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A victory was necessary to restart and, above all, to preserve Julen Lopetegui’s place on the bench. And victory it was. The West Ham narrowly surpasses Wolverhampton, gaining precious points and moving away from the hot zone of the Premier League table. Everything was decided in the second half: Soucek opened the scoring for the Hammers, Doherty restored the balance for the Wolves, but just two minutes later Bowen scored the goal that gave the home team success. Below are the highlights of the challenge:
The complete program
Saturday 7 December
Everton – Liverpool postponed to a later date
Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
Brentford 4-2 Newcastle
Crystal Palace – Manchester City 2-2
Manchester United – Nottingham Forest 2-3
Sunday 8 December
Fulham – Arsenal 1-1
Ipswich 1-2 Bournemouth
Leicester – Brighton 2-2
Tottenham – Chelsea 3-4
Monday 9 December
West Ham – Wolverhampton 2-1
The ranking
Liverpool 35
Chelsea 31
Arsenal 29
Manchester City 27
Nottingham Forest 25
Aston Villa 25
Brighton 24
Bournemouth 24
Brentford 23
Fulham 23
Tottenham 20
Newcastle 20
Manchester United 19
West Ham 19
Everton 14
Leicester 14
Crystal Palace 13
Wolverhampton 9
Ipswich 9
Southampton 5