West Ham vs Man City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction as Riyad Mahrez misses late penalty
Follow all the action from the London Stadium as City aim to move within one point of the title by beating the Hammers
Manchester City head to the London Stadium this afternoon knowing victory over West Ham United will put them on the precipice of the Premier League title.
Pep Guardiola’s side are three points clear of Liverpool with just two games remaining after Kevin De Bruyne scored four goals against Wolves on Wednesday. Their mission is simple: get four points from their final two league games and they will be crowned champions.
West Ham are still reeling from their heartbreaking defeat in the Europa League semi-finals but the Hammers did recover with a thumping win over Norwich last weekend - a first victory in five Premier League matches.
David Moyes’s side still have plenty to play as they look to get back into Europe next term, with just three points separating them from sixth-placed Manchester United, who travel to Crystal Palace on the final day of the season.
Follow all the action from a crucial clash at the London Stadium below after the conclusion of Tottenham vs Burnley:
Everton 1-0 Brentford
32’ - Richarlison needs some medical attention but is back on the pitch with a bandage around his arm.
Calvert-Lewin is in attack by himself now, Richarlison and Gordon wide in a midfield four, Iwobi pressed into action at right-back in another quartet with Everton down to 10 men.
Everton 1-0 Brentford
27 ‘ - Norgaard with a cynical foul on Doucoure and that’s a clear yellow card for the Dane.
No real need for Brentford to rush things here - they can bide their time and try to shift Everton’s 10 men around somewhat more than they have so far.
Everton 1-0 Brentford
23’ - The Toffees being made to work really hard now to keep the ball and move themselves upfield.
Pickford tries to calm his teammates down after a scrappy few minutes.
Everton have just received their 103rd red card in the Premier League era - more than any other team now, one ahead of Arsenal.
Everton 1-0 Brentford
19’ - RED CARD!
Jarrad Branthwaite is off - it’s a straight red as he hauls down Ivan Toney who is running through on goal.
From massive positive to alarming worry for Frank Lampard’s side who are down to 10 men.
Everton 1-0 Brentford
9’ - GOAL! Richarlison flicks on a free-kick and it’s straight into the far corner of the Brentford net - possibly via a touch off Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s chest!
That’s a great start for the home side and it might well see the strike to safety.
The officials are having a quick check if it’s handball but Calvert-Lewin says it touched his chest - it’s a goal and it’s 1-0.
Everton 0-0 Brentford
3’ - Huge chance as Gordon gets between two defenders and shoots - Raya saves, Richarlison gets on the rebound but heads it wide with the goal gaping!
The Brazilian probably should have scored despite a defender in close proximity, while Gordon perhaps might wish he had gone low instead of looping his effort in.
Everton 0-0 Brentford
Kick-off! We are underway at Goodison Park.
A win will see the Toffees safe for certain this season and the players are greeted by a cloud of blue smoke and a huge roar from the fans.
Leeds snatch last-gasp draw against Brighton to move out of drop zone
It was just one goal to earn just one point but it could make a world of difference to Leeds’ chances of Premier League survival. Pascal Struijk’s stoppage-time equaliser, fashioned by the magical footwork of young Joe Gelhardt, salvaged a 1-1 draw against Brighton and Hove Albion to send the Elland Road crowd home happy, when they had briefly looked on the edge of mutiny.
Before Struijk’s back-post header, there were chants from the home crowd for the departed Marcelo Bielsa and demands for the board to go the same way as him. While a goal down to Danny Welbeck’s neat first-half finish, Jesse Marsch’s side faced the prospect of being relegated to all intents and purposes before they next kicked a ball.
Their vastly inferior goal difference meant that a win for Burnley at Villa Park on Thursday night would all but end their return to the top flight after only two seasons. Instead, if Burnley lose that game, Leeds’ destiny will be within their own hands. And at full time, there was renewed hope around Elland Road that this side may just have enough about them to avoid the drop.
Despite this marking the end of a three-game run against top-four opponents, this was never going to be straightforward for Leeds. Brighton not only came into this game on the back of two impressive, successive wins against Wolves and Manchester United but had the joint-best away record in the league outside of the top three too. They looked on their way to another three points until Struijk’s late intervention.
The goal owed everything to Gelhardt, who took the ball on the right-hand edge of the penalty box, shimmied around Marc Cucurella and then sat Lewis Dunk down. He still needed to bypass the Brighton captain and so clipped the ball over his body, then lofted a cross to the far post. At a narrowing angle, Struijk nodded in to send Elland Road into raptures. It was the ending Leeds desperately needed after a poor start.
Leeds snatch last-gasp draw against Brighton to move out of relegation zone
Leeds 1-1 Brighton: Pascal Struijk scored in stoppage time to cancel out Danny Welbeck’s opener
Schlupp snatches late leveller for Crystal Palace at Aston Villa
Substitute Jeffrey Schlupp netted a late equaliser as Crystal Palace secured a 1-1 draw at fellow Premier League mid-table side Aston Villa.
Schlupp, five minutes after coming on, finished from close range in the 82nd minute to cancel out Ollie Watkins’ 69th-minute opener.
Lucas Digne had a strike saved by Jack Butland and Watkins hit a shot wide in stoppage time as a subsequent Villa push to reclaim the lead proved in vain.
The result left Patrick Vieira’s Palace and Steven Gerrard’s Villa still in 11th and 12th place respectively, a point apart.
Everton vs Brentford line-ups
The final game of the season in a busy Premier League day is Everton vs Brentford!
Here are the line-ups with Calvert-Lewin back in the side and a three-man attack on show for the Bees once more:
Everton XI: Pickford, Mykolenko, Branthwaite, Holgate, Coleman, Doucoure, Andre Gomes, Iwobi, Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison, Gordon
Brentford XI: Raya, Jansson, Bech Sorensen, Henry, Ajer, Eriksen, Jensen, Nørgaard, Toney, Wissa, Mbeumo
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