Ex-Man Utd and Spurs striker Dimitar Berbatov sank Tottenham's hopes in today's 1-0 derby loss to Fulham.
With today's triumph and yesterday's blinding result at Swansea, the race for 4th is gonna get very very tense. I wouldn't expect anything less from the Arsenal.
Being an Arsenal supporter is not good for your blood pressure!
So as we enter week 31 of 39, the standings look much the same in terms of positioning with only Spurs and Chelsea switching positions.
1. Man U
2. Man City
3. Chelsea
4. Spurs
5. Arsenal
Except - Now there's only 5 points between the fifth and third spot.
Chelsea and ourselves sit comfortably with a game in hand (29 in total) leaving 'The Scum down the road' scratching their heads whilst soiling their lilly-whites.
The prospect of being dumped out for the second year running is a big reality check from last weeks bravado.
Yes I may be jumping the gun a little; we've got a hell of a long way to go but it was around this time last season that we started our resurgence and Tottenham began to faultier.
Lets look at the prospective fixtures:
ARSENAL (Final 9):
Reading (Home) - West Brom (Away) - Norwich (Home) - Everton (Home) - Fulham (Away) - Man U (Home) - Wigan (Away) - QPR (Home) - Newcastle (Away).
TOTTENHAM (Final 8):
Swansea (Away) - Everton (Home) - Chelsea (Away) - Man City (Home) - Wigan (Away) - Southampton (Home) - Stoke (Away) - Sunderland (Home).
And to sprinkle a little lethargy into the mix, Spurs also face FC Basel twice in one week in the quarter finals of the "ahem" - Europa League.
I'm feeling a lot more positive about the current standings, and convinced that come Sunday May 19th, the league table will look positively different from today's.
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