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August
Liverpool started the season with a comfortable 2-0 win over Ipswich, while Erling Haaland scored back-to-back hat-tricks against the Tractor Boys and West Ham to leave City top of the pile at the end of August. Elsewhere, Everton remarkably coughed up a two-goal lead at home to Bournemouth – conceding three times from the 87th minute – becoming the first team in Premier league history to taste defeat from such a commanding position.
Manchester United’s Joshua Zirkzee celebrates scoring their first and only goal of the game during the Premier League match with Fulham at Old Trafford. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA
Arsenal’s Kai Havertz heads home the opening goal against Wolves at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal won 2-0. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
A general view from the stands at the City Ground as Nottingham Forest host Bournemouth. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
Fabian Schär of Newcastle clashes with Ben Brereton Díaz of Southampton, leading to Schär being shown a controversial red card at St James’ Park. Newcastle won 1-0. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates scoring his team’s second goal against Ipswich at Portman Road, alongside teammates Diogo Jota and Luis Díaz. Liverpool won 2-0. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images
Son Heung-min takes the ball around Jordan Pickford of Everton as he goes on to score his side’s second goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images
Michael Keane of Everton looks dejected after Luis Sinisterra of Bournemouth (not pictured) scored his team’s third goal at Goodison Park. Everton lost 3-2, despite leading 2-0. Photograph: George Wood/Getty Images
Manchester City’s Erling Haaland scores their third goal to complete a hat-trick against West Ham at the London Stadium. Photograph: John Walton/PA
Spray comes off the head of Wolves’s Toti Gomes as he heads the ball during a match against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Photograph: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty Images
September
The surprise result of September was Liverpool’s 1-0 reverse at home to Nottingham Forest which ended Arne Slot’s serene start to his debut season. Earlier in the month, the Reds had swatted aside Manchester United as Casemiro endured a torrid afternoon. Arsenal won the first north London derby courtesy of Gabriel’s second-half header. And Manchester City’s season was rocked when Rodri suffered a ruptured ACL during a 2-2 draw with the Gunners. Elsewhere, Everton did it again, losing 3-2 to Aston Villa after being two goals ahead.
A general view of play at St James’ Park during the match between Newcastle United and Tottenham. Newcastle won 2-1. Photograph: Jacques Feeney/Offside/Getty Images
Manchester United’s Casemiro wears a forlorn expression as his side crash to a 3-0 defeat against Liverpool at Old Trafford. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA
Pyrotechnics before a game at Villa Park between Aston Villa and Everton. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images
Callum Hudson-Odoi of Nottingham Forest celebrates sending his side on the way to a shock 1-0 win against Liverpool at Anfield. Photograph: Ritchie Sumpter/Nottingham Forest FC/Getty Images
Gabriel of Arsenal scores his team’s winner in the north London derby at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Photograph: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus goes flying following a challenge with Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella at the London Stadium. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Foggy conditions during the match between Leicester and Everton at The King Power Stadium. The game ended 1-1. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images
Manchester City’s Rodri yells in pain after sustaining what was later found to be a serious ACL injury against Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium. Photograph: Jason Cairnduff/Action Images/Reuters
Leandro Trossard of Arsenal (bottom) celebrates Arsenal’s third goal against Leicester – later ruled to be an own goal by Wilfried Ndidi (No 6) – at the Emirates Stadium. Photograph: Alex Burstow/Arsenal FC/Getty Images
Ryan Gravenberch of Liverpool runs with the ball during his side’s 2-1 victory over Wolves at Molineux. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Liam Delap of Ipswich celebrates scoring his first of two goals against Aston Villa at Portman Road. The game ended 2-2. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
October
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was finally put out of his misery by being sacked after a 2-1 defeat at West Ham. Nottingham Forest rose to fifth in the table as Chris Wood inspired them to a 3-1 away victory over Leicester. And free-scoring Brentford beat Wolves 5-3 and Ipswich 4-3, prolonging the pair’s winless starts to the campaign.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Everton is challenged by Dan Burn of Newcastle during the goalless draw at Goodison Park, before the referee rules that it’s not a penalty. Photograph: Matt McNulty/Getty Images
Manchester City fans in the stands at the Etihad Stadium in the 3-2 victory over Fulham. Photograph: Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters
Arsenal’s Kai Havertz in aeriel action with Southampton’s Jan Bednarek at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal won 3-1. Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou looks on prior to the match between Brighton and Spurs at the Amex Stadium. Spurs lose 3-2 despite having been 2-0 up at half-time, in one blow of many during what ends up as their worst league season in the Premier League era. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
Antonee Robinson of Fulham heads the ball away from goal at a corner against Aston Villa at Craven Cottage. The visitors went on to win 3-1, with both sides ending with 10 men. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Arsenal players warm up for their Premier League match at the Vitality Stadium against Bournemouth. It turned out that the Cherries players were even warmer on the day, running out surprise 2-0 winners. Photograph: Steven Paston/PA
Brennan Johnson reacts following a missed chance against West Ham at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Nevertheless, Spurs won 4-1 despite going a goal down. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images
Leicester’s Jamie Vardy scores their second goal from the penalty spot against Southampton at St Mary’s as they recover from two goals down to win 3-2. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images/Reuters
Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford collides with Fulham’s Raúl Jiménez during the 1-1 draw at Goodison Park. Photograph: Nick Potts/PA
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen leaps for joy after scoring their stoppage-time winner from the spot against Manchester United at the London Stadium. Photograph: John Walton/PA
November
Manchester City’s 32-game unbeaten league run came to an end at Bournemouth – and then the wheels well and truly fell off for Pep Guardiola’s ageing charges with successive defeats by Brighton and Tottenham. For Spurs, the 4-0 thrashing at the Etihad was the high-watermark of an otherwise forgettable season. Off the pitch, referee David Coote was sacked after footage emerged of him taking drugs and criticising Liverpool’s former manager Jürgen Klopp, while Ruben Amorim took the helm at Manchester United.
Manchester City’s Manuel Akanji reacts at Bournemouth as City suffer a 2-1 loss, ending their 32-game unbeaten run in the league and triggering a dramatic decline. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Action Images/Reuters
Southampton goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale blocks the ball from crossing the line as Everton’s Michael Keane collides with the post during their match at St Mary’s. Saints won 1-0. Photograph: Jacques Feeney/Offside/Getty Images
Rasmus Højlund of Manchester United is fouled by Robert Sánchez of Chelsea resulting in a penalty at Old Trafford. Bruno Fernandes converted but Chelsea soon fought back to result in a 1-1 draw. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images
A fan holds a drink before the match between Fulham and Brentford at Craven Cottage. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters
Harry Wilson of Fulham celebrates scoring his team’s second stoppage-time goal against Brentford at Craven Cottage as they dramatically roared back to win 2-1. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images
Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the second goal against Aston Villa at Anfield as the Reds won 2-0. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images
Sammie Szmodics of Ipswich scores his team’s first goal with a bicycle-kick as the visitors win 2-1 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images
Arsenal’s Norwegian midfielder Martin Ødegaard eyes the ball during a match against Nottingham Forest at the Emirates. Arsenal won 3-0. Photograph: Benjamin Cremel/AFP/Getty Images
Everton’s Jordan Pickford is fouled by Christian Norgaard of Brentford leading to a red card in the goalless draw at Goodison Park. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images
Ruben Amorim, the new Manchester United manager, looks frustrated during Ipswich v Manchester United at Portman Road. The game ended 1-1. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Southampton goalkeeper Joe Lumley dives and watches the ball in the 1-1 draw against Brighton at the Amex Stadium. Photograph: Tony O Brien/Reuters
An Arsenal fan’s tattoo becomes the centre of attention in the 5-2 victory at West Ham. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters
December
Liverpool beat Manchester City 2-0 to go 11 points clear of Pep Guardiola’s side and nine clear of stumbling Arsenal. They then put six past injury-ravaged Tottenham. Under Ruben Amorim, Manchester United won the first derby of the season thanks to late goals from Bruno Fernandes and Amad Diallo, but they then suffered three straight home defeats for the first time in 45 years. Chelsea’s title hopes faded with back-to-back defeats against Fulham and Ipswich, while Nottingham Forest ended the year in second place.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola holds up six fingers to the fans indicating the number of Premier League titles he has won after the match with Liverpool at Anfield that ended 2-0 to the hosts. Photograph: Visionhaus/Getty Images
Chelsea’s Cole Palmer scores their third goal against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea won 3-0. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters
Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace looks on during the match against Ipswich at Portman Road. Palace won 1-0, with Eze setting up the only goal. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
Marc Cucurella of Chelsea looks anguished after he is fouled by Brennan Johnson at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Chelsea won 4-3. Photograph: Elli Birch/IPS/Shutterstock
Manchester United’s Rasmus Højlund and Manchester City’s Kyle Walker clash at the Etihad Stadium. United won 2-1 with two late goals. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Jack Grealish of Manchester City runs with the ball while under pressure from Matty Cash and John McGinn during their match at Villa Park. The hosts won 2-1. Photograph: Aston Villa/Aston Villa FC/Getty Images
Stefan Ortega of Manchester City makes a save from Ezri Konsa during the match at Villa Park. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images
Fans of Crystal Palace, wearing Christmas-themed costumes, celebrate after Ismaïla Sarr of Crystal Palace (not pictured) scores his team’s equalising goal against Arsenal at Selhurst Park. However, the visitors then ran away with a 5-1 victory. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images
Adama Traoré of Fulham reacts after missing an attempt on goal during the match with Southampton at Craven Cottage. The game ended goalless. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
Rayan Aït-Nouri of Wolves runs with the ball while under pressure from Noussair Mazraoui of Manchester United during the home side’s 2-0 victory at Molineux. Photograph: Jack Thomas/WWFC/Getty Images
Ipswich’s Liam Delap gets a ball in the face against Arsenal at the Emirates. Arsenal won 1-0. Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images/Reuters
Newcastle’s Alexander Isak scores their early first goal in the 2-0 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
January
David Moyes returned to Everton after 12 years and quickly set about dragging them away from the relegation scrap. Meanwhile, Tottenham ended the month with four straight league defeats, the last of them against Leicester, who duly leapt out of the bottom three. The shock result of the month came at Anfield where Manchester United thwarted Liverpool thanks to Amad Diallo’s late equaliser, as Ruben Amorim’s charges delivered an uncharacteristically effective performance. Later that month United mourned one of their legends, Denis Law.
Crystal Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson dives acrobatically during the 1-1 draw with Chelsea at Selhurst Park. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
An aerial view of the Anfield pitch covered in snow before the match between Liverpool and Manchester United. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images
Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United slips in the snow during against Liverpool at Anfield. The game ended 2-2. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Danehouse/Getty Images
Richarlison of Tottenham looks to the heavens after Arsenal win the north London derby 2-1 at the Emirates. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images
Scarves and wreaths are laid outside Old Trafford as part of the tributes to Denis Law before the 3-1 defeat by Brighton. Photograph: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Getty Images
Referee Michael Oliver is surrounded by Arsenal players after sending off Myles Lewis-Skelly against Wolves, though the decision was overturned on appeal post-match. Arsenal won 1-0 on the day. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
Bournemouth defend a corner as the winter sun sets during Bournemouth’s emphatic 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Leicester’s Jamie Vardy scores their first goal as his side come back to beat Tottenham 2-1. Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images/Reuters
February
Chris Wood bagged a hat-trick as Nottingham Forest thumped Brighton 7-0, but defeat by Fulham and coming off at the wrong end of a 4-3 scoreline at Newcastle left the top-four race wide open. Meanwhile the last men’s Merseyside derby a Goodison Park ended with fisticuffs and red cards after Everton’s James Tarkowski walloped an equaliser in the 98th minute. Defeat for Arsenal at home to West Ham signalled the slow death of the Gunners’ title charge, though the month also brought a crowd-pleasing 5-1 thrashing of Manchester City. At the bottom of the table, Southampton recorded their first Premier League win since November as they beat fellow strugglers Ipswich at Portman Road.
Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest celebrates scoring his team’s fifth goal – and his hat-trick –from the penalty spot against Brighton at the City Ground. Forest won 7-0. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
Myles Lewis-Skelly (right) of Arsenal celebrates scoring his team’s third goal against Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium by mocking Erling Haaland’s familiar yoga pose. Arsenal won 5-1. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images
Djed Spence (left) of Tottenham runs with the ball while under pressure from Bryan Mbeumo of Brentford. Spurs won 2-0. Photograph: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
Liverpool’s Curtis Jones clashes with Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucouré after the match at Goodison Park – the last men’s derby there – before both players are sent off. The game ended 2-2. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Ollie Watkins and loanee Marcus Rashford celebrate the former’s goal for Aston Villa against Ipswich in a 1-1 draw. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
A pre-match protest by Spurs fans against Daniel Levy before their victory over Manchester United. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Alisson Becker of Liverpool and his fellow Brazil international Matheus Cunha of Wolves embrace in the tunnel prior to their match at Anfield. The home side went on to win 2-1. Photograph: Jack Thomas/WWFC/Getty Images
Jarrod Bowen of West Ham scores the surprise winner past David Raya at Arsenal. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images
March
Liverpool had to come from behind to beat Southampton in their only league game of the month, while Arsenal slipped further off the pace with a 1-1 draw at Manchester United. Nottingham Forest beat Manchester City – handing Pep Guardiola’s men their ninth loss of the season, more than they had lost in the previous two seasons combined. And Michail Antonio made an emotional return to the London Stadium after admiting he almost died in a car crash in December.
Tyrone Mings (right) blocks a shot from Brentford’s Kevin Schade during Aston Villa’s 1-0 away win. Photograph: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images
Arsenal’s David Raya makes a fine save against Manchester United at Old Trafford. The game ended 1-1. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
Michail Antonio returns to the London Stadium as his recovery following a car crash continues, before West Ham’s defeat by Newcastle. Photograph: Paul Marriott/Shutterstock
Carlos Baleba of Brighton hooks the ball away from Nico González and Omar Marmoush of Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. The game ended 2-2. Photograph: Adam Vaughan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Christian Nørgaard scores Brentford’s winner past Bournemouth’s Kepa Arrizabalaga in the 2-1 victory for the Bees at the Vitality Stadium. Photograph: Andrew Couldridge/Action Images/Reuters
Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon celebrates his goal against former club Tottenham as his teammate Rodrigo Muniz jumps over him. Fulham won 2-0. Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA
April
The Reds wrapped up their second Premier League title in front of their own fans with a thumping 5-1 win over Tottenham on a balmy day at Anfield. Earlier in the month, Trent Alexander-Arnold scored his last goal for his boyhood club, thrashing in a late strike against Leicester. Wolves made it a remarkable six wins on the spin, as their uptick in form condemned Ipswich, Leicester and Southampton to the drop.
Alexis Mac Allister of Liverpool is fouled by James Tarkowski during their match at Anfield. The Everton defender was booked but many felt it should have been a red card. Liverpool ran out 1-0 winners. Photograph: Liverpool FC/Getty Images
Aston Villa’s Donyell Malen scores their ultimately decisive second goal against Nottingham Forest, as the hosts won 2-1. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters
A silhouette of Marcus Rashford of Aston Villa is seen during the match with Nottingham Forest at Villa Park. Photograph: James Gill/Danehouse/Getty Images
Wolves’ Jørgen Strand Larsen scores their late winner against Ipswich in a 2-1 win at Portman Road. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters
Jean-Philippe Mateta of Crystal Palace celebrates scoring in the third minute against rivals Brighton at Selhurst Park. Palace won 2-1 in a bad-tempered game that saw three players receive second yellow cards. Photograph: Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images
Dejection for Taylor Harwood-Bellis and Kamaldeen Sulemana after Southampton were relegated following their 3-1 defeat at Tottenham. Photograph: Rob Newell/CameraSport/Getty Images
Wolves fans display a flag of Vítor Pereira during the 4-2 win over Tottenham at Molineux after the manager was recently pictured at a local pub. Photograph: Malcolm Couzens/Getty Images
Amadou Onana scores Aston Villa’s final goal past Nick Pope in a 4-1 home win over Newcastle. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters
The reflection from the back of the stand at the Gtech Community Stadium during Brentford’s 4-2 victory over Brighton. Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters
Pedro Neto celebrates scoring Chelsea’s late winner against Fulham at Craven Cottage, along with teammates Levi Colwill, Jadon Sancho and Tosin Adarabioyo. The Blues won 2-1. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrates scoring against Leicester – his last Liverpool goal – at the King Power Stadium. The Reds won 1-0. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Action Images/Reuters
Harry Toffolo of Nottingham Forest clears the ball off the line at Tottenham after a headed effort from Dejan Kulusevski. Forest held on to win 2-1. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/AMA/Getty Images
Dan Burn of Newcastle outjumps Dara O’Shea and Alex Palmer of Ipswich for his side’s second goal in the Magpies’ 3-0 win at St James’ Park. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
Mohamed Salah takes a selfie with the fans as they celebrate Liverpool’s Premier League title at Anfield after thrashing Tottenham 5-1. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty Images
May
Everton fans bade an emotional Premier League farewell to Goodison Park (although news emerged that the ground will now be used for women’s games), Tottenham and Manchester United sank to extraordinary league lows before duking it out in the Europa League final, Southampton swerved the unwanted record of becoming the joint worst side in Premier League history as they picked up just their 12th point of the campaign at home to Manchester City, and the final day of the season saw Aston Villa potentially miss out on a Champions League spot after having a goal controversially disallowed at Old Trafford.
Dean Huijsen (left) celebrates scoring Bournemouth’s leveller against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, along with Alex Scott (centre) and Marcus Tavernier. Eight minutes later, Evanilson scored the winner as Bournemouth came away with a 2-1 victory. Photograph: Tony O Brien/Reuters
Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi collides with the goalpost during the frustrating 2-2 draw with Leicester at the City Ground. The striker later ended up in an induced coma due to a serious abdominal injury. Photograph: Jacob King/PA
Dan Burn (right) of Newcastle grabs Kai Havertz of Arsenal during their match at Emirates Stadium. The Gunners emerged with a 1-0 victory. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA
Leicester’s Jamie Vardy receives a guard of honour as he leaves the pitch after his last Foxes appearance during the 2-0 win over Ipswich at the King Power Stadium. The forward had earlier scored his 200th goal for the club in his 500th game. Photograph: Plumb Images/Leicester City FC/Getty Images
Everton fans in an emotional farewell to Goodison Park before the last ever Premier League match at the stadium. They signed off ith a 2-0 victory over Southampton. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Kevin De Bruyne strides on to the Etihad pitch with his wife and children for a farewell presentation, following the 3-1 victory over Bournemouth – the Belgian’s last home game for City, with whom he won it all. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images
Crystal Palace fans hold up a cutout of manager Oliver Glasner before the Premier League victory over Wolves at Selhurst Park, as the Eagles celebrated their recent FA Cup triumph – the club’s first major trophy in its history. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
On the final day of the season, Aston Villa’s Morgan Rogers robs Manchester United goalkeeper Altay Bayindir of the ball and tucks it into the net, only for the referee to incorrectly rule that Bayindir had control of it with his hands. Villa’s subsequent 2-0 loss cost them a place in the Champions League. Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images/Reuters
Liverpool’s players celebrate with the Premier League trophy in front of their fans at Anfield – a privilege they were denied in 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions. Photograph: Liverpool FC/Getty Images
