Not a good week for non-playing Spurs
It was not a good week this week for Spurs, for whom the fates served up a rest after their gruelling penalty shoot-out defeat to F.C Basel last Thursday. We were due to play Chelsea last Sunday, but they were busy losing to Man City in the FA Cup semi-final.
Fulham might have beaten us a few weeks ago, but they couldn't put up a decent enough show at home to their true London rivals last night, losing 3-0, which put Chelsea back up to third place. Regarding Arsenal and Everton, their 0-0 draw on Tuesday night was probably the best result for us, as there was a risk that the gooners could have moved 7 points above us before we play Man City on Sunday. Arsenal play at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Perhaps Martin Jol can buck up his men for that Derby match to help us out.
We are in control of our own Premier League destiny, as we now have a game in hand over Arsenal, but of course, that game in hand is at Stamford Bridge (now fixed for May 8th), and we do have the little matter of the other "moneybags" team, Man City on Sunday.
The news that Gareth Bale is a doubt for Sunday (yet to be confirmed) does not help, and there is plenty of nail-biting to be done before the season ends. The fact that West Ham held Man Utd might help Spurs, because that title has not been clinched just yet, and Sir Alex Ferguson's side will be looking for something out of their game at The Emirates on 28th April.
Exciting, isn't it? For your reference, here is a summary of the remaining games for those teams in contention for a top four place:-
Chelsea (3rd) Arsenal (4th)
Liverpool (A) Fulham (A)
Swansea (H) Man Utd (H)
Man Utd (A) QPR (A)
Spurs (H)
A. Villa (A) Wigan (H)
Everton (H) Newcastle (A)
Spurs (5th) Everton (6th)
Man City (H) S'derland (A)
Wigan (A) Fulham (H)
S'hampton (H) Liverpool (A)
Chelsea (A)
Stoke (A) West Ham (H)
S'derland (H) Chelsea (A)
Perhaps it is wrong to discount Liverpool, but one way or another, they will have a hand in the run-in, with home games against both Chelsea and Everton.
Results 13-17.04.13
Arsenal 3-1 Norwich
A. Villa 1-1 Fulham
Everton 2-0 QPR
Reading 0-0 Liverpool
S'hampton 1-1 West Ham
Newcastle 0-3 S'derland
Stoke 0-2 Man Utd
Arsenal 0-0 Everton
Man City 1-0 Wigan
West Ham 2-2 Man Utd
Fulham 0-3 Chelsea
Barclays Premier League
P W D L F-A GD Pts
1. Man Utd 33 26 3 4 75-35 40 81
2. Man City 32 20 8 4 58-27 31 68
3. Chelsea 32 18 7 7 64-33 31 61
4. Arsenal 33 17 9 7 64-35 29 60
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5. Spurs 32 17 7 8 55-40 15 58
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6. Everton 33 14 14 5 51-37 14 56
7. Liverpool 33 13 11 9 59-40 19 50
8. West Brom 32 13 5 14 42-43 -1 44
9. Swansea 32 10 11 11 43-42 1 41
10. Fulham 33 10 10 13 44-51 -7 40
11. West Ham 33 10 9 14 38-47 -9 39
12. S'hampton 33 9 11 13 47-54 -7 38
13. Newcastle 33 10 6 17 42-59 -17 36
14. Norwich 33 7 14 12 31-52 -21 35
15. S'derland 33 8 10 15 37-45 -8 34
16. Stoke 33 7 13 13 28-41 -13 34
17. A. Villa 33 8 10 15 36-60 -24 34
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18. Wigan 32 8 7 17 37-58 -21 31
19. QPR 33 4 12 17 29-54 -25 24
20. Reading 33 5 9 19 36-63 -27 24
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