Premier League review: Easy for Man City; Dwight McNeil scores stunner in Burnley win; Chelsea held by Leeds

Results

• Leeds 0-0 Chelsea
• Crystal Palace 1-0 West Brom
• Everton 1-2 Burnley
• Fulham 0-3 Manchester City

Fulham 0-3 Man City

Sergio Aguero scored his first Premier League goal in 14 months as Manchester City extended their lead at the top of the Premier League with a 3-0 win at Fulham.

Fulham managed to hold off City until the second half but they struck three times in 13 minutes to secure the victory which helped them move 17 points clear of Manchester United at the summit.

John Stones opened the scoring after tapping home a Joao Cancelo free-kick before Gabriel Jesus benefited from a lucky ricochet when Fulham tried to clear for City’s second.

Aguero stepped up and calmly drove the ball into the corner of the net and past Alphonse Areola from the penalty spot after former City defender Tosin Adarabioyo fouled Ferran Torres to seal the three points.

Everton 1-2 Burnley

Burnley eased their relegation worries with a 2-1 victory over Everton as a third defeat in four at Goodison Park dented their top-four hopes.

Home form is becoming something of an issue on Merseyside: neighbours Liverpool have lost six in a row, Everton have won just one of the last seven in which they have been beaten by bottom-six sides Newcastle, Fulham and now the Clarets.

With fourth-placed Chelsea drawing at Leeds earlier in the day Carlo Ancelotti’s side had the chance to move within two points with a match in hand but they blew it as they were not only out-fought but out-played for large parts as the visitors’ deserved victory moved them seven clear of the bottom three.

Chris Wood's effort, a goal that landed a winning 9/2 tip for Tom Carnduff who backed the opening goal to come between 10:00-19:59, and a superb strike from the excellent Dwight McNeil put them 2-0 up inside 25 minutes and it could easily have been more and even Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s 14th Premier League goal of the season failed to spark a reaction.

To add more injury to the pain of defeat Everton lost England number one Jordan Pickford to the recurrence of a rib problem.

Leeds 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea extended their unbeaten Premier League run to 10 matches in an entertaining goalless draw at Leeds.

The Blues, who have not lost in 12 games in all competitions under manager Thomas Tuchel, were given a thorough workout by Leeds, who fully deserved their point.

Both sides struck the crossbar in a frenetic first half and both goalkeepers were forced into decisive saves.

It was also another clean sheet for Tuchel’s side, who have conceded only two goals since he replaced Frank Lampard in January.

Leeds drew their first match since November – 0-0 against Arsenal at Elland Road – and fell one game short of setting a new club record of 19 successive league fixtures without a draw.

Crystal Palace 1-0 West Brom

Luka Milivojevic's decisive penalty moved Crystal Palace up to 11th with a 1-0 victory over West Brom at Selhurst Park.

VAR awarded the penalty after Darnell Furlong handled the ball in the area when unchallenged in the 36th minute, and the Palace captain duly dispatched his 22nd spot-kick since joining the Eagles.

The defeat leaves West Brom eight points from safety, with Sam Allardyce's side having just nine games to pull off what would be a miraculous escape.

Having put in some improved performances in recent weeks, the Baggies never got going on Saturday, failing to register a big chance, while mustering a measly expected goals (xG) total of 0.67.

That means that the relegation threatened side have now failed to score in four of their last five, with all five of those games seeing under 1.5 goals, with this 1-0 defeat providing a winning tip for Jake Osgathorpe who followed that trend.

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