Three’s a crowd: Who’s gonna make the Premier League top four?
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Across the whole of Europethere’s still plenty to play for, but the Premier League’s race for a top fourplace could be the most competitive.
There’s two games left to play and a pair of spots stillundecided in the battle for Champions League football.
Tottenham Hotspur are in pole position, but will still belooking over their shoulder.
So we take a look at where it could be won and lost goinginto the final fortnight of the league season.
Spurs have stabilised after a dismal run of five gameswithout a win in late February and early March that put an end to their titleambitions.
They will hope the 1-0 home loss to West Ham United lastweekend is just a blip on their charge to third place.
Mauricio Pochettino’s men end with an away game atBournemouth and a home tie against Everton. The Lilywhites scored eleven goals andconceded just two in the reverse fixtures earlier in the campaign.
But will theirChampions League semi-final against Ajax prove too much of a distraction?
At one stage this season, it looked like Chelsea wouldn’t bein this position. The fans were left bewildered by Maurizio Sarri’s teamselections and Callum Hudson-Odoi was still sitting on the bench.
Their 1-1 draw with Man United on Sunday, has nudged themtwo points clear of Arsenal and now look set to grab the crucial fourth spot.
But the Blues will be wary of the threat of their final twoopponents. Watford have impressed everyone this season and are in the FA Cupshowpiece next month.
Leicester City just beat Arsenal and were 1-0 winners overChelsea in December. Sarri won’t besitting comfortably just yet.
Rewind to mid-April and things were going well for theGunners. They swept aside Napoli in the Europa League and looked a sure thingfor a top four spot.
Ten days and three losses later, it looks like a Europa winmay be the only way to salvage their season. Doesn’t that sound familiar Arsenal fans?
But remarkably, they’ve still got a sniff of bagging fourthspot.
A home win over a relegation-threatened Brighton & HoveAlbion is vital. Regardless, they will have to cure their travel sickness witha trip to Burnley on the final day.
It’s been a season of highs and lows for Man United thisseason. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer injected a hunger into the empty stomachs that-United fans had become accustomed too.
A win over Paris-Saint Germain in March has proved to be thepeak though. Sunday’s stalemate with Chelsea has given them a mountain toclimb.
Nothing less than sixpoints will do. Huddersfield Town and Cardiff City could be on the end of afew hammerings here.
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