On Saturday, Sunderland lost 1-0 after Josh King-someone who has scored fifteen times this season- scored late on. The loss for Sunderland means that they have no mathematical chance of staying up and are therefore relegated. The Black Cats have spent ten years running in the Premier League and have miraculously pulled off survival bids in previous years, when it was looking like all hope was lost. Questions now loom over the future of David Moyes and star players such as Defoe and Pickford, but I’m sure we’ll be seeing them in the Premier League again soon.
Moving on, Manchester United drew with Swansea 1-1 on the weekend. United’s penalty was very controversial after Rashford appeared to dive to Fabianski’s minimal amount of contact – which led to the referee giving a penalty and Rooney slotted it away to score in two successive games. A brilliant free kick from Sigurdsson brought Swansea the deserved equaliser. The free kick was interrupted by a strange moment when Herrera ran to the goal line only to be waved away by de Gea and the next moment Sigurdsson curled one in to the area where Herrera had just been standing. However, with all the fixtures United have played they might be getting tired and with other clubs slipping up around them they won’t consider this draw a disaster.
Another result is Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Everton. Pedro’s long range curler opened the scoreline and put Chelsea with a dominant foothold in the game. Chelsea added another on the 79th minute after Cahill scored from a scrappy corner and a goal where Willian and Fabregas, both substitutes, combined to finish Everton off. Chelsea are still first, four points off Spurs and have to keep winning if Conte is going to win the league in his first season at the club.
Lastly, Tottenham beat Arsenal 2-0. It was a frustrating first half for Spurs where Alli couldn’t get contact on the ball to divert it into an open goal and Eriksen wasn’t able to hit the target from just outside the six yard box unmarked. However, thanks to a three minute period those missed chances didn’t matter as Alli converted Cech’s save into the net. Then, Kane perfectly placed a penalty that he won into the far corner to get Spurs a second. It was the last derby at White Hart Lane and it meant a lot to Tottenham who with the win will now finish above Arsenal for the first time since 1995.