Manchester United's top four bid suffered another blow as Southampton hit back to earn a 1-1 draw, while Manchester City thrashed Norwich 4-0 with Raheem Sterling bagging a hattrick.
Manchester City stretched their lead at the top of the Premier League to 12 points as Riyad Mahrez and Kevin De Bruyne netted in a routine 2-0 win over Brentford on Wednesday.
Liverpool have rejected initial approaches from Monaco and Leeds for forward Takumi Minamino.
Marcus Rashford struck with virtually the last kick of the game to take Manchester United into the Premier League top four at West Ham's expense with a 1-0 win on Saturday.
Liverpool kept their slim hopes of reeling in Manchester City at the top of the Premier League alive by seeing off Brentford 3-0 at Anfield to move up to second in the table on Sunday.
Arsenal consolidated their position in the Premier League's top four with a 4-1 rout of Leeds in the only Premier League match on Saturday to survive a wave of coronavirus postponements.
Manchester City sent a statement in the Premier League title race with an emphatic 7-0 win over Leeds United while Aston Villa made it four wins from six under Steven Gerrard with a 2-0 away win over Norwich City.
Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has been passed fit for the champions’ home clash with Leeds on Tuesday.
Thomas Tuchel has revealed penalty supremo Jorginho has “sacrificed himself” for Chelsea for weeks on end.
Manchester City survived a lacklustre performance to edge a 10-man Wolves in the early kick off before Chelsea and Liverpool followed that up with 3 points of their own in narrow wins over Leeds United and Aston Villa.