EPL GW33: Title race thrown open

It’s my fault —Conte
I beat league leaders not Chelsea —Mourinho

Chelsea’s lead at the top of the Premier League now stands at only four points and the title race is wide open again after they were well beaten by a resurgent Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Marcus Rashford put Manchester United ahead with a neat finish in the 7th minute as Ander Herrera added the second just five minutes after the break.

Indeed, Chelsea’s last six opponents are Southampton, Everton, Middlesbrough, West Brom, Watford and Sunderland.

In the corresponding games this season – 18 points, a 100 per cent record. And Chelsea can even afford to lose one, and still win the league, providing they win the other five.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte after the game said Man United deserved to win.

“In this case, the fault is the coach. It is mine. In this case I wasn’t able to do the right motivation.

“Tottenham is in good form and playing with enthusiasm, we must find the same, he told Sky Sports”

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho told Match of the Day: I’m really happy with the boys. I’m happy – not because it’s Chelsea, it’s because we need these three points.

“I don’t feel extra joy at beating Chelsea – we beat the leader. It doesn’t matter if the leader is Chelsea or another – we beat them convincingly. Nobody can doubt our credit to win the game.”

Full EPL table as at GW33, 16 April 2017 23:59 WAT:

Premier League 2016/17
#	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	32	24	3	5	65	27	38	75
2	Tottenham Hotspur	32	21	8	3	68	22	46	71
3	Liverpool	33	19	9	5	69	40	29	66
4	Manchester City	32	19	7	6	63	35	28	64
5	Manchester United	31	16	12	3	48	24	24	60
6	Everton	33	16	9	8	60	37	23	57
7	Arsenal	30	16	6	8	61	39	22	54
8	West Bromwich Albion	33	12	8	13	39	42	-3	44
9	Southampton	31	11	7	13	37	40	-3	40
10	Watford	32	11	7	14	37	52	-15	40
11	Stoke City	33	10	9	14	37	48	-11	39
12	Leicester City	32	10	7	15	41	53	-12	37
13	West Ham United	33	10	7	16	44	59	-15	37
14	Burnley	33	10	6	17	33	47	-14	36
15	Crystal Palace	32	10	5	17	44	52	-8	35
16	Bournemouth	33	9	8	16	45	63	-18	35
17	Hull City	33	8	6	19	34	67	-33	30
18	Swansea City	33	8	4	21	37	68	-31	28
19	Middlesbrough	31	4	12	15	22	37	-15	24
20	Sunderland	32	5	6	21	26	58	-32	21