Gameweek 26 of the Premier League continued on Monday night as Manchester United beat Chelsea for the third time this season.
Harry Maguire escaped a red card in the first half before heading home in the second, after Anthony Martial put United ahead, to keep their Champions League hopes alive.
The result took on extra significance as there stands to be a new prize on offer after Uefa’s two-season European ban was sanctioned to Manchester City, with fifth place now awarding a Champions League spot (should Man City finish inside the top four.
Sixth, seventh and possibly eighth place (if City win next month’s Carabao Cup final) will see sides qualify for the Europa League.
Two sides that could benefit are Wolves and Leicester, who returned after a fortnight away from competitive match action, but played out a 0-0 draw on Friday night.
On Saturday, Southampton lost 2-1 at home to Burnley in the lunchtime kick-off before runaway leaders Liverpool battled to a 1-0 win at Norwich City.
Tottenham struck late to beat Aston Villa 3-2 at Villa Park before Newcastle were thumped 4-0 by Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, while Odion Ighalo will be in the travelling squad when Manchester United face Chelsea on Monday night.
In the final fixture of the gameweek, Manchester City host West Ham in Wednesday's rearranged fixture after the initial game, first scheduled for last Sunday, was postponed due to adverse weather caused by Storm Ciara.
Premier League table: 2019-20 EPL standings today
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Liverpool | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 76 |
| 2 | Man City | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 54 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 50 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 41 |
| 5 | Tottenham | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Sheffield Utd | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 39 |
| 7 | Man Utd | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Wolves | 26 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 |
| 9 | Everton | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 36 |
| 10 | Arsenal | 26 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 34 |
| 11 | Burnley | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 33 |
| 12 | Newcastle | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | -16 | 31 |
| 13 | Southampton | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | -16 | 31 |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | -9 | 30 |
| 15 | Brighton | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 27 |
| 16 | Bournemouth | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | -14 | 26 |
| 17 | Aston Villa | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | -16 | 25 |
| 18 | West Ham | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 24 |
| 19 | Watford | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -16 | 24 |
| 20 | Norwich | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -24 | 18 |
Gameweek 26 fixtures and results
| Friday, February 14 | Kick-off | Our coverage | TV/highlights |
| Wolves 0-0 Leicester | 8pm | Sky Sports | |
| Saturday, February 15 | |||
| Southampton 1-2 Burnley | 12.30pm |
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| Norwich 0-1 Liverpool | 5.30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Sunday, February 16 |
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| Aston Villa 2-3 Tottenham | 2pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Arsenal 4-0 Newcastle | 4.30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Monday, February 17 | |||
| Chelsea 0-2 Man Utd | 8pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Wednesday, February 19 | |||
| Man City vs West Ham | 7.30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
Gameweek 25 results
| Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Kick-off | Our coverage | TV/highlights |
| Leicester 2-2 Chelsea | 12:30pm | Report | BT Sport 1 |
| Bournemouth 2-1 Aston Villa | 3pm | ||
| Crystal Palace 0-1 Sheff Utd | 3pm | Report |
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| Liverpool 4-0 Southampton | 3pm | Report | |
| Newcastle 0-0 Norwich | 3pm |
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| Watford 2-3 Everton | 3pm |
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| West Ham 3-3 Brighton | 3pm | Report | |
| Man Utd 0-0 Wolves | 5:30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Sunday, February 2, 2020 |
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| Burnley 0-0 Arsenal | 2pm | Report | Sky Sports |
| Tottenham 2-0 Man City | 4:30pm | Report | Sky Sports |
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