Match week 26 has been splintered into a whole weeks’ worth of fixtures, with a couple still to come, but alas here are the roundups from those played so far. The relegation battle continued to heat up, Liverpool marched on and Manchester City decided to become the Saracens of football.

            First, Goodison Park saw the possibilities under a Carlo Ancelotti revolution, with Everton running out three-one winners against Crystal Palace. Despite the amazing moment where Benteke finally scored, Palace struggled to maintain any form against the dominance of an Everton side hoping to aim high next season. Richarlison will possibly be eyeing a move to Barcelona and shone as if in anticipation of a dream move. On the same day, relegation fodder Watford and Brighton drew a match of two halves, the first belonging to Watford before Brighton’s assertive second half. Watford remain in the bottom three, whilst Brighton continue to deny their title of “Premier league Basement Boy’s.”

Sheffield marched on towards Europe, coming from behind to win two-one against Bournemouth who certainly must be set for the drop back to the championship with their form. A dismal season so far. Sheffield, aiming possibly for Europa League, could now be in contention for Champions League after Manchester City’s sponsorship regulations breaches. Now no one ever suspected this did they… ok they’ve been suspected for quite a while! Wolves and Leicester drew a bore nil-all draw save for Choudhury’s stupid red card, unlucky to be honest, and shared the spoils. Ndidi needs to return to implement more balance for Leicester to smash the remaining fixtures.

Southampton, despite their form and massively improved season, saw themselves downed by bench-player Vydra, who ran the pitch with the ball to score a sensational solo goal and secure the points for Burnley. On the same day, Liverpool saw them take a further step towards the title through Mané’s 100^th Premier League goal, beating Norwich one-nil. Norwich remain bottom and likely to return to the Championship. Liverpool now only need four more wins to secure the title, meaning an enthralling encounter at Goodison Park could see them smash their closest rivals and lift the trophy. That would be something!

Aston Villa fought hard and long but succumbed to Tottenham as they lost three-two at Villa Park. Alderweireld scored twice (one for each side) as Son stole the spoils in the 94^th minute. That same day, Arsenal awoke from their long-time slumber to smash Newcastle four-nil. Even Mesut Özil scored, that’s how bad Newcastle were. Pépé looked the talisman part that Arsenal have needed for several years but could not hide the still serious issue underlying Arsenal’s mid-table position: Defence!

Still to come, Chelsea versus Manchester United, and fresh from their European punishment Manchester City versus West Ham United.