JAKARTA - The 19th week of the 2025/26 English League has been completed on Friday morning WIB, with three of the matches presented ending without goals.
Manchester City, Liverpool, and Tottenham Hotspur failed to get full points in this matchday.
Arsenal got a big advantage from the draw achieved by Manchester City. The Gunners are now more comfortable at the top of the table with a four-point lead over the Citizens.
City played their first match in 2026 by visiting Sunderland's home. The match, which was held at the Stadium of Light on Friday morning WIB, ended without a goal, forcing both teams to share one point each.
The 0-0 draw stopped Manchester City's six-match winning streak in the English League. More than that, Pep Guardiola's team failed to keep the distance with Arsenal in the title race.
Manchester City remains in second place in the standings with 41 points from 19 matches.
Their distance with Arsenal is now widening to four points. Previously, the London Gunners closed 2025 with a landslide victory over Aston Villa 4-1.
Despite losing to Arsenal, Aston Villa still survived in third place in the standings. The Villans collected 39 points, six points ahead of Liverpool in fourth place, and nine points behind Chelsea and Manchester United, who are in fifth and sixth place respectively.
Liverpool also drew 0-0 when hosting Leeds United at Anfield Stadium on Friday.
This result ended Liverpool's streak of three consecutive wins in the English League. The Reds are still in fourth place with 33 points, but have widened the gap from Chelsea and Manchester United, who have both collected 30 points.
In another match, Tottenham also drew 0-0 when they visited Brentford.
This result keeps them in the middle of the table, at 12th place with 26 points.
On the other hand, Sunderland managed to maintain their position in seventh place. The team, which is strengthened by Granit Xhaka, collected 29 points, narrowly ahead of Everton (28 points), as well as Brentford, Crystal Palace, and Fulham, which each collected 27 points and took eighth to 11th place in the English League standings.
English League 2025/26 Week 19 results:
Burnley 1-3 Newcastle United Chelsea 2-2 Bournemouth Nottingham Forest 0-2 Everton West Ham 2-2 Brighton Arsenal 4-1 Aston Villa Manchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton Crystal Palace 1-1 Fulham Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United Sunderland 0-0 Manchester City Brentford 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
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