Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Fulham in the English Premier League took them back to third place and gave them much needed three points in a bid to qualify for the Champions League.
Arsenal were far from comfortable and had to toil hard against a resilient Fulham side, who early in the match were reduced to 10 men.
Arsenal have 63 points, two more than fourth placed Chelsea, who have two games in hand.
Following are the English Premier League top 10 standings after Saturday’s matches (tabulated under matches played, won, drawn, lost, points):
Man Utd 33-26-3-4-81
Man City 32-20-8-4-68
Arsenal 34-18-9-7-63
Chelsea 32-18-7-7-61
Tottenham 32-17-7-8-58
Everton 34-14-14-6-56
Liverpool 33-13-11-9-50
West Brom 33-13-6-14-45
Swansea 33-10-12-11-42
West Ham 34-11-9-14-42