17:00 in the English "Premier" League, there were five more matches of the 18th round played.
The London "Chelsea" team faced unexpected rivals - tomorrow, when "Tottenham" enters the battle, the "Blues" have a slippery advantage against the "Wolves" and "Sheffield United" clubs.
"Sheffield Utd" defeated "Brighton" by a minimal margin in an away game and rose to fifth place. The only and winning goal of the match was scored by Oliver McBurnie.
In the other matches, "Wolves" defeated "Norwich" after a fierce battle. The "Wolves" conceded the first goal, but recovered in the second half - Romain Saiss and Raul Jimenez scored the goals.
At the moment, "Sheffield Utd" and "Chelsea" teams are separated by only one point, while "Wolves" are two points away from fourth place.
The remaining matches ended with victories for "Southampton", "Burnley", and "Newcastle".
Results:
"Brighton" 0 - 1 "Sheffield Utd" 23' [0 - 1] O. McBurnie
"Norwich" 1 - 2 "Wolves" 17' [1 - 0] T. Cantwell 60' [1 - 1] R. Saiss 81' [1 - 2] R. Jimenez
"Aston Villa" 1 - 3 "Southampton" 21' [0 - 1] D. Ings 31' [0 - 2] J. Stephens 51' [0 - 3] D. Ings 75' [1 - 3] J. Grealish
"Newcastle" 1 - 0 "Crystal Palace" 83' [1 - 0] M. Almiron
"Bournemouth" 0 - 1 "Burnley" 89' [0 - 1] J. Rodriguez