The game against Sunderland was almost secondary as Chelsea fans had only two things on our mind — finally getting our hands on the Premier League trophy and giving JT the send-off that the most successful captain of the Premier League era deserves.

Relegation battlers Hull suffered a shock 2-0 home defeat against bottom club Sunderland as the fight to stay in the Premier League took another dramatic twist.

Marten de Roon fired Middlesbrough to victory in the desperation derby as Sunderland's hopes of another remarkable Premier League escape were dealt a potentially fatal blow.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic felt like Benjamin Button, but it was more a case of Groundhog Day as far as Sunderland were concerned. Manchester United retain a two-pronged assault on Champions League qualification, but all the Wearside club has to look forward to are trips to some of football’s less celebrated destinations in the Championship next season.

Sunderland 0 Manchester City 2: Sunderland were game, but the harsh truth is that they were woefully lacking in just about every department. Try as they might, the most stern test faced by Manchester City arrived in the aftermath of the final whistle.

Sunderland 0 Chelsea 1: Chelsea’s 10th successive win was predictable in a game against the Premier League’s bottom club, but few anticipated that Antonio Conte’s team would experience such a nervous 90 minutes before retaining the leadership.

David Moyes has insisted he is not being defeatist by admitting Sunderland are engaged in yet another Premier League relegation fight just two games into the new season.

Sergio Aguero served up a reminder that there is life before Pep Guardiola for Manchester City.

Swansea 2 Sunderland 4: Jermain Defoe struck a hat-trick as Sunderland won a thrilling Premier League relegation battle at Swansea.

Jermain Defoe struck a hat-trick as Sunderland won a thrilling Premier League relegation battle.

PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS: Sunderland 1-3 Norwich, Swansea 2-0 Newcastle, Tottenham 2-2 Stoke, Watford 0-0 West Brom, West Ham 1-2 Leicester

Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0: Arsenal needed a point to all but confirm third place in the Premier League; Sunderland needed a point to escape relegation; three of the last six games between the teams at the Emirates had ended goalless. Can you guess what the score was yet?

Sunderland striker Danny Graham’s first goal for the club may have been a fluke but its significance could not be under-estimated as the Black Cats took another step towards Premier League survival.

Manchester City 3 Sunderland 2

Billy Jones knows Sunderland have blown the chance to put serious distance between them and the bottom three.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of the full round of matches on St Stephen’s Day in the Premier League.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 16 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 8 in the Premier League.

Sunderland 0 Swansea 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 6 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 5 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Sunderland appeared to one step closer to signing Manchester City’s Jack Rodwell after he was pictured at the club’s training ground on Monday.

Sunderland have issued a “hands-off” warning to Southampton as the Saints start the search for a new manager.

West Brom took a major step towards Barclays Premier League survival as Saido Berahino’s first-half goal steered them to a 1-0 victory over West Ham at The Hawthorns – their first home win under boss Pepe Mel.

Man City 3 West Brom 1

West Brom 1 Fulham 1

Jose Mourinho believes Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini is getting his sums wrong as the war of words between the two managers continues to escalate.

Alvaro Negredo is named amongst the substitutes as Manchester City make six changes for the trip to Tottenham.

West Brom 1 Newcastle 0

West Brom 1 Newcastle 0

West Ham 3 West Brom 3

West Brom 1 Hull City 1

Cardiff 1 West Brom 0

West Brom 0 Norwich City 2

Robin van Persie was again absent from the Manchester United squad but Marouane Fellaini was selected to face former club Everton at Old Trafford.

Newcastle 2 West Brom 1

Moussa Sissoko’s thunderbolt fired Newcastle into the Barclays Premier League’s top five as the Magpies secured a fourth successive victory.

West Brom 2 Crystal Palace 0

West Brom 2 Crystal Palace 0

Liverpool 4 West Brom 1

Stoke 0 West Brom 0

Stoke 0 West Brom 0

Jack Wilshere rescued a point for Arsenal at West Brom to send them level with Liverpool at the Barclays Premier League summit, but a thrilling match might easily have gone either way.

West Brom 3 Sunderland 0

Stephane Sessegnon was handed his West Brom debut as the club that let him go this month, Sunderland, visited The Hawthorns.

Fulham 1 West Brom 1