Arsenal end the weekend in sixth place following a win for Manchester United, level on points with seventh-placed Everton, in the Premier League on Sunday.
United kept their Champions League hopes alive agaist Sunderland. ;Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Marcus Rashford all scored, with Seb Larsson seeing red before the break, in a routine win.
Everton ended Leicester City’s winning run with a hugely entertaining 4-2 win. Arsenal will only return to fifth& if they beat Crystal Palace on Monday evening.
On Saturday, Chelsea restored their seven-point advantage over Premier League title rivals Tottenham with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth.
EPL | The Premier League table after 32 matches
Pos Team P W D L GD Pts
1 Chelsea 31 24 3 4 40 75
2 Tottenham 31 20 8 3 42 68
3 Liverpool 32 18 9 5 28 63
4 Man City 31 18 7 6 25 61
5 Man Utd 30 15 12 3 22 57
6 Arsenal 29 16 6 7 25 54
7 Everton 32 15 9 8 21 54
8 West Brom 32 12 8 12 -2 44
9 Southampton 30 11 7 12 0 40
10 Watford 31 10 7 14 -16 37
11 Leicester City 30 10 6 14 -10 36
12 Burnley 32 10 6 16 -12 36
13 Stoke 32 9 8 14 -13 36
14 West Ham 32 10 6 16 -15 36
15 Bournemouth 32 9 8 15 -14 35
16 Crystal Palace 30 9 4 17 -11 31
17 Hull City 32 8 6 18 -31 30
18 Swansea City 32 8 4 20 -30 28
19 Middlesbrough 31 4 12 15 -15 24
20 Sunderland 30 5 5 20 -29 20
Tottenham turned up the heat on with a convincing 4-0 victory over Watford at White Hart Lane to cut the gap to four points, but Antonio Conte’s Blues saw out another win in the south coast sunshine to close in on the title.
An own goal from Adam Smith and a fine Eden Hazard solo strike put Chelsea in control within 20 minutes, but Joshua King’s deflected strike handed Bournemouth hope going into half-time.
The Cherries grew in confidence, but Marcos Alonso made sure of the points with a stunning free-kick to keep Chelsea on course to finish top.
Dele Alli, Eric Dier and a double from Heung-min Son saw Spurs sweep aside an injury-hit Watford side in the lunchtime kick-off.
Harry Kane made his return from injury in the comprehensive win as the England man was introduced in the second period, while Tottenham’s goal difference now has a healthy look to it as the title race reaches its business end.
Elsewhere, West Ham won a crunch relegation clash at London Stadium as they beat Swansea 1-0 courtesy of a goal from Cheikhou Kouyate.
Liverpool have made life harder for Arsenal and Manchester United in the top-four battle as they fought back from a goal down to beat Stoke 2-1 at the bet365 Stadium, with Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho scoring off the bench in the second half.
Manchester City kept up the fight for Champions League qualification as they beat Hull 3-1, while relegation rivals Middlesbrough and Burnley saw out a 0-0 draw at the Riverside Stadium. Elsewhere, Southampton beat West Brom 1-0 in the battle for a top-eight finish.