Olivier Giroud of Arsenal celebrates scoring
LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal will finish 2013 as the top team in the English Premier League, while the race for top places heats up after Sunday’s set of game. Here are the results, scores and EPL standings on Sunday Dec. 29.
Arsenal beat Newcastle United 1-0 to frog leap Manchester City and go to 42 points, one more than the Citizens, while Chelsea beat Liverpool 2-1 at Stamford Bridge to go third on 40 points.
Everton ended the year in the top four, following a 2-1 victory over Southampton.
So after Sunday, Arsenal leads the English Premier League standings, followed by Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton (37pts), Liverpool dropped from first to fifth with 36pts.
Manchester United is at sixth with 34pts, the same amount as seventh Tottenham who hammered Stoke City 3-0 at home on Sunday.
Sunderland will end the year at the bottom of the table, with Fulham and West Ham United in the relegation zone as well
Sunday, December 29 – EPL Results
Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1
Everton 2 Southampton 1
Newcastle United 0 Arsenal 1
Tottenham Hotspur 3 Stoke City 0
Saturday, December 28 – EPL Results
Aston Villa 1 Swansea City 1
Cardiff City 2 Sunderland 2
Hull City 6 Fulham 0
Manchester City 1 Crystal Palace 0
Norwich City 0 Manchester United 1
West Ham United 3 West Bromwich Albion 3
English Premier League Table Standings
Pl. Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Arsenal 19 13 3 3 37 18 42
2 Manchester City 19 13 2 4 54 21 41
3 Chelsea 19 12 4 3 35 19 40
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4 Everton 19 10 7 2 31 18 37
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5 Liverpool 19 11 3 5 44 23 36
6 Manchester United 19 10 4 5 32 22 34
7 Tottenham Hotspur 19 10 4 5 22 24 34
8 Newcastle United 19 10 3 6 29 24 33
9 Southampton 19 7 6 6 26 20 27
10 Hull City 19 6 5 8 22 23 23
11 Swansea City 19 5 6 8 24 25 21
12 Stoke City 19 5 6 8 18 29 21
13 Aston Villa 19 5 5 9 18 25 20
14 Norwich City 19 5 4 10 16 32 19
15 West Bromwich Albion 19 3 9 7 22 27 18
16 Cardiff City 19 4 6 9 15 30 18
17 Crystal Palace 19 5 1 13 12 28 16
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18 Fulham 19 5 1 13 19 41 16
19 West Ham United 19 3 6 10 18 28 15
20 Sunderland 19 3 5 11 15 32 14
