Gameweek 32 Result : Man United 2 – 0 Swansea

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Match summary

Romelu Lukaku scored his 100th Premier League goal to set Manchester United on their way to a 2-0 win over Swansea City at Old Trafford.

Alexis Sanchez found Lukaku in space and the Belgian striker’s shot deflected off Alfie Mawson to give him his century and United the lead after just five minutes.

It was Lukaku’s 15th top-flight strike of the season and made him the fifth youngest player to hit a century of PL goals.

The hosts doubled their lead on 20 minutes when Jesse Lingard played in Sanchez to find the bottom corner for his second Man Utd goal.

United are second with 68 points, 13 behind Manchester City who play Everton this evening. Swansea are 16th on 31 points.

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Gameweek 32 Result : Brighton 0 – 2 Leicester

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Jamie Vardy and Vicente Iborra struck late on as 10-man Leicester City consigned Brighton & Hove Albion to a 1-0 defeat at Amex Stadium.

After a goalless first half Brighton had the chance to go ahead from the penalty spot when Jose Izquierdo was fouled by Wilfred Ndidi.

But Glenn Murray’s 77th-minute spot-kick was saved by Kasper Schmeichel.

Six minutes later, Leicester led as Ben Chilwell’s cross was nodded in by Iborra.

Leicester’s task got harder when Ndidi was shown a second yellow card.

But they secured victory in the sixth minute of stoppage time when Demarai Gray crossed for Vardy to score.

Defeat for Brighton drops them to 13th on 34 points, with Leicester in eighth on 43 points.

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Gameweek 32 Result : Crystal Palace 1 – 2 Liverpool

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Mohamed Salah struck late as Liverpool came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 2-1 at Selhurst Park.

The league’s leading scorer kept his cool to convert Andrew Robertson’s cross on 84 minutes for his 29th goal of the season.

The home side had gone ahead on 13 minutes.

Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius brought down Wilfried Zaha when through on goal and Luka Milivojevic put away the resulting penalty, his seventh of the season.

Four minutes after the break Sadio Mane brought Liverpool level, finishing James Milner’s left-wing cross.

Christian Benteke missed two chances in a minute to restore Palace’s lead but Salah made no mistake with six minutes remaining.

Liverpool go into second while Palace stay two points off the bottom three ahead of the day’s remaining matches.

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Gameweek 32 Preview : Chelsea v Spurs

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Chelsea need to assess goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (hamstring) and defender Andreas Christensen (muscular).

David Luiz (knee) and Ethan Ampadu (ankle) remain out, while Ross Barkley (thigh) is not yet fit enough for the first team.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino says Harry Kane is making “very good progress” in his recovery from an ankle injury and has refused to rule out an early return for his top scorer.

Harry Winks is unavailable with an ankle problem of his own.

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Gameweek 32 Preview : Arsenal v Stoke

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Jack Wilshere is back in training for Arsenal after a knee problem that forced him to withdraw from international duty with England.

Alexandre Lacazette (knee) is also in contention but not match fit after more than six weeks out.

Stoke City’s Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has been ruled out for a number of weeks with a groin injury.

Mame Biram Diouf (shoulder) could return after he was fit enough to play for Senegal over the international break. Charlie Adam is suspended.

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Gameweek 32 Preview : Everton v Man City

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Everton will give Idrissa Gueye a late fitness to find out whether he has recovered from a hamstring injury.

Gylfi Sigurdsson (knee) remains out while defender Ashley Williams is suspended.

Manchester City defender John Stones is unavailable due to a concussion but Pep Guardiola has not ruled out a return for Sergio Aguero (knee).

Benjamin Mendy (also knee) is a long-term absentee.

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