Adama Traore struck a stoppage-time winner for Wolves as Fulham’s hopes of remaining in the Premier League suffered another significant blow.

Traore settled the game with a fierce angled drive with little time left.

Earlier, Wolves had been denied a goal when the video assistant referee ruled that Daniel Podence’s arm was fractionally offside before he crossed for Willian Jose to head in.

Fulham stay 18th, a place and three points behind Newcastle.

However, Scott Parker’s side have also now played two games more than their nearest relegation rival and with just six games left to play have little room for further error.

Stuart Dallas scored an injury-time winner as 10-man Leeds United beat runaway leaders Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.

Dallas gave the visitors a surprise lead three minutes before the break with a low shot that went in off the inside of a post.

However, the dismissal of skipper Liam Cooper for a tackle on Gabriel Jesus before the opening period was over appeared to have given the visitors an impossible task.

City predictably dominated the second period but were made to wait until the 76th minute for their equaliser, when Ferran Torres drove home his first Premier League goal since December.

Instead of City completing a triumphant comeback, however, it was Leeds who came up with the winner as Dallas ran on to Ezgjan Alioski’s through ball before sending a shot past Ederson from the edge of the area.

It completed Leeds’ best win since their return to the top flight – and means Manchester United can cut City’s lead at the top to eight points if they win their games in hand against Tottenham and Burnley. City must take 11 points from their remaining six games to guarantee a third league title in four seasons.
Chelsea roared back into fourth spot in the Premier League as Christian Pulisic scored twice in an impressive 4-1 victory at London rivals Crystal Palace on Saturday.

After boss Thomas Tuchel’s long unbeaten run since taking charge ended abruptly against West Bromwich Albion last week, Chelsea responded in emphatic fashion.

Kai Havertz punished some sloppy defending to give Chelsea an eighth-minute lead and Pulisic doubled their advantage two minutes later with a powerful finish.

Chelsea totally dominated the first half and went 3-0 up on the half hour with a Kurt Zouma header.

Palace did improve after the break and Christian Benteke’s header gave them a lifeline but Pulisic made the points safe with a close-range finish after 78 minutes.

Chelsea had started the game in sixth place after Liverpool’s last-gasp win against Aston Villa.

But Chelsea’s biggest margin of victory since Tuchel took charge in January moved them back above Liverpool and West Ham United into fourth place with 54 points from 31 games, two ahead of West Ham, who host third-placed Leicester City on Sunday.

Palace stay in 13th spot.

“The first half an hour was excellent. We were very hungry, very aggressive and got a lot of recoveries in the final third,” Tuchel said. “After 35 minutes we dropped a little in position and got a little bit sloppy. We continued like this a little in the second half but it was a good reaction after their goal.

“We put pressure on ourselves to have the right response. It was a step in the right direction.”

Chelsea’s opener came after Palace winger Eberechi Eze was caught in possession by Mason Mount on the edge of the area. He then fed Callum Hudson-Odoi who in turn played in Havertz to coolly place his shot beyond keeper Vicente Guaita.

Their second was all about their slick passing as Palace were left chasing shadows.

The ball was eventually cut back by Havertz for Pulisic to take a touch and smash a shot high into the net.

Chelsea were in cruise control after half an hour when Mount curled in a free kick and Zouma rose to head home.

Benteke’s header snapped Chelsea back into full throttle and Pulisic rounded off a great display when he slid in to convert substitute Reece James’s low cross.
Alexander-Arnold, left out of the recent England squad, scored in the last minute as the Reds ended a six-game losing run at Anfield.

“It was massive, it felt massive to win. A real relief,” said Klopp.

“We needed that win today, these three points feel big.”

Ollie Watkins gave Villa the lead, before Mohamed Salah equalised with Liverpool’s first goal in open play at Anfield in 2021 – and Alexander-Arnold curled home from 20 yards in the final minute.

England boss Gareth Southgate was watching after leaving him out for England’s first World Cup qualifiers.

Alexander-Arnold, 22, was at fault for one of Real Madrid’s goals in their 3-1 win in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.

His goal against Villa was only his second of the season – coupled with six assists. Last season he scored four and set up 15.

None of the three right-backs in the England squad have more goals – or assists – this season although none have conceded more than 25 goals. Liverpool have let in 42 goals during Alexander-Arnold’s time on the pitch.

“I don’t think he has to prove anything, to be honest,” Klopp told BBC Sport. “You can play the best season of your life and the coach of the national team has to make decisions and we respect that.

“The only thing Trent is doing is playing his best football. In the last 10 days, twice he’s played outstanding and now he scores a goal. The most important thing is we stop talking about it.”

James Milner, who was Liverpool’s captain in the game, said: “It says a lot about his character. People forget how young is he, such a young age.

“He’s been very fortunate in his career so far, so being left out of the England squad is probably one of his first disappointments.”

Manchester United underlined their ‘comeback kings’ tag by recovering from a first-half deficit to beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 on Sunday and cement their place in the Premier League’s top four.

Victories for Chelsea and Liverpool on Saturday and West Ham United earlier on Sunday meant defeat at Tottenham might have induced some jitters at Old Trafford.

But they responded to going behind to Son Heung-min’s opener to win 3-1 with goals by Fred, Edinson Cavani and Mason Greenwood. Victory ‘narrowed’ Manchester City’s lead to 11 points but more importantly for United they are nine points above fifth-placed Chelsea with seven games remaining.

United had an opener scored by Cavani controversially disallowed after Scott McTominay was harshly adjudged to have fouled Son in the build-up — accidentally catching the South Korean in the face with a trailing hand.

“When you get the injustice and adversity, that decision (to disallow the goal) is just shocking,” said Solskjaer, whose side have now earned an incredible 28 points from losing positions this season. “But we came together and composed ourselves.

“We went there as a team on a mission, we looked like a team on a mission. After they scored, we felt the injustice and adversity and that went into our players’ heads.

“It was good character we showed and we had to come back.”

West Ham maintained their audacious assault on a Champions League berth with a 3-2 home win over third-placed Leicester City, having taken a 3-0 lead for the third successive game.

Jesse Lingard’s double, taking his total since arriving on loan from Manchester United to eight, and Jarrod Bowen’s goal just after halftime made it 3-0.

But just as against Arsenal, who hit back to draw 3-3 last month, and Wolverhampton Wanderers in midweek when West Ham hung on for a 3-2 win, they gave manager David Moyes a fright.

Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice for Leicester but West Ham hung on to move back into fourth place with 55 points from 31 games, two ahead of Chelsea and three ahead of Liverpool.

Tottenham are six points behind West Ham with their top-four hopes now fading fast.

“We can’t do it that way too many more times, it’s not good for the ticker!” Moyes said of his side’s nervy finale.

“We need to learn our lesson, we have been 3-0 up in the last three games and made hard work of it.”

Leicester are only a point ahead of West Ham and now looking over their shoulders, having looked nailed on for a top-four place not long ago. Their cause was not helped by manager leaving out trio Ayoze Perez, James Maddison and Hamza Choudhury for a breach of COVID-19 protocols.

RELEGATION BATTLE

Sheffield United’s 3-0 home defeat by Arsenal left them on the cusp of relegation. They are 18 points behind the safety zone with seven games remaining.

But Newcastle United took a massive step towards ensuring their survival as they came from a goal down to beat Burnley 2-1 on Sunday — a result that put them six points above third-from-bottom Fulham, having also played a game less.

Burnley had led through an 18th-minute goal from Czech striker Matej Vydra but Frenchman Allan Saint-Maximin came off the bench to turn the game around for Newcastle.

Two minutes after coming on Saint-Maximin set up Jacob Murphy for an equaliser, then claimed victory for Newcastle with a brilliant solo goal.

Newcastle still have to face Manchester City, Liverpool, Leicester and West Ham but are edging towards safety.

“It is three points towards that magical figure,” said manager Steve Bruce, whose team had just two wins from their last 19 league matches. “It is a lot more healthier now than it was this morning.”

West Bromwich Albion beat Southampton 3-0 in convincing fashion in the Premier League on Monday as Sam Allardyce’s side look to salvage their top flight survival hopes in the home stretch of the season.

West Brom, who beat Chelsea 5-2 last weekend, have won back-to-back games for the first time this season and the 19th-placed side are within eight points of the safety zone with seven games to go.

“It was really important to back last week’s result up and make it two wins in a row,” West Brom forward Callum Robinson told BBC Sport.

“The boss stressed we needed to go out tonight and get a win, the results didn’t go our way at the weekend. It (safety) is still far off but we will keep going until the end.”

West Brom had an early goal controversially ruled out after Mbaye Diagne headed home before celebrations were cut short when the offside flag went up. However, VAR was unable to draw a conclusion and stuck with the on-field decision.

But West Brom were not to be denied in the first half and when Saints goalkeeper Fraser Forster brought down Matheus Pereira in the box, the Brazilian midfielder made no mistake in dispatching the penalty.

West Brom doubled the lead three minutes later when Danny Ings’ sloppy back pass under pressure was intercepted by Diagne and the Senegalese striker crossed the ball to the back post where Phillips came sliding in find the back of the net.

Southampton started to ask questions of West Brom in the second half but the home side scored a third goal against the run of play when Okay Yokuslu released Robinson down the middle and the Ireland international beat Forster with ease.

The Saints had a chance to score a consolation goal in stoppage time when Moussa Djenepo was fouled in the box but Sam Johnstone denied James Ward-Prowse to keep his clean sheet intact.

Brighton and Everton battle out dull 0-0 draw
Brighton & Hove Albion and Everton fought out a 0-0 draw in a dour Premier League clash on Monday after neither side managed to create any clear-cut chances with defences dominating at the Amex stadium.

The result left Everton eighth on 48 points from 30 games while Brighton moved one place up to 15th on 33 points from 31 games, seven ahead of the relegation zone with 18th-placed Fulham on 26 points from 32 matches.

Brighton had the upper hand in the first half and twice came close as Neal Maupay had a low shot deflected by Yerry Mina while Yves Bissouma fired over the bar with an acrobatic overhead kick from a tight angle.

Jakub Moder blazed a first-time shot off target after a corner midway through the second half as Brighton continued to press before Maupay volleyed wide from inside the penalty area.

Everton were forced to defend desperately as their keeper Robin Olsen tipped over a Lewis Dunk header in the 78th minute and the visitors also needed several frantic clearances in the closing stages to scrape a draw.

Everton, who were looking to set a club record of 10 away Premier League wins in a season, nearly snatched victory out of the blue in stoppage time as substitute Alex Iwobi shot inches over the crossbar.