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Premier League: How 'spellbinding' and record-breaking day at the bottom unfolded

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When you are fighting relegation in the Premier League things can become desperate - and usually a bit chaotic.

Things never seem to go to plan when the pressure is on and the unexpected happened again on a manic Monday that saw 21 goals in three games light up a topsy-turvy relegation battle.

By the end of the final match, former Arsenal and England striker Alan Smith told Sky Sports: "It was a magnificent spectacle. It turned into everything you hoped it would be. Tension, goals, thrills, spills, absolutely spell-binding to watch."

Up first were Leicester, who travelled to Craven Cottage needing victory over Fulham to be certain they would not slip into the drop zone, but they quickly found themselves 3-0 down by half-time.