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Plus: Tottenham keep the pressure on Arsenal while Leeds rescue what may prove to be an invaluable point in the battle to stay in the Premier League...

The gap is widening, but a fortnight of the season remains. I have a huge pride in the players for what they've done in the last couple of games, to continue with that fight and aggression. Patrick Vieira even referenced the issue in his post-match press conference: "When we get to the last third we don't always make the correct decisions and, of course, we need to keep working and keep improving. There'll also be new faces in the door as Edwards looks to shape his squad. For the next 91 minutes, that chance looked to be defining Leeds' day at the office as their fight for survival looked an ominous one until Gelhardt sparked them into life in injury-time. It was a fair assessment as Watford's season at Vicarage Road ended in a whimper. There was no looking for the easy pass against Brighton. He took the fight to them with some bulldozing runs and dangerous forward passes. But it was significant that Moyes sent for Noble when City had pulled themselves level, when West Ham needed someone to give them a foothold again in the middle of the park. They showed to be very professional and understanding the importance of the moment. Since Conte joined the club, Lloris has tied himself down to a new contract and solidified himself as one of Tottenham's most important stars. But now Burnley, as they showed against Tottenham on Sunday lunchtime, are quite easy on the eye. Guiding Brentford to mid-table on a small budget, while the other two promoted sides have endured torrid seasons, is mightily impressive.

Manchester City's draw against West Ham United has given hopes for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool to chase the table topper in the race for the Premier League and ...

The fact that the quadruple for Liverpool may be in the hands of former Liverpool legends. If Aston Villa can repeat such a result, or even draw against Pep Guardiola's side, Liverpool will have a numerical chance of winning the league. You can't ask for a better end of season.

The title race will go down to the final day after City slipped up at West Ham, while none of relegation-threatened Burnley, Everton or Leeds secured wins.

More of the same, as one of the weirdest Premier League seasons in recent memory draws to a close. He cannot rely upon the continued (and extreme) overperformance of Jose Sa and he must find a way to break down teams that sit deep. An afternoon to sum up what a wasted season this has been for Watford, if you ignore the broadcasting revenues and subsequent parachute payments that will presumably be used to fund a promotion bid next season. If we can broadly agree that an offence was committed, can anyone really say that the offence merits a huge opportunity for a team to score? But Norwich have at least avoided a repeat of 2019-20, when they lost their last 10 games of the season to fall limply into the Championship. As soon as Kevin Friend was instructed to go to the VAR screen (and he’s blameless for not giving it in real time) there was only one likely outcome. First came the perceived lack of investment, particularly adding depth to a small, tired squad, then the sacking of Bielsa. If they were going to go down, they might as well have kept their hero. Supporters had had enough; they chanted first Marcelo Bielsa’s name and then that members of the board should be sacked for the way in which they have managed this season. Apply too much power and the ball may well be flicked to the far edge of the six-yard box, where again a teammate may be waiting. He created one excellent chance for Maxwel Cornet with a through ball and set up the same player for a half-chance after the break. That means Everton have to commit one player towards the edge of the penalty area to look after him but doesn’t telegraph whether it will be a short corner or not. The ball is played at a height where Wissa could use his head or lay the ball back with his foot to the edge of the box, a routine we have seen a few times recently in the Premier League.

Welcome to The Athletic's coverage of today's breaking football news.It was a bumper weekend of Premier League action, as Manchester City dropped points in ...

Wednesday: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Rangers (8pm) Tuesday: Southampton vs Liverpool (8pm) Monday: Newcastle vs Arsenal (8pm)

Trevor Sinclair says the Premier League title is within tantalising reach for City after we secured a crucial point against West Ham United in our ...

It’s not all on the training ground. “The second half performance is one that Pep will be very happy with,” Sinclair declared. “It’s time to focus, get prepared.

Manchester City's draw against West Ham United has given hopes for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool to chase the table topper in the race for the Premier League.

If Aston Villa can repeat such a result, or even draw against Pep Guardiola's side, Liverpool will have a numerical chance of winning the league. Jurgen Klopp has already won the FA Cup and the League Cup with Liverpool this season and is eyeing a historic quadruple with the Premier League and the Champions League title up for grabs this month. Manchester City's draw against West Ham United has given hopes for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool to chase the table topper in the race for the Premier League and can end up to a play-off with City for the title decider as well.

There's still so much to play for in terms of prize money in the Premier League this season.

Avoiding relegation is also key. And with sides still having games in hand to play before the final day, the league table could yet be all change. Everton, Burnley and Leeds all continue to scrap to avoid the drop, as fine margins amount to significant effects for clubs going forward – often financially. Actually, that jostle in the mid-table could be the difference of around £10m-14m for the biggest winners and losers; a huge sum for sides looking to build their status. The Athletic estimates that the 2021/22 Premier League winners will pocket £44m in merit payments, while the team who places 20th will earn just £2.2m. It’s all action moving down the table, too.

The Reds received a huge boost to their hopes of winning the Premier League title with Man City having been held by West Ham but still need to take maximum ...

“We didn’t expect to win the title with three, four or five games to spare. With City having claimed a point, they now sit four clear of the Reds and they also have a far superior goal difference to consider. With one match of the season remaining, there will be one point between the two sides.

Burnley fill the final relegation spot but have a game in hand on Leeds above them; Everton also have two games left and one win will do for them.

Two draws will all but secure their safety too barring no miraculous mathematic goal swing with Leeds, who have a -18 worse goal difference than Frank Lampard's side. This means four points from their final two games - away at Aston Villa on Thursday and at home to Newcastle on Sunday - will be enough. Leeds remain favourites for relegation but their situation would have been far worse had Pascal Struijk not struck a late equaliser to lift them out of the bottom three against Brighton in a 1-1 draw.

Watford and Norwich are down, while Everton and Leeds sit just outside the bottom three and Burnley have slipped into it. However, there are plenty of twists ...

Watford and Norwich are down, while Everton and Leeds sit just outside the bottom three and Burnley have slipped into it. However, there are plenty of twists and turns coming in the final week of the season. With Manchester City the favorites to win the Premier League title, Liverpool is doing its level best to catch them on the final weekend of the season.

All three clubs are battling to avoid joining Norwich and Watford in the Championship next season.

The corresponding fixture in December at Elland Road ended 2-2 with Patrick Bamford scoring a dramatic injury-time leveller. It is still in Burnley’s hands… Frank Lampard blamed refereeing decisions for Everton’s capitulation, insisting that Richarlison should have been awarded a penalty seconds before Branthwaite was sent off. - Sun 22 May – Brentford (a) Brentford’s 3-2 victory was good news for Burnley and Leeds who also failed to win this weekend. - Sun 22 May – Arsenal (a)

The two clubs meeting at St James Park at 8pm on Monday night (16 May 2022). Eddie Howe looking to get back to winning ways after Liverpool and Man City ended a ...

Newcastle United may have a woeful record in recent years against Arsenal, but despite the points difference shown in this season’s Premier League table, the two clubs meet with very similar form over almost five months, with actually Eddie Howe’s players just edging it. In their opening 19 games of the season Arsenal accumulated 35 points, as opposed to 11 for Newcastle United. Newcastle 0 Liverpool 1

A supercomputer has calculated the final matches of the Premier League season and come up with a predicted table that shows the champions, who wins the race ...

Leeds - 35 points Brighton - 48 points That means Leeds will join Watford and Norwich in the Championship next season.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of today's Premier League action. It is going to be a crucial day of top-flight football at both ends of the table as ...

•1h ago •1h ago •1h ago •1h ago •1h ago But when the visitors strike back with a counter of their own, things can get pretty dangerous for West Ham. City need to hold their nerve. Tottenham beat Burnley to climb up to fourth in the first game of the day. West Ham vs Manchester City (14.00) •5m ago Watford vs Leicester City (14.00) •41s ago

As Liverpool completed a domestic cup double by again seeing off Chelsea in a penalty shootout in the FA Cup final, there rivals Manchester City dropped points ...

However, West Ham were able to pick up a point, meaning there are now two points separating the sides. Not only as they would rather them win the title than Liverpool - who otherwise would match United on 20 titles - but also to help them in their push to qualify for the Europa League. Eddie Howe's side have lost just one Premier League game at their fabled ground in 2022 - to Jurgen Klopp's side - so it's likely to be a huge challenge for the Gunners to take all three points. If they fail to beat the Eagles, then they could be at real danger of the drop, as they face the trickiest fixture of any of the teams battling to avoid the drop on the final day of the season. Everton travel to an Arsenal side with Champions League hopes, Leeds are away to Brentford who have nothing to play for and Burnley host Newcastle who are in a similar position to the Bees. Leeds will have it all to do though if Burnley are able to jump ahead of them before the final game of the season. They spent £97.5million for him to be the man to win trophies for Chelsea, but in the FA Cup final he was an absentee. Liverpool don't have much time to rest as they now hope for a big swing in the race for the title If City are unable to beat Villa and Liverpool can win both of their final games, then Gerrard will have gifted the Premier League title to the club where is known as one of their greatest legends of all time. They will be a doubt for the game with Southampton but Jurgen Klopp will be hopeful they can still have some influence on the battle for the title. Liverpool also have the Champions League final against Real Madrid on May 28 to look forward to, though their supporters will be hoping they're not put through the same stress as they were in the two cup finals against Chelsea. The Reds don't have much time to rest though as they look to go one point behind Manchester City in the Premier League when they face Southampton on Tuesday.

Two of the teams coming up from the Sky Bet Championship have also been confirmed. Fulham and AFC Bournemouth sealed automatic promotion at the end of the ...

The final relegation place, and Brentford's opponents, will be confirmed in the next six days. The three remaining places in the Premier League will be confirmed in the next 13 days. The deciding matches will be played in the next two days.

For many teams, such as Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, there is just one game of their season left, but there remain some sides in the league who have ...

If Everton win their game in hand, and Burnley lose, it comes down to Burnley and Leeds. A draw for Leeds would be enough on the final day if Burnley lose. If they lose, they would have to win on the final day and hope either Leeds or Everton lose. But if Burnley and Everton both win their games in hand, and then win on the final day, Leeds will go down regardless of their result. For Leeds to be safe: If Burnley and Everton win their games in hand, Leeds are in trouble. If Burnley lose their game in hand, Everton would only need a point against Arsenal on the final day. Burnley winning their game in hand would leave it as essentially a straight shootout between the Toffees and Leeds. Everton, though, would just have to win on the final day to be safe. If not, they may need a result against Arsenal on the final day. For Liverpool to win the title, they need to beat Southampton – a healthy goalscoring margin would help – and then beat Wolves. They would also have to hope that Villa do them a favour by taking points off City on the final day. The game against Newcastle seems ripe for Arsenal dropping points, but they will undoubtedly be favourites if they manage to win in the north east. If Arsenal fail to win at St James’ Park, the scenario switches completely and Spurs will suddenly have their fate in their hands. Premier League rules state that a 39th match will be used to determine the champions if two sides are level on points, goal difference, goals scored and in the head-to-head results between them. Were Liverpool to draw, and City then lost on the final day, it would be mathematically possible for the Reds to win the league, but they would need to beat Wolves and hope for an eight-goal swing.