Arsenal turned around its recent poor form to beat Leicester 3-1 on Sunday
City host Crystal Palace in the league on Saturday, the only team they failed to score against last season while also losing 2-0 at home.
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Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Giroud scored with an improvised volley in the Premier League match on Jan. 1, producing an acrobatic flick with his left heel to convert Alexis Sanchez's cross into the net off the crossbar while tumbling forward.
City were due to open their season against Aston Villa and United against Burnley but those games will be moved.
'We knew it was going to be hard to play against them, but I give all the praise to the lads for the hard work.'
Watford and Crystal Palace continued to inch towards Premier League safety after a scrappy goalless draw at Vicarage Road on Saturday that means the home side have taken just two points from a possible 21.
Manchester City were confirmed as English Premier League champions for the fifth time in six seasons on Saturday without even having to kick a ball.
Chelsea still have a chance of finishing in the Premier League top four and securing Champions League football at the end of the season, interim manager Guus Hiddink has said.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Sky Sports said that the 31-year-old Argentine was on his way to City's training facility in his car when the accident occurred.
A summary of Saturday's action in the English Premier League.
Champions Manchester City crashed out of the League Cup after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat at struggling Southampton in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Preview and timings of the Premier League matches this weekend
Images from Sunday's English Premier League matches.
'We lost two games but these two games were totally different. Against Crystal Palace we didn't deserve to lose. Today we deserved to lose the game'
Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were on target as Liverpool edged Premier League strugglers Nottingham Forest 3-2.
Rewind five years and Liverpool hosted Chelsea with three games remaining, knowing victory would have left them six points clear and a first league title since 1990 almost secure.
Images from Sunday's Premier League action.
A summary of Tuesday's action in the Premier League.
Crystal Palace will not consider selling Wilfried Zaha for less that 50 million pounds ($66.39 million), manager Alan Pardew has said after the winger helped the club to their first Premier League win of the season.
Manchester City beat bottom club Sheffield United 1-0 to move three points clear of Manchester United who were held to a goalless draw at Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.
Liverpool need five points to be sure of their first English league crown in three decades and dethrone City, who have won the title in the last two seasons.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen's knack for complex strategy has helped steer him into the upper echelons of an unlikely competition -- fantasy football. The Norwegian stands third on the Premier League's official fantasy football competition (FPL), only being knocked off top spot on Monday after Crystal Palace's 1-1 draw against Brighton and Hove Albion.
United's schedule contains 13 fixtures, including 11 league matches, but that total could potentially rise to 20 depending on their progress in the cup competitions.
IMAGES from EPL matches played on Saturday.
A round-up of the action in the English Premier League on Monday.
Joint-leaders Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool both dropped points on a busy day of English Premier League action as Leicester City and Southampton narrowed the gap in what is shaping up to be one of the most open title races for years.
A summary of all things football.
Crystal Palace's chefs will cook 900 meals a week for frontline healthcare workers and vulnerable families in south London during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier League club said on Monday. The food will be delivered to doctors and nurses in the National Health Service (NHS), elderly and vulnerable people forced to stay at home, impoverished families and the homeless.
Following is a match by match look at the English Premier League's weekend fixtures
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Premier League rejected Chelsea request to postpone Wolves game, says Tuchel.
Images from the Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday night.
IMAGES from English Premier League matches played on Sunday
Like Chelsea, the humble Hertfordshire club, whose only season in European football was 35 years ago, completed their third victory from three games on Sunday, when they beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to add to victories over Brighton and Burnley.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
