9  10  29  36  36  

Crystal Palace  28  9  6  13  31  37  33

Bournemouth  28  8  8  12  32  44  32

Swansea  28  7  9  12  27  37  30

Sunderland  28  6  6  16  34  53  24

Norwich  28  6  6  16  31  53  24

Newcastle  27  6  6  15  27  50  24

Aston Villa  28  3  7  18  22  51  16

Leicester 28 16 9 3 51 31 57 Tottenham 28 15 9 4 49 22 54 Arsenal 28 15 6 7 44 28 51 Man City 27 14 5 8 48 31 47 Man Utd 28 13 8 7 37 26 47 West Ham 28 12 10 6 42 31 46 Stoke 28 12 6 10 30 33 42 Liverpool 27 11 8 8 41 36 41 Southampton 28 11 7 10 35 28 40 Chelsea 28 10 9 9 42 38 39 Everton 27 9 11 7 49 36 38 Watford 28 10 7 11 29 29 37 West Brom 28 9 9 10 29 36 36 Crystal Palace 28 9 6 13 31 37 33 Bournemouth 28 8 8 12 32 44 32 Swansea 28 7 9 12 27 37 30 Sunderland 28 6 6 16 34 53 24 Norwich 28 6 6 16 31 53 24 Newcastle 27 6 6 15 27 50 24 Aston Villa 28 3 7 18 22 51 16

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Williams brings walls down on Wenger’s Arsenal On March 3, 20164:09 amIn News, SportsComments 96 Shares 3011 Swansea City captain Ashley Williams’s late goal earned his side a 2-1 victory at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday that further dented Arsenal’s Premier League title chances. The central defender scrambled home 16 minutes from time as Arsene Wenger’s side were made to count the cost of hitting the woodwork three times. Joel Campbell had given the hosts an early lead, but Wayne Routledge levelled before the break and the south Wales side produced a determined second-half display to boost their hopes of avoiding the drop. While they pulled six points clear of the relegation zone, Arsenal remain five points below leaders Leicester City. Arsenal made three changes to the side that were beaten 3-2 at Manchester United on Sunday, with Per Mertesacker, Campbell and Olivier Giroud all returning. Swansea were without head coach Francesco Guidolin, who was taken to hospital with a chest infection, so Alan Curtis took charge. He made six changes to his side, with a Premier League debut for left-back Stephen Kingsley and a first start for Leroy Fer among the notable additions. Arsenal had failed to score in four of their previous six matches at the Emirates Stadium, but quickly signalled their intent to ensure that sequence did not continue. Francis Coquelin shot over the bar early on, while Giroud could not quite get a proper connection on Hector Bellerin’s cross. Alexis Sanchez was pulling the strings and he was unlucky not to open the scoring as he hit the post, seconds after an initial air shot, with former Arsenal goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski left to watch and hope. Wenger’s side did break the deadlock 15 minutes in, with Campbell showing cleverness to strike the ball past Fabianski having seemingly lost his footing from Sanchez’s pass. It was the Costa Rican’s fourth goal of the campaign, one of the other three having come in the 3-0 win over Swansea at the Liberty Stadium, and it immediately eased the tension around the Emirates. – Fan frustration – Bellerin came close to a second from distance, with Fabianski just able to retrieve the ball before Aaron Ramsey could reach the rebound. But Swansea were a threat on the break and former Queens Park Rangers midfielder Fer went close with a powerful drive from the edge of the area. Campbell saw a deflected shot gathered by Fabianski, but Swansea went on to level with a goal out of the blue on 32 minutes. Mesut Ozil lost out to Jordi Amat on the halfway line, with Wenger claiming a foul, but play continued and Jack Cork fed Routledge, who finished coolly past Petr Cech. Arsenal’s toils continued when Giroud volleyed against the bar after Mertesacker had headed on Ramsey’s cross. It was Swansea who looked brighter at the start of the second half as Andre Ayew shot over from the edge of the area, while they looked they much improved at the back. Wenger replaced Campbell with Danny Welbeck and was met with chants of “You don’t know what you’re doing!” from his own fans, whose frustrations quickly increased. Moments afterwards, Swansea squandered a chance to go ahead as Gylfi Sigurdsson rounded Cech from Ayew’s pass, but dragged his shot wide. At the other end, Arsenal hit the woodwork for a third time as Sanchez’s deflected free kick had Fabianski beaten. Swansea, though, went on to score a winning goal that could have huge ramifications for both ends of the table as Williams netted in scrappy fashion. With Cech unable to claim the ball, he deflected in from Sigurdsson’s free-kick in a moment that just about summed up Arsenal’s day, ahead of Saturday’s pivotal showdown with north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.

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