Premier League Match Week 34 Results: Liverpool Is Champion

Liverpool is champion of the Premier League after Sunday’s 5-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs clinched the Reds’ 20th top tier championship, joining Manchester United as the winningest clubs at the top level of English football. The champions teased their visitors by conceding the first goal at Anfield but then tallied five consecutive times, three before halftime, to clinch their title with a flourish and heap further embarrassment on Spurs’ Manager Ange Postecoglou and his underperforming side. Mo Salah scored his 28th goal of the season in the 63rd minute of the rout to give Liverpool a 4-1 advantage and took time as part of his celebration to take a selfie. Spurs then gifted an own goal for the final score and gave Liverpool fans the opportunity to be present for a league clinching match at home after being denied that opportunity in 2020 due to COVID restrictions.

Manager Arne Slot must be applauded for a fantastically successful managerial transition which no one could have envisioned after the much-loved Jurgen Klopp stepped down after last season. The classy Dutch manager went so far as to shout out appreciation to Klopp on Sunday as he was being showered with champagne. Dominant Liverpool has won 25 times and lost but twice through 34 matches and has held the top position in the table since October.

Things have gone a bit differently for Tottenham Hotspur as Spurs lost for the 19th time this season and sit just two places from the drop line. Postecoglou and his squad have recently put all their focus on the Europa League and no longer seem interested in league play.

Chelsea, meanwhile, demonstrated that they still care as the Blues moved back into the top five with a 1-0 win over Everton. Nicolas Jackson scored his first goal since December in the 27th minute for Chelsea to take over the final Champions League place on goal differential from Nottingham Forest, a situation which could change before Chelsea next takes to the pitch.

The Tricky Trees play their game in hand on Thursday versus Brentford. Forest was busy this weekend losing its FA Cup semifinal to Manchester City by a 2-0 margin. Manchester City advances to a third straight FA Cup final after holding the Trees to a single shot on target.

Waiting for Manchester City at Wembley on May 17th will be Crystal Palace which defeated Aston Villa 3-0, just days after drawing with Arsenal in league play. The Eagles will be competing for the first major piece of silverware in their club’s history. Villa’s focus now turns fully to their quest for a Champions League berth for next season. Manager Unai Emery’s side are one of the five clubs fighting for the three Champions League slots after Liverpool and Arsenal. Manchester City defeated Aston Villa in a key league match on Tuesday to move up to fourth in the table.

Newcastle is third in the table after spanking Ipswich Town 3-0 on Saturday to seal the Tractor Boys’ relegation. The other two relegated sides, Leicester and Southampton, also lost as has usually been the case. Wolverhampton, itself a relegation candidate earlier this season, won a sixth consecutive match in a 3-0 pasting of the Foxes as Leicester failed to score for the 16th time this season. Fulham were 2-1 winners over the Saints, a crucial outcome for the Cottagers who are in a three-way battle with Brighton and Bournemouth for what is likely to be the final European invitation for the Premier League.

Brighton ended a five-match winless run  by defeating West Ham 3-2 on a stoppage time goal by the Seagulls’ Carlos Baleba after Kaoru Mitoma had tied the match for Brighton in  the 89th minute. This latest collapse extends West Ham’s hunt for a win to two months. Bournemouth is a point back of deadlocked Fulham and Brighton after the Cherries were held to a 1-1 draw at home versus Manchester United. Rasmus Hojlund scored in the 96th minute to endanger the Cherries’ chances for Europe. Bournemouth must now face Arsenal, Aston Villa and Manchester City before the Cherries get Leicester in their final match.

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Manchester City moved back into third place in the Premier League table with a statement 2-1 win over surging Aston Villa on Tuesday. The Citizens captured all three points in dramatic fashion as Matheus Nunes struck a stoppage time winner for the difference in a match between two clubs vying for a top five finish and Champions League qualification. Villa had won five consecutive league matches before Nunez captured his first Premier League goal of the season on Tuesday. Manchester City moved to third in the table though having played one additional match than its three nearest pursuers.

Aston Villa now trails fifth place Newcastle by two points with the Magpies likely to extend that advantage with their Saturday match versus Ipswich Town. If the Tractor Boys lose as expected at St. James Park, their relegation will be confirmed and history made by all three relegated sides being mathematically eliminated with four matches still to be played.

Shortly after the Magpies and Tractor Boys play, Aston Villa will return to the pitch versus Crystal Palace in one of the two FA Cup semifinals this weekend. Palace came back twice on Wednesday to draw 2-2 with Arsenal. The dropped points by the Gunners means Liverpool needs only a draw at Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday to clinch the Premier League title.

At the same time on Sunday, Manchester City will play the other FA Cup semifinal against Nottingham Forest, the club it passed in the league standings on Tuesday. Forest’s league game in hand will be played against Brentford at the City Ground on Thursday.

Chelsea could potentially push the Tricky Trees outside of the top five should the Blues defeat Everton on Saturday. Everton will be looking for its first Premier League victory at Stamford Bridge since 1994.

In the race for a possible Europa Conference League berth, eighth place Bournemouth will host a poor Manchester United side. The Cherries are seeking to become the sixth Premier League team this season to win both league matches against the Red Devils, the most “doubles” by Red Devil opponents in  a single campaign since the 1930’s.

Fulham and Brighton, each one point behind the Cherries, will play Southampton and West Ham, respectively. Southampton posted a clean sheet versus Fulham in the reverse fixture, one of only two whitewashings of opponents that the Saints have recorded in the league this season. Brighton will be looking for its first league victory since March 8th when it faces the Hammers on Saturday. West Ham’s drought, however, extends back to February. Having secured their Premier League survival last weekend, Wolverhampton will host one-time relegation flat mate Leicester at Molineux Stadium. The Foxes’ fate was also determined last weekend with their mathematical relegation.

Premier League Match Week 33 Results: Title Not Clinched But Another Straggler Goes Down - Liverpool and Arsenal Both Win; Chelsea Relegates Leicester; Aston Villa Stuns Newcastle; Wolves Clinch Safety; Nottingham Forest Retakes Third With Win At Spurs

The title “race” continues as both Liverpool and Arsenal won this weekend, preventing Liverpool from claiming its well-deserved title. While Liverpool’s eventual crowning is yet to officially happen due to Arsenal’s victory, it is all over for Leicester after their 1-0 loss to the league leaders. A well-earned relegation became official on a day that Leicester failed to score for a ninth consecutive home match at King Power Stadium. The Foxes could not even put a single shot off on target on Sunday. Yeesh.

Arsenal was also little troubled at Ipswich Town in a 4-1 victory. To his credit Arsenal Manger Mikel Arteta played a strong side to delay Liverpool’s clinching for another week. Ipswich Town, which has won but once this season at its Portman Road home, inched closer to officially joining Leicester and Southampton in the one and done club. Ironically, it was the already relegated Southampton side which kept Ipswich Town alive for now with a 1-1 draw with West Ham. The Hammers fell to 17th in the table as the Graham Potter experience continues to trend badly.

Wolverhampton leapt over the Hammers and ensured their own safety in a 1-0 win over Manchester United as the success of Wolves Manager Vitor Pereira stands in stark contrast to the futility of Potter. Pereira took over a team in the relegation zone in December and now has them 17 points clear of the drop after their fifth consecutive victory on Sunday. Wolverhampton is now level on points with  a Manchester United club which has long since given up on its own Premier League season. The Red Devils 15th Premier League loss on Sunday is the most in a season by Manchester United in 35 years. And yet that’s still three fewer losses than shambolic Tottenham Hotspur has posted in the Premier League this season. Only clubs in the relegation zone have more losses than a Spurs side which was once again booed off the pitch at halftime in a 2-1 home loss to Nottingham Forest. The victory by the Tricky Trees snapped a two-match losing run and launched the club back into third place in the Premier League table.

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Newcastle fell back to fourth after a 4-1 capitulation to Aston Villa which put a halt to a four-match winning run by the Magpies. Sunday’s match was important for Newcastle, but Aston Villa needed it more and played with a greater sense of urgency. Striker Ollie Watkins openly talked of his anger at being left out of the lineup for the midweek match with PSG which eliminated Aston Villa from Champions League. A motivated Watkins was back in the lineup on Saturday and announced himself with a goal one minute into the match. The Villans extended their own winning run to five matches to remain in the thick of the hunt for Champions League qualification.

Beyond Liverpool and Arsenal, there are five clubs now in the chase for the three remaining berths in Europe’s top competition. Villa and Chelsea are locked on 57 points, three points below third place Nottingham Forest. Before climbing to the Trees, however, those clubs first would need to get by Newcastle and Manchester City who are fourth and fifth in the table after the weekend’s action.

Manchester City struggled to overcome a determined Everton at Goodison Park but late goals in the 84th minute and in stoppage time delivered the needed 2-0 result which kept the Citizens in possession of the final Champions League berth for now. Manchester City and Aston Villa, both of whom will be playing in FA Cup semifinals this weekend, now face each other in a titanic clash on Tuesday.

Nottingham Forest, another FA semifinal participant, will then face Crystal Palace on Wednesday. The Eagles ended their staggering concession of ten consecutive goals to opponents in a goalless draw with Bournemouth on Saturday. Last week’s win over Fulham was the only victory for the Cherries in their last eight matches as they hold onto European hopes only due to the failures of other clubs. The draw leaves Bournemouth alone in eighth position, usually the final European qualification slot, one point ahead of Fulham and Brighton who both lost on the weekend. Fulham held a 1-0 halftime lead on Sunday over a Chelsea club which was booed off the pitch by away supporters at the interval. The Blues  were once again looking into the maws of defeat for a second straight week before responding late once again in a 2-1 win over the Cottagers. Chelsea had looked miserable for much of a 2-2 draw with lowly Ipswich Town the week before until two late goals salvaged a point. This week, all three points were claimed with Pedro Neto’s stoppage time match winner. Elsewhere in London, Brentford handled Brighton 4-2 to extend the Seagulls winless run to five matches as European hopes for the tenth-place club are fading quickly. Brentford is just two points south of the Seagulls in the table after the Bees’ Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa both scored in the same match for the seventh time this season.