In a key match in the 35th round of the English Premier League, Arsenal narrowly defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 away, winning three consecutive victories, and at the same time accumulating 80 points to continue to lead the standings. The result of this game affects the fate of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, and Villa, especially the fight for the fourth is not much suspense.
Tottenham, who has not played for half a month, is completely out of shape in the face of Arsenal's challenge at home, and conceded three goals in the first half to make the game gradually lose suspense. Although Arsenal goalkeeper Raya made a mistake in the second half to give the whole Tottenham team hope of an equaliser, it ultimately fell short.
After the win, Arsenal reached 80 points, four points behind Manchester City in two more games, and remained in the first place, while leading Liverpool in third place.
With Arsenal's victory, Liverpool has fallen behind the top 5 points, only 3 rounds left has withdrawn from the title race, all from the team's discontent, the last 5 rounds have only 1 victory, and the dressing room infighting problems, coach Klopp is also powerless, in just a month and a half, Liverpool has missed the FA Cup, Europa League, Premier League.
In addition to Liverpool, the suspense of Tottenham and Villa is basically gone.
After the loss, Tottenham still have 60 points and remain in fifth place, while two games less than seven points behind fourth-placed Villa, even if they win two games in the play-off, they are still one point behind.
According to the schedule, Tottenham's opponents in the last five rounds include Chelsea, Liverpool, Burnley, Manchester City, Sheffield United, and Villa's last three rounds against Brighton, Liverpool, and Crystal Palace respectively.
With Villa's state and strength, the last 3 rounds can win at least 2 games, not to mention that Liverpool is not in good shape now, Emery also has a chance to lead the team to win, Tottenham is different, Chelsea's state is good and bad, Liverpool and Manchester City are difficult opponents to play, and it is possible to get 3 wins, in short, the last 5 rounds are unlikely to win all of them to overtake Villa, and next season's Champions League qualification is far away.
The top four in the Premier League last season, namely Manchester City, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Newcastle, are likely to become Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, and Villa this season.