Hammers impress in patches but revert to type on another miserable day

Chelsea now find themselves in a real battle just to finish in the Champions League places

Savinho stars as Erling Haaland bags brace in 4-1 victory

Chelsea boss insisted he is still not paying any attention to the table

Vladimir Coufal put through his own net and Phil Foden also got on the scoresheet as the champions rediscovered their scoring touch.

Bournemouth 1-0 Everton: The visitors’ poor run extended to one goal scored in their last five Premier League games as they failed to produce a shot on target

Southampton 0-5 Brentford: Kevin Schade, Keane Lewis-Potter and Yoane Wissa also struck for the visitors

Aston Villa 2-1 Leicester: Ross Barkley and Leon Bailey were on target for Unai Emery’s side, who were without Morgan Rogers and Jhon Duran

Crystal Palace 1-1 Chelsea: Cole Palmer had given the Blues the lead but Jean-Philippe Mateta’s equaliser means it is now four games without a win

Brentford ran out 5-0 winners at St Mary’s.

Gloucester 36-20 Sale: Hopes of securing a fourth successive Premiership win floundered on an outstanding first-half display from the hosts

It is the first time the Premier League champions have recorded two victories in a row since October.

Ivan Juric apologised to Southampton supporters after his rock-bottom side allowed Brentford to secure a first away league win of the season in emphatic fashion. Added-time goals from Keane Lewis-Potter and Yoane Wissa completed the hammering and Juric said: “An extremely bad day, a really bad game. There was such a difference between the two teams and …

Abu Kamara stars as Hull hold Leeds to 3-3 drawCoventry left reeling by two late Norwich goalsAbu Kamara ended a difficult week with two goals as struggling Hull claimed a breathless 3-3 draw at home to Leeds, the league leaders.Kamara apologised on Friday for posting “wrongly timed” emojis on former club Portsmouth’s Instagram account after Hull’s …

Bournemouth are continuing to blaze a trail, even in the depths of midwinter. A club record eighth consecutive Premier League match unbeaten also added three more points to their unprecedented tally to this point and all delivered by David Brooks, the cultured forward who retains the heartfelt affection of the Bournemouth support and scored a banger …

Villa Park was quiet, underwhelmed, frustrations boiling over in freezing weather, as Leicester repeatedly broke down the flow of Aston Villa attacks. Ross Barkley’s opener had been cancelled out by a ­counterattack strike that was all part of Ruud van Nistelrooy’s plan. An improved, dogged Leicester, better organised, more disciplined, as they sought …

Gloucester 36-20 SaleThree tries in 25 first-half minutes is too much visitorsThese days, almost the worst thing a team can do in the Premiership is rack up an early lead, such is the likelihood of a stirring comeback. Sure enough, Gloucester ran rings around a leaden-footed Sale for half an hour; sure enough, Sale spent most of the rest of the match …

Chelsea are yet to move on from the title challenge that never was. Carelessness is weighing them down at both ends of the pitch and, as Enzo Maresca left after this draw with a spirited Crystal Palace, he could take little solace in seeing further proof that he was right to insist his team are not ready to compete for major honours.For Maresca, the worry …

After Pep Guardiola’s latest mea culpa – “I blame me, not the players,” he said on Friday – Manchester City returned a heady second consecutive win for the first time since late October, and a third successive outing without defeat.Under the manager’s own logic he takes credit for a victory decorated by a scintillating Savinho performance, …

JAMES SHARPE: Not since David Beckham has an English wide player been able to play - and see - the passes Alexander Arnold has in his armoury.