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Liverpool retain two points ahead of the Premier League after a 2-0 win in Cardiff City after Manchester City beat Tottenham 1-0 to keep up the pressure.
In the battle for the Champions League places, Arsenal was beaten 3-2 at home by Crystal Palace and Manchester United sank in a 4-0 defeat at Everton.
At the other end of the table, Brighton claimed a hard-earned point by holding the Wolves tied.
Fulham's badured a 1-0 win at Bournemouth and Huddersfield sank 2-1 at home against Watford.
Newcastle beat Southampton 3-1, while West Ham and Leicester shared four goals.
This is my team of the week – read it and choose yours below.
Goalkeeper – Ederson (Man City)
I thought Ederson had had a nightmare for Manchester City in the epic quarter-final of the Champions League against the Spurs midweek. If he had played something like he had done in the match just as crucial against the same opposition, City would be in the semifinals.
But fortune is at the service of the brave and the Brazilian goalkeeper has not only been introduced to this match but he did what he had not done Wednesday night – prevent his Heung-min from harming more to the future prospects of City.
Did you know? Since the start of last season, Ederson has kept 33 white sheets – more than any other goalie in the Premier League.
Defenders – Seamus Coleman (Everton), Joel Matip (Liverpool), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
Seamus Coleman: He now wears Captain Everton's armband and rightly so. Seamus Coleman played a leading role in the wins over Arsenal, Chelsea and now Manchester United. United were poor at Goodison Park and, even if they should beat Everton, the emotional impact of losing to Barcelona in the Champions League can not be underestimated.
Did you know? Everton has won 44% of his matches with Coleman in the Premier League team this season, versus 25% when he is not playing.
Joel Matip: Normally, I do not look beyond Virgil van Dijk in the back of Liverpool when the white sheets have been maintained and the matches won, but on this occasion, I think I have to do it. Joel Matip was superb against Cardiff and eclipsed even the brilliant Van Dijk. The defense of Matip is much more taken into account since the arrival of the Dutch – but it is the quality of its distribution that leaves me speechless.
Did you know? Liverpool are undefeated in the 21 Premier League games when Matip played this season, averaging just 0.7 goals conceded per game during that period.
Virgil van Dijk: Virgil van Dijk is on the brink of winning the Premier League title. The former Southampton defenseman has come a long way since his debut at Celtic, but my advice for the year – round player of the PFA players, is to play with a calm and calm that I have only rarely seen this stage of the season. Has anyone told him what is at stake here?
Did you know? Van Dijk has won 77% of his Premier League air duels this season.
Midfielders – Bernardo Silva (Man City), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool), Phil Foden (Man City)
Bernardo Silva: If you want to know the difference between the two clubs in Manchester, study the reaction of both teams after their exit from the Champions League midweek. Manchester United succumbed to Goodison Park as City dug deep and clinched a crucial win to keep their title up. Bernardo Silva was remarkable against a team from Tottenham who wanted to do even more damage than they did midweek. Fortunately, Bernardo had other ideas.
Did you know? Bernardo was directly involved in seven of Manchester City's 15 throws against Tottenham. He made three attempts and created four.
Gylfi Sigurdsson: It was not so long ago that Everton was going through a shocking period of games and questions were raised about the suitability of manager Marco Silva for this position. Gylfi Sigurdsson has emerged as one of the fires of Everton's resurgence since that time. His goal against Manchester United struggling with a mental defeat was crucial in Everton 's excellent win 4-0 at Goodison Park.
Did you know? Sigurdsson was directly involved in nine Premier League goals against Manchester United (five goals, four badists), more than any other club in the competition.
Georginio Wijnaldum: What a finish of Georginio Wijnaldum. I did not even expect Wijnaldum to play for Liverpool in Cardiff, but the Netherlands' international was sitting at the front of the group of four at the back and seemed supreme while he and his teammates were slowly carrying the Bluebirds. Cardiff was brilliant for 50 minutes, but once Wijnaldum hit the ball past Neil Etheridge in Cardiff's goal, the match was over.
Did you know? Wijnaldum's goal for Liverpool was only his second goal scored in the Premier League, while the other 19 went home.
Phil Foden: When one is 18 and is asked to fill David Silva's boots, it is better to be good. So what are you doing? After only five minutes, you score your first goal in the Premier League. That's what fairy tales are made of, but that's what happened to Phil Foden on Saturday.
Manchester City left the Champions League Wednesday night because they could not face the Spurs in the counterattack. For the same reason, they had the chance to win all three points of the game.
Did you know? Foden, 18, scored his first Premier League goal for Manchester City, becoming the third youngest player to score in the club competition (after Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge).
Before – Gerard Deulofeu (Watford), Ayoze Perez (Newcastle), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace)
Gérard Deulofeu: He is again. Gerard Deulofeu produced two moments of magic against Huddersfield Town, whose manager, Jan Siewert, sometimes seemed more animated than his team. Deulofeu does not score ordinary goals – they tend to be exquisite, which makes it all the more annoying as we wait for whole weeks for the Spanish international to do something amazing.
Did you know? Deulofeu has scored six goals in his last five Premier League matches with Watford.
Ayoze Perez: What a way to score your ninth, tenth and eleventh goals in the league! play against Southampton in front of St James's Park and Alan Shearer watch in the Match of the Day studio. I do not think it's better for Ayoze Perez.
The Spaniard found that it was a bit of a challenge in the past for the other's back, but he did his best so that Shearer could watch him. Life is nothing if it is not a matter of timing.
Did you know? Perez's hat-trick was Newcastle's first Premier League title since October 2015, when Georginio Wijnaldum scored four times against Norwich City.
Wilfried Zaha: The Cardiff-Liverpool match had hurt Sunday, but every time I took a look at Crystal Palace, I saw Wifried Zaha running with tattered Arsenal. It was nice to see Christian Benteke among the goals after such a long period of infertility, but one can not underestimate his play with Zaha. Zaha needs somebody to play and a Benteke fit is as good as anybody else.
Did you know? Zaha has scored eight goals away for Crystal Palace in the Premier League this season. Only Harry Kane (11) and Jamie Vardy (10) scored more.
Now it's your turn
You saw my selections this week. But who would you go to?
The crooks of the material
The 24-hour social media boycott of the Association of Professional Footballers (FCS) #Enough was nothing short of brilliant. I do not involve myself in social media in any way because of his often pernicious and malicious comments, but not always. This did not help when cowards use the platform to racially abuse professional footballers, mainly because of jealousy or pure ignorance based on fake tribal loyalties.
I have been thinking for a long time now that professional players and managers, regardless of their color or their beliefs, should protect each other when so – called fans think they have the right to abuse players just because they are not. they can.
I never really understood why my white teammates never called racists when I was mistreated as a player or, more recently, why prominent white players did not come in. help their teammates publicly face the same insults as Danny Rose or Raheem Sterling have been.
But now they have. I was heartened to see David Beckham show his support for the campaign on his Instagram account as soon as the campaign was launched, followed by Gianni Infantino, FIFA President. If we really want to eliminate racism from our sport, we can only do it by working together. Enough is really enough.
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