A review of Saturday's Premier League

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Premier League round-up: Saturday results - (April 08 2017)


Match-by-match reports and reaction are included in our review of Saturday's Premier League action.


Tottenham 4-0 Watford
Manchester City 3-1 Hull
Middlesbrough 0-0 Burnley
Stoke 1-2 Liverpool
West Brom 0-1 Southampton
West Ham 1-0 Swansea -
Bournemouth 1-3 Chelsea


Chelsea returned to seven points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday evening.

Diego Costa's woeful fly-hack forced an own goal from Adam Smith to hand Chelsea the lead in the final match of the day, before Eden Hazard outfoxed Artur Boruc for his 14th Premier League goal of the season.

Joshua King's deflected strike handed Bournemouth hope of a recovery, before Marcos Alonso's curling free-kick sealed Chelsea's fifth win in six matches.

Tottenham temporarily closed the gap on Premier League pacesetters Chelsea to four points with a 4-0 victory over Watford at White Hart Lane earlier on Saturday.

Mauricio Pochettino's team took control of the contest in 11 first-half minutes, when Dele Alli, Eric Dier and Son Heung-min scored.

Alli broke the deadlock with a curling right-foot strike in the 33rd minute, Dier blasted in the second six minutes later, before Son scored with another effort from distance, a low left-footed shot.

Son tapped in Kieran Trippier's cross 10 minutes into the second half to complete the scoring, although there was another big cheer when Harry Kane returned from injury as a substitute just past the hour mark.

Liverpool held on to third place with a 2-1 win at Stoke, where they came from behind to get the three points.

Jonathan Walters headed a close-range goal from Xherdan Shaqiri's cross to give Stoke a 44th-minute lead, prompting Reds boss Jurgen Klopp to make changes at half-time.

Philippe Coutinho volleyed a 64th-minute equaliser, before fellow substitute Roberto Firmino gave Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant no chance with another volley two minutes later.

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet had a hand in preserving the three points for the visitors with a good save to deny Saido Berahino soon after.

Manchester City stay fourth after a comfortable 3-1 win against Hull at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola's City took the lead just past the half hour when Jesus Navas' cross was turned into his own net by Ahmed Elmohamady, then Sergio Aguero doubled the lead three minutes into the second half.

Fabian Delph wrapped up the win in the 64th minute with a well-struck 20-yard effort, before Andrea Ranocchia pulled a goal back for the strugglers with five minutes remaining.

At the other end of the standings, West Ham eased their relegation fears with a 1-0 win over struggling Swansea, with Cheikhou Kouyate making the decisive breakthrough with a low shot just before half-time.

Southampton reached the 40-point mark as Jordy Clasie's well-struck 25th minute goal gave them a 1-0 victory at West Brom.

However, second-bottom Middlesbrough were frustrated by Burnley, with the Clarets' Robbie Brady wasting the goalless draw's best chance in the 56th minute of the goalless draw on Teesside.