EPL Table: Saturday’s Week 13 Results, Scores and 2016 Premier League Standings

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Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all took care of business during Saturday’s 2016-17 Premier League action, grabbing close wins to keep their bid to win the title on schedule.

The Blues beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the day’s most anticipated fixture, while Liverpool outlasted Sunderland and Manchester City came from behind to edge Burnley.

Swansea City and Crystal Palace served up the most thrilling contest of the day, with the Welsh side eventually pulling out a 5-4 win. Here’s a look at all of Saturday’s results:

The current Premier League standings:

     

Recap

Tottenham dominated the first half against Chelsea and deservedly took an early lead through Christian Eriksen, but the Blues showed their character toward the end of the period, tying things up through Pedro.

Chelsea improved mightily after the break, putting real pressure on the visitors and taking the lead through the resurgent Victor Moses. Late in the match, the better chances fell to the hosts, but there would be no more goals.

ESPN FC’s Miguel Delaney was impressed:

Chelsea overrun a Spurs team famous for their running. Probably most difficult of these seven consecutive wins, but thereby most impressive.

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) November 26, 2016

The comeback was all the more impressive because Spurs were all over Chelsea for the …

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