LONDON — English Premier League standings and results after round 22 on Jan. 21 and 22, with Chelsea continue to lead the way after picking up another win.
The Blues slipped past short-handed Hull City 2-0 at Stamford Bridge to go eight points clear atop the Premier League standings with 55 points.
Diego Costa made a goalscoring return to the team, while defender Gary Cahill added the second for Chelsea in the victory on Sunday.
It the 18th league win of the season for Antonio Conte’s men who admitted that they now believe the title is theirs to lose.
Arsenal moved up to second place on 47 points and are back in the Champions League spots after a late 2-1 win over Burnley on Sunday.
Alexis Sanchez netted the winning goal for the Gunners in stoppage time, moments after Burnley had scored the equaliser from the penalty spot as well.
Tottenham, who rallied from being down 2-0 to draw 2-2 with Manchester City, are in third place on 46pts, with Liverpool dropping to fourth, following a 3-2 defeat against Swansea City.
The Top 10 is completed by fifth-place Manchester City with 43pts, Manchester United (41), Everton (36), West Bromwich Albion (32), Stoke City (28) and West Ham United (28).
Siting 11th through 15th are Southampton, Bournemouth, Burnley, Watford, Leicester City.
Meanwhile, Crystal Palace, Hull City and Sunderland are currently sitting in the bottom.
English Premier League Results
Monday, January 23
Arsenal 2 Burnley 1
Chelsea 2 Hull City 0
Southampton 3 Leicester City 0
Saturday, January 21
Bournemouth 2 Watford 2
Crystal Palace 0 Everton 1
Liverpool 2 Swansea City 3
Manchester City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2
Middlesbrough 1 West Ham United 3
Stoke City 1 Manchester United 1
West Bromwich Albion 2 Sunderland 0
English Premier League Standings
Monday, January 23
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Chelsea 22 18 1 3 47 15 55
2 Arsenal 22 14 5 3 50 23 47
3 Tottenham Hotspur 22 13 7 2 45 16 46
4 Liverpool 22 13 6 3 51 27 45
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5 Manchester City 22 13 4 5 43 28 43
6 Manchester United 22 11 8 3 33 21 41
7 Everton 22 10 6 6 33 23 36
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8 West Bromwich Albion 22 9 5 8 30 28 32
9 Stoke City 22 7 7 8 28 34 28
10 West Ham United 22 8 4 10 29 36 28
11 Southampton 22 7 6 9 22 26 27
12 Bournemouth 22 7 5 10 32 39 26
13 Burnley 22 8 2 12 24 33 26
14 Watford 22 6 6 10 25 38 24
15 Leicester City 22 5 6 11 24 37 21
16 Middlesbrough 22 4 8 10 18 25 20
17 Swansea City 22 5 3 14 26 51 18
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18 Crystal Palace 22 4 4 14 30 41 16
19 Hull City 22 4 4 14 20 47 16
20 Sunderland 22 4 3 15 20 42 15