Arsenal breathed life into their top-four bid with a deserved 2-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday evening.
Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny both scored in a dominant first-half show and Chelsea had no response in a toothless display.
Liverpool came from behind to beat Crystal Palace and open up a seven-point gap at the top as Manchester United won a sixth game on the trot.
Alexandre Lacazette and Laurent Koscielny both scored in a dominant first-half show and Chelsea had no response in a toothless display.
Liverpool came from behind to beat Crystal Palace and open up a seven-point gap at the top as Manchester United won a sixth game on the trot.
Andros Townsend had given Manchester United a half-time lead but the table-toppers were ahead within 10 minutes of the restart and had a Julian Speroni howler to thank for the three points. Paul Pogba, a penalty, and Marcus Rashford did enough to down Brighton.
Elsewhere, Callum Wilson was back and among the goals as West Ham were beaten. Newcastle and Southampton won, against Cardiff and Everton respectively. Waford and Burnley played out a stalemate.
Earlier on Saturday, Wolves beat Leicester City in a thrilling 4-3 victory at Molineux to kick off the action. Sunday sees champions Manchester City take on basement-dwellers Huddersfield before an injury-hit Tottenham take on Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Here’s how the EPL table looks on gameweek 22…
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Liverpool | 23 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 60 |
| 2 | Man City | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 53 |
| 3 | Tottenham | 22 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 48 | |
| 4 | Chelsea | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 47 |
| 5 | Arsenal | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 44 |
| 6 | Man Utd | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 44 |
| 7 | Watford | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 | |
| 8 | Wolves | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 32 |
| 9 | Leicester | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 31 | |
| 10 | West Ham | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 31 |
| 11 | Everton | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Bournemouth | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | -9 | 30 |
| 13 | Brighton | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | -7 | 26 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Southampton | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -15 | 22 |
| 16 | Burnley | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -20 | 22 |
| 17 | Newcastle | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -12 | 21 |
| 18 | Cardiff City | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -25 | 19 |
| 19 | Fulham | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -29 | 14 |
| 20 | Huddersfield | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | -24 | 11 |
EPL fixtures | Gameweek 23
| Saturday, January 19 | Kickoff (GMT) | Coverage | TV |
| Wolves 4-3 Leicester | 12.30pm | Sky Sports | |
| Bournemouth 2-0 West Ham | 3pm | – | |
| Liverpool 4-3 Crystal Palace | 3pm | – | |
| Man Utd 2-1 Brighton | 3pm | – | |
| Newcastle 3-0 Cardiff | 3pm | ||
| Southampton 2-1 Everton | 3pm | ||
| Watford 0-0 Burnley | 3pm | ||
| Arsenal 2-0 Chelsea | 5:30pm | LIVE | BT Sport |
| Sunday, January 20 | |||
| Huddersfield vs Man City | 1:30pm | Sky Sports | |
| Fulham vs Tottenham | 4pm | Sky Sports |
EPL fixtures | Gameweek 22
| Saturday, January 12 | Kickoff (GMT) | Coverage | TV |
| West Ham 1-0 Arsenal | 12.30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Brighton 0-1 Liverpool | 3pm | Report | |
| Burnley 2-1 Fulham | 3pm | Report | |
| Cardiff 0-0 Huddersfield | 3pm | ||
| Crystal Palace 1-2 Watford | 3pm | Report | |
| Leicester 1-2 Southampton | 3pm | ||
| Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle | 5:30pm | Report | BT Sport |
| Sunday, 13 January | |||
| Everton 2-0 Bournemouth | 2:15pm | Sky Sports | |
| Tottenham 0-1 Man Utd | 4:30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Monday, 14 January | |||
| Man City 3-0 Wolves | 8pm | Report | Sky Sports |
Source: Evening Standard
