Premier League Week 36 Results
| Everton v Bournemouth | 2-1 |
| Newcastle v Crystal Palace | 1-0 |
| Stoke v Sunderland | 1-1 |
| Watford v Aston Villa | 3-2 |
| WBA v West Ham | 0-3 |
| Arsenal v Norwich | 1-0 |
| Swansea v Liverpool | - |
| Manchester United v Leicester | - |
| Southampton v Manchester City | - |
| Chelsea v Spurs | - |
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Latest Premier League Odds
| Sunderland | 5-4 |
| Newcastle United | 11-8 |
| Norwich City | 4-1 |
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| Arsenal | 1-33 |
| Manchester City | 1-6 |
| Manchester United | 7-2 |
| West Ham United | 22-1 |
| Liverpool | 50-1 |
Oddschecker
Premier League Table
| 1 | Leicester City | 35 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 63 | 33 | 30 | 76 |
| 2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 35 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 65 | 26 | 39 | 69 |
| 3 | Arsenal | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 59 | 34 | 25 | 67 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 66 | 34 | 32 | 64 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 35 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 59 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 59 |
| 7 | Liverpool | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 45 | 13 | 55 |
| 8 | Southampton | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 37 | 12 | 54 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 52 | -14 | 48 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 53 | 46 | 7 | 47 |
| 11 | Everton | 35 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 44 |
| 12 | Watford | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 36 | 42 | -6 | 44 |
| 13 | West Bromwich Albion | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 46 | -14 | 41 |
| 14 | Bournemouth | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 43 | 63 | -20 | 41 |
| 15 | Swansea City | 35 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 49 | -15 | 40 |
| 16 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 | 46 | -10 | 39 |
| 17 | Newcastle United | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 39 | 64 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | Sunderland | 35 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 40 | 58 | -18 | 32 |
| 19 | Norwich City | 35 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 61 | -26 | 31 |
| 20 | Aston Villa | 36 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 72 | -45 | 16 |
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Saturday Recap
Karl Darlow was the hero in Newcastle on Saturday as he made a number of key saves, including a penalty stop from former Magpies midfielder Yohan Cabaye.
The 'keeper made excellent saves to deny the Frenchman and Yannick Bolasie in the first half before Andros Townsend curled in a stunning free-kick in the second half, per the Premier League:
After the winger's fourth goal for the club since joining in January, it was Darlow again who proved vital when Palace were inexplicably handed a penalty, per the Daily Mail's Craig Hope:
Buoyed by the save, Newcastle held on for the much-needed three points. Toon legend Alan Shearer praised Townsend, Darlow and Jamaal Lascelles for their efforts:
Sunderland put a slight damper on their celebrations, though. Sam Allardyce's side looked to be heading toward defeat after Marko Arnautovic lashed home Peter Crouch's knock-down, early in the second half, but late misses from Glenn Whelan and Gianelli Imbula proved costly for the Potters.
Deep into injury time, Geoff Cameron tripped Defoe inside the area, and the striker made no mistake from the spot to rescue an invaluable point.
Norwich came off the worst as they lost their third successive match.
Prior to the game, the attention was on Arsene Wenger and the planned protests against him and the club, per Sky Sports'
Stephen Turner. However, according to the Sunday World's Kevin Palmer and ESPN's Alex Shaw the dissenting voices were drowned out by a wave of support for the Frenchman:
In a fairly unexciting contest, Danny Welbeck fired home Olivier Giroud's knock-down to give the Gunners the win. The defeat leaves the Canaries behind Newcastle and Sunderland, but like the Black Cats they have a game in hand over the former.
West Ham were ruthless in their match with the Baggies. Cheikhou Kouyate's header gave them the lead, after Dimitri Payet had expertly picked out the Senegalese midfielder. Kouyate turned provider for their second, when he set up Mark Noble on the stroke of half-time.
The Englishman had his brace in the second half when he lashed home a volley from Andy Carroll's cross. Squawka Football provided his impressive numbers:
Tom Cleverley got Everton off to the perfect start at Goodison Park as he arrowed a low strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the area just seven minutes in.
Their lead lasted only two minutes, though, when Callum Wilson outmuscled Matt Pennington on the right and delivered the ball into the box, where Marc Pugh was on hand to finish from close range.
Leighton Baines' strike in the second half proved decisive, the left-back lashing the ball into the roof of the net from eight yards out to give the Toffees their first win in eight Premier League matches.
Aston Villa took the lead through Ciaran Clark's first-half header, and as Squawka Football noted, it put them in an unfamiliar position this season:
Almen Abdi's delightful free-kick saw the Hornets equalise just before the break, but three minutes after the restart ,Jordan Ayew drove the ball in after playing a neat one-two with Rudy Gestede to restore the visitors' lead.
Villa's afternoon took a wrong turn when Aly Cissokho was perhaps harshly sent off—he tackled Ikechi Anya to deny a goalscoring opportunity, but he appeared to get the ball—and as Watford steadily built up the pressure, they eventually buckled when Troy Deeney headed home in the 90th minute.
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There was still time for further heartbreak, though, when Deeney picked out the corner from the edge of the box to condemn Villa to their 11th successive league defeat.
Eric Black's side showed some positives—their play at times was far better than they've shown for much of the campaign and would likely put them on course for promotion if they can replicate it in the Championship next season—but the same old frailties displayed themselves once again.
Above them, the battle for survival is firmly raging on, and it looks likely to come down to the final day.
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