Manchester City and Aston Villa respond to Arsenal by winning at Crystal Palace and West Ham and returning to -2 and -3 behind the leaders (here is the ranking). These are the main verdicts on Sunday of matchday 16, to which are added Tottenham’s disaster in Nottingham (with Guglielmo Vicario in the dock) and Sunderland’s victory on an own goal in the heartfelt match against Newcastle.
