#5 Arsenal refuse to go away in the race for top four
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Liverpool and Manchester City are still the clear favourites to secure the two remaining Champions League qualification spots behind Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, but this result keeps Arsenal in the mix.
With Stoke City (away), Sunderland (home) and Everton (home) still to play, the Gunners will be targeting nine points from nine and hope that such a tally is enough to get them over the line.
On one level, Wenger’s side deserve credit for the manner in which they have bounced back from several setbacks in 2017, but the fact that they remain in the race is also a damning indictment of Liverpool and City’s failure to wrap up their places in the top four.
For Southampton, the target is a fourth consecutive top-10 finish in the first division – something they have never managed before. Perhaps expectations have been unfairly heightened after the achievements of Pochettino and Koeman, but this season has been a little underwhelming for Saints. Maybe, though, that is simply evidence of how far they have come.
