Top 3 in the English Premier League Win to Keep Standings Close

As of Tuesday, December 1^st, 2021 the standings of the English Premier League (EPL) are as follows:

Rank Team GP W D L P

• Chelsea 14 10 3 1 33
• Manchester City 14 10 2 2 32
• Liverpool 14 9 4 1 31
• West Ham United 14 7 3 4 24
• Arsenal 13 7 2 4 23
• Wolverhampton Wanderers 14 6 3 5 21
• Brighton & Hove Albion 14 4 7 3 19
• Leicester City 14 5 4 5 19
• Tottenham Hotspur 12 6 1 5 19
• Manchester United 13 5 3 5 18
• Brentford 13 4 4 5 16
• Crystal Palace 14 3 7 4 16
• Aston Villa 14 5 1 8 16
• Everton 14 4 3 7 15
• Leeds United 14 3 6 5 15
• Southampton 14 3 6 5 15
• Watford 14 4 1 9 13
• Burnley 13 1 7 5 10
• Norwich City 14 2 4 8 10
• Newcastle United 14 0 7 7 7

Presently the top three places in the English Premier League go to, in order of, Chelsea, Manchester City, and Liverpool and all 3 of those football clubs won their latest matches. Only 2 points separates these 3 powerhouse teams in the standings of the Premier League. With Liverpool truly entertaining their fans across the globe in their last game against the Everton.

Liverpool rocked 4 – goals for a 3^rd – consecutive match as they embarrassed Everton with a final tally of 4 to 1 on Wednesday, December 8^th, 2021 as they raised Liverpool’s goal scoring total to 43 over the course of 14 contests which is currently the highest in a major European league so far this season.

Jürgen Klopp’s 2020 EPL champs remain in 3^rd – place, but with another 24 matches that are left to go this season there is a lot of time for things to shake out in the Premier League as of now.

It is a rare situation when the three front – runners were playing at the same time on the same day, but boy we were all so lucky today. Manchester City defeated Aston Villa with a final score of 2 to 1 in order to remain just 1- point ahead of the 3^rd – place Liverpool. Manchester City stays in 2^nd – place of the EPL. Chelsea remains only 1 – point above all in the English Premier League following the beat down that they gave Watford by the same exact tally of the game mentioned above.

The top 3 EPL football clubs pulled away from the 4^th – place West Ham United who was eventually held to a 1 to 1 draw by Brighton & Hove Albion. Leicester City and Southampton also had a 2 to 2 draw, while the meeting between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burnley ended goalless.

Sources:

The Associated Press News Services. “Liverpool entertains as EPL’s top 3 all win to stay close”. The Associated Press. December 1, 2021.

“English Premier League Table 2021 – 22”. ESPN. December 1, 2021.