Premier League Results Match Week 15: Chelsea Gives Spurs A Case Of The Blues; Merseyside Derby Postponed; No Vacation At The Cottage As Arsenal Drops Points In Derby With Fulham; Manchester City Draws At Crystal Palace; Manchester United Loses Again Under Amorim As Technical Director Ashworth Departs

Chelsea is within four points of Liverpool after the Blues triumphed 4-3 at Tottenham Hotspur while Liverpool was idled by Storm Darrah weather conditions which postponed the league leaders’ Merseyside derby with Everton. Chelsea is now bearing down on Liverpool after Manager Enzo Maresca’s side spotted Spurs two goals before launching a comeback which delivered a fourth consecutive win and extended its unbeaten run to seven matches. Cole Palmer scored twice on penalties against a habitually undisciplined Spurs side whose manager, Ange Postecoglou, once again came under fire for his wide-open tactics. Tottenham Hotspur has now won just one of its last five league matches to fall out of the top half of the table. Chelsea, meanwhile, continued its torrid scoring pace with Jadon Sancho and Enzo Fernandes also finding the net on Sunday. It was Sancho’s second goal in as many matches while Fernandes has redefined himself as an attack minded midfielder for Chelsea, scoring three goals during Chelsea’s four match winning run.

Arsenal is two points back of Chelsea after the Gunners dropped points in a 1-1 draw at Fulham. The equalizer by Arsenal’s William Saliba came by way of a corner, the means for each of Arsenal’s two goals against Manchester United the week before. The Gunners have scored from corners more than any club in Europe since the start of the 2023/24 season.

Manchester City’s celebration of its midweek win over Nottingham Forest, which ended a four-match losing run, did not last long. The Citizens drew 2-2 at Crystal Palace, dropping points for a seventh time this season. It could have been worse as the Citizens trailed twice during a match which saw Erling Haaland tie Mohamed Salah for the league scoring lead. While surely disappointed at giving back two leads, Crystal Palace still extended its unbeaten run to four matches as it tries to distance itself from the drop line after the club’s terrible start to this season.

Leicester remained a point above the 17th place Eagles as the Foxes’ new manager, Ruud van Nistelrooy remained undefeated as a Premier League manager. Van Nistelrooy was undefeated in four matches as interim Manchester United Manager and his streak continued as Leicester Manager after a Bobby De Cordova-Reid stoppage time goal gave the Foxes a 2-2 draw with Brighton. Van Nistelrooy now has a win and a draw with Leicester after winning three times and drawing once as interim manager of the Red Devils. Jamie Vardy has ironically scored in both matches for Van Nistelrooy, having broken his new manager’s Premier League record for scoring in consecutive Premier League matches back in 2015 when the Leicester legend scored in 11 straight matches.

Manchester United’s new permanent manager is not enjoying a great deal of success yet. The Red Devils dropped a second consecutive league match with a 3-2 home loss to Nottingham Forest. Though it is little fault of Amorim who just got there, Manchester United has its lowest point total after 15 matches of a league season since 1986/87. The mediocrity of the roster certainly may have played a role in the departure of Manchester United Sporting Director Dan Ashworth after just five months with the club. Patience is clearly wearing thin under the management of Sir Jim Ratcliffe and part owners INEOS. Nottingham Forest won at Old Trafford for the first time in almost thirty years as the Tricky Trees rose to seventh in the table with a second win in their last three matches.

All three of the currently relegation-bound clubs lost yet again with Wolverhampton Manager Gary O’Neil feeling the most pressure after Monday’s 2-1 loss at West Ham. Jarrod Bown scored in the 72nd minute to give Julen Lopetegui the edge in an endangered managers derby. Frustration boiled over after the match when Bowen was thrown to the pitch by  Wolverhampton player Mario Lemina during the postgame handshakes.

Bottom of the table Southampton were 1-0 losers at Aston Villa as Jhon Duran scored his first Premier League goal since September. The Saints have taken only five points this season and are currently eight points from safety in the table.

Ipswich Town, like Wolverhampton, is four points from safety after the Tractor Boys lost for a third consecutive time in 2-1 home loss to Bournemouth. A 95th minute goal by Bournemouth substitute Dango Ouattara broke the hearts of Ipswich home supporters and moved the Cherries to eighth in the table, one point ahead of deadlocked Brentford and Fulham.

The Bees stung Newcastle with four goals in a 4-2 home win at GTech Community Stadium. Brentford is somewhat shockingly the most successful home side in the Premier League this season, four points better than Liverpool with seven wins and a draw in their eight matches before home supporters. The Bees’ joint leading goal scorers, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa, each scored their ninth goal of the Premier League season in Saturday’s victory.