Chelsea continued their charge towards the Premier League title with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Stoke City on Saturday.
Antonio Conte’s men knew that a 22nd win of the campaign would take them 13 points clear at the top, and goals from Willian and Gary Cahill held off Mark Hughes’ side to secure a massive three points.
Their 13-point lead didn’t last too long though, as Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham got the better of Southampton 2-1 at White Hart Lane on Sunday, with strikes from Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli proving that Spurs can still win and get the goals even without star man Harry Kane.
Third place Manchester City and fourth place Liverpool played out an entertaining 1-1 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, with James Milner’s penalty cancelled out by Sergio Aguero’s 13th league goal of the campaign, leaving the Reds just four points ahead of Manchester United in fifth after they beat Middlesbrough 3-1 on Sunday.
The Red Devils finally moved out of sixth and replace Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal in fifth after they suffered a fourth defeat in five league games on Saturday, meekly losing 3-1 at West Brom, who remain seven points behind Everton in seventh after they thumped struggling Hull 4-0 at Goodison Park.
Elsewhere, Sunderland remain bottom after only managing a 0-0 draw at home to Burnley, while 17th place Swansea were unable to pull clear of the relegation zone after losing 2-0 at Bournemouth.
Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace secured a third straight victory by seeing off Watford 1-0 at Selhurst Park, while champions Leicester continued their resurgence under new boss Craig Shakespeare with a 3-2 success at West Ham, their first away league win of the season.
Clearly, it was an exciting and fascinating weekend of Premier League action, and several supporters took to Twitter to express their views on the weekend’s matches, with City’s 1-1 draw coming in for high praise from some home fans…
On the whole I was impressed by the performance. Especially after Wednesday night #mcfc
— Michael Fitzmaurice (@mickyfitz) March 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/will_horsfield/status/843535196188262400
While many were rightly complimentary of John Stones’ performance at the Etihad on Sunday…
https://twitter.com/babanzara/status/843536684906176513
Thought Stones was outstanding today. He definitely put in a man of the match performance. #MCFC
— Matthew Shedden (@shedlemon) March 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/GaryMacG/status/843550476566183936
And Liverpool fans were also reasonably satisfied with a point from a thrilling encounter in Manchester…
https://twitter.com/dhealy09/status/843573640436289536
https://twitter.com/LFC_Barcelona/status/843584817111465986
Gutted we didn't win today but good performance still, Can in that no.6 role is working well, Hendo and Can together just doesn't work #LFC
— Ross Young (@RosssYoungx) March 19, 2017
Chelsea secured a huge win at Stoke on Saturday, with many eluding to their champion-like qualities to get the job done at the bet365 Stadium…
Championship performance from #cfc. One of those ugly games you have to win. #epl
— Andrew (@AndrewF301) March 18, 2017
Another championship winning performance in an extremely difficult game . League is almost in sight now just seven more wins #CFC #KTBFFH
— TheBluesHQ (@TheBluesHQ) March 18, 2017
Champions elect performance from @ChelseaFC Tough away day, late winner and now 13points clear, surely that the league wrapped up now #CFC
— Chris Francis (@Chri3youtwit) March 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Siyadha/status/843144852040642560
Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United finally left sixth place behind them by moving up to fifth on Sunday, with several Red Devils supporters delighted with the win even if the performance wasn’t as good…
https://twitter.com/JdotJames123/status/843576364720668672
https://twitter.com/SamiMUFC82/status/843487948020551682
https://twitter.com/HasinNoComment/status/843468302093639680
And it is Arsenal who they have replaced in fifth after their abject display in defeat at West Brom on Saturday, with Wenger’s future as boss once again subject to debate on Twitter…
#arsenal another shocking performance. They should be ashamed of themselves. Should be an honour to wear our great shirt. #AFC for life
— goonerforlife (@jimthegooner77) March 18, 2017
Sounds like another pathetic performance from Arsenal so we get a new manager will they get money to spend we need leaders in the team #AFC
— Tamara Tarr (@Tarr7) March 18, 2017
Another shocking performance! Gutless and that's not the first time I have written that this season. #AFC #Arsenal
— Chris Ead (@cjead10) March 18, 2017
Today's performance from #afc was unacceptably we deserved better #wengermustgo we need someone who can win us trophies not fight for 4th
— paul (@jamantybfofana) March 18, 2017