Within a half-time, Manchester City “cleaned up” the match against Fulham and continues the… pursuit of Arsenal.
Pep Guardiola’s side took a 3-0 lead before 40 minutes and then blew the match away. Antoine Semenio opened the scoring with his 5 goals in the first 8 matches of his career at City.
The former Bournemouth ace reached 13 in the league in total and is third top scorer, with Haaland in first place who tonight reached 22 in the Premier League, putting behind him a very bad, by his standards, January (1 goal in 7 official games).
In third place remains Aston Villa who defeated Brighton 1-0 with an own goal by Jack Hinselwood shortly before the end. In that game, 40-year-old James Milner came on as a substitute for the Villagers and overtook Gareth Barry as the most capped player in Premiership history (653).
It’s only a matter of weeks before he becomes the holder of the absolute record. Babis Kostoulas played in the last quarter with Brighton, making his 16th appearance in the English league.
The detailed results and scorers of matchday 26 and the standings in the Premier League are as follows:
Chelsea-Leeds 2-2
(24′ Joao Pedro, 57′ Palmer – 67′ pen. Enmetsa, 73′ Okafor)
Everton-Bournemouth 1-2
(42′ pen. Ediage – 61′ Ryan, 65′ Adli)
Tottenham-Newcastle 1-2
(64′ Gray – 45’+5 Tiao, 68′ Ramsey)
West Ham-Manchester C. 1-1
(50′ Sucek – 90’+6′ Cesko)
Aston Villa-Brighton 1-0
(89th Hinselwood)
Crystal Palace-Burnley 2-3
(17′, 33′ Strand Larsen – 40′ Maybri, 44′ Anthony, 45+2′ own Lerma)
Manchester City-Fulham 3-0
(24′ Semenio, 30′ O’Reilly, 39′ Haaland)
Nottingham Forest-Wolves 0-0
Sunderland-Liverpool 0-1
(61′ Van Dijk)
Brentford-Arsenal 12/02
RATING (in 25 games)
Arsenal 56 -25
Manchester City 53
Aston Villa 50
Manchester C. 45
Chelsea 44
Liverpool 42
Brentford 39 -25
Bournemouth 37
Everton 37
Newcastle 36
Sunderland 36
Fulham 34
Crystal Palace 32
Brighton 31
Leeds 30
Tottenham 29
Nottingham Forest 27
West Ham 24
Burnley 18
Wolves 9