English Premier League

TEAMS PLAYING IN ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	36	25	5	6	96	46	50	80
2	Chelsea	36	24	6	6	69	26	43	78
3	Man City	35	24	5	6	93	35	58	77
4	Arsenal	36	22	7	7	65	41	24	73
5	Everton	36	20	9	7	57	36	21	69
6	Tottenham	36	20	6	10	52	49	3	66
7	Man United	35	18	6	11	60	40	20	60
8	Southampton	36	14	10	12	52	45	7	52
9	Newcastle	36	14	4	18	39	57	-18	46
10	Stoke City	36	11	11	14	39	50	-11	44
11	Crystal Palace	36	13	4	19	28	43	-15	43
12	Swansea City	36	10	9	17	51	52	-1	39
13	Hull City	35	10	7	18	36	45	-9	37
14	West Ham	36	10	7	19	38	49	-11	37
15	West Brom	35	7	15	13	42	54	-12	36
16	Aston Villa	35	9	8	18	36	53	-17	35
17	Sunderland	35	8	8	19	37	57	-20	32
18	Norwich City	36	8	8	20	28	60	-32	32
19	Fulham	36	9	4	23	37	79	-42	31
20	Cardiff City	36	7	9	20	31	69	-38	30

Liverpool squanders advantage at top of Premier League table

Manchester City has strong shot at overtaking Reds

The Premier League title race swung back in Manchester City's favour Sunday as the team took full advantage of Liverpool slipping up against Chelsea.

Liverpool still tops the standings despite losing 2-0 to Chelsea, which is now only two points behind with two games remaining.

But it's City that now has matters in its own hands after winning 2-0 at Crystal Palace. Despite still sitting third in the table, three points behind Liverpool, the 2012 champions have a game in hand and a superior goal difference.

With City playing at Everton on Saturday, Liverpool needs a huge favour from its neighbours at Goodison Park to regain the initiative in the title race. It's a race which is likely to go down to the final day on May 11.

City has Yaya Toure back from a thigh injury at just the right time. The influential midfielder scored one goal and set up City's second to overcome a Palace side that had secured its Premier League status by winning its previous five games, including against Chelsea.

Toure whipped in a cross in the fourth minute in south London that Edin Dzeko headed into the net. Just before halftime, Toure started and concluded a collective attacking advance by sending a curling shot past Julian Speroni.

Premier League RANKS TABLE

Rank	Team	Played (H | A)	Won (H | A)	Drawn (H | A)	Lost (H | A)	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	36 (18 | 18)	25 (15 | 10)	5 (1 | 4)	6 (2 | 4)	96	46	50	80
2	Chelsea	36 (18 | 18)	24 (15 | 9)	6 (2 | 4)	6 (1 | 5)	69	26	43	78
3	Manchester City	35 (17 | 18)	24 (15 | 9)	5 (1 | 4)	6 (1 | 5)	93	35	58	77
4	Arsenal	36 (18 | 18)	22 (12 | 10)	7 (5 | 2)	7 (1 | 6)	65	41	24	73
5	Everton	36 (18 | 18)	20 (13 | 7)	9 (3 | 6)	7 (2 | 5)	57	36	21	69
6	Tottenham Hotspur	36 (18 | 18)	20 (10 | 10)	6 (3 | 3)	10 (5 | 5)	52	49	3	66
7	Manchester United	35 (17 | 18)	18 (8 | 10)	6 (3 | 3)	11 (6 | 5)	60	40	20	60
8	Southampton	36 (18 | 18)	14 (8 | 6)	10 (5 | 5)	12 (5 | 7)	52	45	7	52
9	Newcastle United	36 (18 | 18)	14 (7 | 7)	4 (3 | 1)	18 (8 | 10)	39	57	-18	46
10	Stoke City	36 (18 | 18)	11 (9 | 2)	11 (6 | 5)	14 (3 | 11)	39	50	-11	44
11	Crystal Palace	36 (18 | 18)	13 (8 | 5)	4 (2 | 2)	19 (8 | 11)	28	43	-15	43
12	Swansea City	36 (18 | 18)	10 (6 | 4)	9 (5 | 4)	17 (7 | 10)	51	52	-1	39
13	Hull City	35 (18 | 17)	10 (7 | 3)	7 (4 | 3)	18 (7 | 11)	36	45	-9	37
14	West Ham United	36 (18 | 18)	10 (6 | 4)	7 (3 | 4)	19 (9 | 10)	38	49	-11	37
15	West Bromwich Albion	35 (18 | 17)	7 (4 | 3)	15 (9 | 6)	13 (5 | 8)	42	54	-12	36
16	Aston Villa	35 (18 | 17)	9 (5 | 4)	8 (3 | 5)	18 (10 | 8)	36	53	-17	35
17	Sunderland	35 (17 | 18)	8 (4 | 4)	8 (3 | 5)	19 (10 | 9)	37	57	-20	32
18	Norwich City	36 (18 | 18)	8 (6 | 2)	8 (6 | 2)	20 (6 | 14)	28	60	-32	32
19	Fulham	36 (18 | 18)	9 (5 | 4)	4 (2 | 2)	23 (11 | 12)	37	79	-42	31
20	Cardiff City	36 (18 | 18)	7 (5 | 2)	9 (5 | 4)	20 (8 | 12)	31	69	-38	30

·         Arsenal qualify for Champions League Qualifying via League Position. 

·         Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City qualify for Champions League via League Position. 

·         Everton and Tottenham Hotspur qualify for Europa Cup via League Position.