Manchester United and Newcastle are getting ready to qualifying for subsequent season’s Champions League after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw towards Aston Villa, whereas Everton stay in relegation hazard regardless of their dramatic 1-1 draw at Wolves on Saturday. United’s 1-0 victory at Bournemouth, mixed with Liverpool’s failure to beat Villa, left Erik ten Hag’s males and Newcastle inside touching distance of making certain Premier League high 4 finishes. Fourth-placed United and Newcastle, in third, are each three factors away from fifth-placed Liverpool, who’ve just one sport left.
Newcastle can seal their spot with a draw or win towards Leicester on Monday or Chelsea on Might 28.
United take their flip at securing the profitable high 4 place towards Chelsea on Thursday and Fulham subsequent weekend.
Liverpool’s last sport of the season is towards relegated Southampton, however though they’ve a superior aim distinction to United in the event that they end stage on factors, they’re more likely to should accept a spot within the Europa League.
On the Vitality Stadium, United took the lead within the ninth minute when Casemiro spun to satisfy Christian Eriksen’s cross with an acrobatic bicycle kick from close-range.
United have been unbeaten of their earlier 134 league matches when main at half-time and that outstanding sequence continued as they held agency after the interval.
At Anfield, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was watching from the stands as he served a touchline ban following his current rant about referee Paul Tierney.
Villa wasted a Twenty second-minute penalty when Ollie Watkins fired large after the striker was introduced down by Ibrahima Konate.
Regardless of Watkins’ miss, Unai Emery’s workforce went forward within the twenty seventh minute by Jacob Ramsey’s volley from Douglas Luiz’s cross.
Roberto Firmino and James Milner, set to depart Liverpool on the finish of the season, got here on for his or her Anfield farewells within the closing phases.
And it was Brazilian ahead Firmino who rescued a degree together with his close-range end in stoppage-time.
Everton drama
Yerry Mina’s last-gasp equaliser boosted Everton’s hopes of avoiding enjoying within the second tier for the primary time since 1954.
Sean Dyche’s males fell behind after 34 minutes when Adama Traore’s shot was pushed out to Hwang Hee-chan, who netted from close-range.
Mina bundled in Everton’s leveller 9 minutes into stoppage-time to depart the fourth backside Toffees two factors above the relegation zone.
Third backside Leeds would go above Everton with a win at West Ham on Sunday, whereas second backside Leicester would additionally leapfrog Dyche’s workforce in the event that they beat Newcastle on Monday.
Tottenham’s season to overlook hit a brand new low with a 3-1 residence defeat towards Brentford.
Ryan Mason’s aspect took the lead by Harry Kane’s twenty eighth league aim this season, however a Bryan Mbeumo brace and Yoane Wissa’s late strike left them floundering in eighth place.
Frustration has mounted all through the ultimate weeks of a troubled season for Tottenham and followers hung banners outdoors the stadium pointing the finger of blame at house owners ENIC.
One banner modified the “E” within the ‘ENIC OUT’ slogan to a £ signal, whereas one other had footage of a number of of the membership’s departed managers, together with this season’s victims Antonio Conte and Cristian Stellini, labelling them as “harmless” whereas ENIC have been described as “responsible”.
In one other signal of the angst at Tottenham’s house owners, followers despatched black balloons floating down onto the pitch all through the match whereas chairman Daniel Levy sat stone-faced within the administrators’ field.
Fulham and Crystal Palace shared a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage.
In a while Saturday, Arsenal will look to delay the Premier League title occasion for champions-elect Manchester Metropolis.
An Arsenal defeat at Nottingham Forest would hand Metropolis their fifth title in six seasons.
Even when the second-placed Gunners win in Nottingham, Metropolis will nonetheless clinch a 3rd successive title in the event that they beat Chelsea on Sunday or defeat Brighton or Brentford of their last two video games subsequent week.
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