Brighton sink Fulham, Palace shrug Mateta loss to beat Ipswich

Premier League leaders Liverpool stretched their lead to 16 points, despite a lethargic first 45 minutes. Arne Slot's blast and three half-time alterations kickstarted a comeback from the champions-elect. Southampton remain bottom of the table with just nine points from 28 games all season

Forest pulled four points clear of City in third thanks to Callum Hudson-Odoi's late winner at the City Ground. Fourth-placed City are looking over their shoulders after a ninth league defeat of the season, while Forest are closing in on the Champions League with a top-five finish almost certain to be.

The two-time European champions have not experienced the continent's top competition since 1980. "We are not here to joke", Hudson-Odoi posted on social media. "Goal, MOTM (man-of-the-match), three points!"

Villa closed to within two points of the top four as Ollie Watkins came back to haunt Brentford once more in a 1-0 win in west London, whereas Brighton boosted their own Champions League hopes courtesy of Joao Pedro's 98th-minute penalty to beat Fulham 2-1.

Raul Jimenez's opened the scoring for Fulham, but Jean Paul van Hecke levelled before half-time. Pedro's spot-kick lifts the Seagulls to sixth and within one point of City. Crystal Palace shrugged off the loss of top scorer Jean-Philippe Mateta to a serious ear injury to beat Ipswich 1-0 thanks to Ismaila Sarr's winner.

The Eagles have won nine of their last 11 games in all competitions and climb to 11th. Wolves edged six points clear of the relegation zone after a 1-1 draw against Everton. Marshall Munetsi cancelled out Jack Harrison's opener for the visitors at Molineux as Everton extended their unbeaten league run to eight games.

Second-placed Arsenal have two games in hand on the leaders, the first of which comes away to Manchester United later today on Sunday. But it appears a matter of when not if Liverpool will clinch just their second league title in 35 years.