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The Premier League is back in action in midweek as the transfer window also draws to a close in the coming days.
Swansea climbed out of the relegation zone for the first time in three months as Petr Cech's dreadful clanger helped condemn Arsenal to a 3-1 defeat at the Liberty Stadium.
Mark Noble's penalty cancelled out a rare Christian Benteke goal as injury-hit West Ham battled to a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace at the London Stadium, while Liverpool eased to a 3-0 win at Huddersfield.
There should be plenty more drama on the pitch on Wednesday despite it also being deadline day, with Tottenham hosting Manchester United, Chelsea taking on Bournemouth, and Manchester City welcoming West Brom among the seven fixtures.
Here's the lay of the land for gameweek 25...
EPL Table | Premier League 2017-18 season standings
Pos Team P W D L GD Pts 1 Man City 24 21 2 1 52 65 2 Man United 24 16 5 3 33 53 3 Chelsea 24 15 5 4 29 50 4 Liverpool 25 14 8 3 28 50 5 Tottenham 24 13 6 5 25 45 6 Arsenal 25 12 6 7 12 42 7 Leicester 24 9 7 8 4 34 8 Burnley 24 9 7 8 -2 34 9 Everton 24 7 7 10 -13 28 10 West Ham 25 6 9 10 -12 27 11 Watford 24 7 5 12 -11 26 12 Crystal Palace 25 6 8 11 -15 26 13 Bournemouth 24 6 7 11 -11 25 14 Huddersfield 24 6 6 12 -22 24 15 Newcastle 24 6 5 13 -12 23 16 Brighton 24 5 8 11 -16 23 17 Swansea 25 6 5 14 -18 23 18 Stoke 24 6 5 13 -25 23 19 Southampton 24 4 10 10 -11 22 20 West Brom 24 3 11 10 -12 20
Gameweek 24 results
Saturday, January 20 Kickoff Coverage TV Brighton 0 Chelsea 4 12:30pm Report Sky Sports Arsenal 4 Crystal Palace 1 3pm Report Burnley 0 Man United 1 3pm Report Everton 1 West Brom 1 3pm Leicester 2 Watford 0 3pm Stoke 2 Huddersfield 0 3pm West Ham 1 Bournemouth 1 3pm Report Man City 3 Newcastle 1 5:30pm Report BT Sport Sunday, January 21 Kickoff Coverage TV Southampton 1 Tottenham 1 4pm Report Sky Sports Monday, January 22 Kickoff Coverage TV Swansea 1 Liverpool 0 8pm Report Sky Sports
Gameweek 25 fixtures
Tuesday, January 30 Kickoff Coverage TV Swansea 3 Arsenal 1 7:45pm LIVE West Ham 1 Crystal Palace 1 7:45pm LIVE Huddersfield 0 Liverpool 3 8pm LIVE BT Sport Wednesday, January 31 Chelsea vs Bournemouth 7:45pm LIVE Everton vs Leicester 7:45pm Newcastle vs Burnley 7:45pm Southampton vs Brighton 7:45pm Man City vs West Brom 8pm LIVE Stoke vs Watford 8pm Tottenham vs Man United 8pm LIVE Sky Sports
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Football: Petre Cech has gifted Swansea the lead with a horror mistake in goal.
PETR Cech’s howler rocked Arsenal as they crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat at Swansea, while Liverpool cruised to victory over Huddersfield on Tuesday.
Arsenal goalkeeper Cech’s miscued attempt to clear allowed Jordan Ayew to slot home Swansea’s second goal at the Liberty Stadium.
It was the killer blow for Arsenal, who had already seen Sam Clucas equalise just one minute after Nacho Monreal put the visitors ahead from Mesut Ozil’s pass in the 33rd minute.
Clucas claimed his second four minutes from time to finish off Arsenal, who have now won just once in their last five league games.
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The result leaves Gunners manager Arsene Wenger still searching for his first away win of 2018, despite a second-half debut for substitute Henrikh Mkhitaryan following his move from Manchester United.
The Gunners are in sixth place, trailing eight points behind fourth-placed Liverpool in the race to qualify for the Champions League via a top-four finish.
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The arrival of Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, set to sign on Wednesday’s transfer deadline day, can’t come soon enough for Wenger.
The result also completes remarkable back-to-back victories for Swansea over Liverpool and now Arsenal.
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They are out of the relegation zone and have transformed their season with three wins in five league games under new boss Carlos Carvalhal.
At the John Smith’s Stadium, Liverpool got back on track in emphatic fashion thanks to goals from Emre Can, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in a 3-0 win.
The Reds had endured frustrating defeats against Swansea in the league and West Brom in the FA Cup.
But Jurgen Klopp’s men dominated possession and from the moment Emre Can rocketed home a long-range opener in the 26th minute the result was never in doubt.
Roberto Firmino extended Liverpool’s lead on the stroke of half-time when he somehow squeezed the ball home from the goal-line after being played in by a clever Sadio Mane back-heel.
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Klopp had left Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk on the bench, but the absence of the club-record signing was hardly noticed as the Reds continued in cruise control, with Salah completing the scoring from the penalty spot in the 78th minute after Can was tripped up in the box.
A Mark Noble penalty helped West Ham shrug off the disappointment of their embarrassing FA Cup fourth round defeat at Wigan with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Crystal Palace.
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Roy Hodgson’s much-improved Eagles grabbed the lead in the 24th minute when Christian Benteke rose to steer an Andros Townsend cross home from close range.
But the Hammers were level just before the break after Javier Hernandez was brought down by James Tomkins in the box.
Hernandez came closest to a winner when his 51st-minute effort was brilliantly saved by Wayne Hennessey.
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1 team hasn't moved Man City 24 21 2 1 70 18 52 65 W Won against Newcastle United on December 27th 2017. D Drew against Crystal Palace on December 31st 2017. W Won against Watford on January 2nd 2018. L Lost against Liverpool on January 14th 2018. W Won against Newcastle United on January 20th 2018.
2 team hasn't moved Man Utd 24 16 5 3 49 16 33 53 D Drew against Burnley on December 26th 2017. D Drew against Southampton on December 30th 2017. W Won against Everton on January 1st 2018. W Won against Stoke City on January 15th 2018. W Won against Burnley on January 20th 2018.
3 team hasn't moved Chelsea 24 15 5 4 45 16 29 50 W Won against Brighton & Hove Albion on December 26th 2017. W Won against Stoke City on December 30th 2017. D Drew against Arsenal on January 3rd 2018. D Drew against Leicester City on January 13th 2018. W Won against Brighton & Hove Albion on January 20th 2018.
4 team hasn't moved Liverpool 25 14 8 3 57 29 28 50 W Won against Leicester City on December 30th 2017. W Won against Burnley on January 1st 2018. W Won against Manchester City on January 14th 2018. L Lost against Swansea City on January 22nd 2018. W Won against Huddersfield Town on January 30th 2018.
5 team hasn't moved Tottenham 24 13 6 5 47 22 25 45 W Won against Southampton on December 26th 2017. W Won against Swansea City on January 2nd 2018. D Drew against West Ham United on January 4th 2018. W Won against Everton on January 13th 2018. D Drew against Southampton on January 21st 2018.
6 team hasn't moved Arsenal 25 12 6 7 46 34 12 42 D Drew against West Bromwich Albion on December 31st 2017. D Drew against Chelsea on January 3rd 2018. L Lost against AFC Bournemouth on January 14th 2018. W Won against Crystal Palace on January 20th 2018. L Lost against Swansea City on January 30th 2018.
7 team hasn't moved Leicester 24 9 7 8 36 32 4 34 L Lost against Watford on December 26th 2017. L Lost against Liverpool on December 30th 2017. W Won against Huddersfield Town on January 1st 2018. D Drew against Chelsea on January 13th 2018. W Won against Watford on January 20th 2018.
8 team hasn't moved Burnley 24 9 7 8 19 21 -2 34 D Drew against Manchester United on December 26th 2017. D Drew against Huddersfield Town on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Liverpool on January 1st 2018. L Lost against Crystal Palace on January 13th 2018. L Lost against Manchester United on January 20th 2018.
9 team hasn't moved Everton 24 7 7 10 26 39 -13 28 D Drew against West Bromwich Albion on December 26th 2017. L Lost against AFC Bournemouth on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Manchester United on January 1st 2018. L Lost against Tottenham Hotspur on January 13th 2018. D Drew against West Bromwich Albion on January 20th 2018.
10 team has moved up West Ham 25 6 9 10 31 43 -12 27 W Won against West Bromwich Albion on January 2nd 2018. D Drew against Tottenham Hotspur on January 4th 2018. W Won against Huddersfield Town on January 13th 2018. D Drew against AFC Bournemouth on January 20th 2018. D Drew against Crystal Palace on January 30th 2018.
11 team has moved down Watford 24 7 5 12 33 44 -11 26 W Won against Leicester City on December 26th 2017. L Lost against Swansea City on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Manchester City on January 2nd 2018. D Drew against Southampton on January 13th 2018. L Lost against Leicester City on January 20th 2018.
12 team has moved up Crystal Palace 25 6 8 11 23 38 -15 26 D Drew against Manchester City on December 31st 2017. W Won against Southampton on January 2nd 2018. W Won against Burnley on January 13th 2018. L Lost against Arsenal on January 20th 2018. D Drew against West Ham United on January 30th 2018.
13 team has moved down Bournemouth 24 6 7 11 25 36 -11 25 D Drew against West Ham United on December 26th 2017. W Won against Everton on December 30th 2017. D Drew against Brighton & Hove Albion on January 1st 2018. W Won against Arsenal on January 14th 2018. D Drew against West Ham United on January 20th 2018.
14 team hasn't moved Huddersfield 25 6 6 13 19 44 -25 24 D Drew against Burnley on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Leicester City on January 1st 2018. L Lost against West Ham United on January 13th 2018. L Lost against Stoke City on January 20th 2018. L Lost against Liverpool on January 30th 2018.
15 team hasn't moved Newcastle 24 6 5 13 22 34 -12 23 L Lost against Manchester City on December 27th 2017. D Drew against Brighton & Hove Albion on December 30th 2017. W Won against Stoke City on January 1st 2018. D Drew against Swansea City on January 13th 2018. L Lost against Manchester City on January 20th 2018.
16 team hasn't moved Brighton 24 5 8 11 17 33 -16 23 L Lost against Chelsea on December 26th 2017. D Drew against Newcastle United on December 30th 2017. D Drew against AFC Bournemouth on January 1st 2018. L Lost against West Bromwich Albion on January 13th 2018. L Lost against Chelsea on January 20th 2018.
17 team has moved up Swansea 25 6 5 14 18 36 -18 23 W Won against Watford on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Tottenham Hotspur on January 2nd 2018. D Drew against Newcastle United on January 13th 2018. W Won against Liverpool on January 22nd 2018. W Won against Arsenal on January 30th 2018.
18 team has moved down Stoke 24 6 5 13 25 50 -25 23 D Drew against Huddersfield Town on December 26th 2017. L Lost against Chelsea on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Newcastle United on January 1st 2018. L Lost against Manchester United on January 15th 2018. W Won against Huddersfield Town on January 20th 2018.
19 team has moved down Southampton 24 4 10 10 24 35 -11 22 L Lost against Tottenham Hotspur on December 26th 2017. D Drew against Manchester United on December 30th 2017. L Lost against Crystal Palace on January 2nd 2018. D Drew against Watford on January 13th 2018. D Drew against Tottenham Hotspur on January 21st 2018.
