Chelsea secure top-four finish; Arsenal and Manchester United crash out

Gary Cahill will leave Chelsea at the end of the season

Chelsea defeated Watford 3-0 to secure a place in the top-four and hence will fixture in the Champions League next season. The Blues moved to third position with 71 points thanks to goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek, David Luiz and Gonzalo Higuain.


Looking back from the start of the season, it is a great achievement for Maurizio Sarri getting the Stamford bridge side back into the Champions League and yet still in contention to make the Europa League final having also reached the Carabao Cup final where they were beaten on penalties by Manchester City. A much improved side will be expected next season, but for now, the fans can be happy with their current status.

The last time Watford kept a Premier League clean sheet against any of the top six was in February 2016, that's in their last 40 Premier League games of such.
Eden Hazard has scored 16 goals and provided 15 assists in the Premier League this season. His assists tally is more than that of any other player in Europe top-five leagues this season.

Huddersfield dent Manchester United Champions League hope

Manchester United are now out of top-four race following their 1-1 draw against Huddersfield. Scott McTominay was on the score sheet but that was enough not to secure the needed points for United and they automatically qualify for the Europa League next season. They have 66 points, four points behind fourth placed Tottenham with only one game to go this season.

It hasn't been a great season from the Old Trafford side, there was a glimpse of success following the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer but that was not enough as their performance later deteriorated at a stage and they ended up not qualifying for the Champions League. Great work is needed to be done by Solskjaer ahead of next season as he looks to get them back in place.

Only Fulham and Huddersfield who both have five clean sheets have kept fewer Premier League clean sheets than Manchester United who kept only seven throughout the season.
United have failed to win any of their last five games in all competitions, their worst run since December 2015.

Brighton put an end to Arsenal's top-four dream

Arsenal shot themselves in the legs and surrendered their chase for the top-four after drawing 1-1 at home to Brighton. The Gunners gave Tottenham the secured fourth place highlighting their woeful outting this campaign.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got on the score sheet but that was that as Brighton equalised to put a stop to Arsenal's dream of securing a Champions League place. The Gunners have 67 points, three points behind Tottenham who are fourth but who have an 8+ goal difference in comparison to Unai Emery's side and Arsenal will need a miracle to get into the top-four on the last day of the season.

They however have another way of getting into the Champions League, that's only if they can win the Europa League this season and only time will tell what Emery can do.

Arsenal are yet to win any of their last four Premier League games, that's their worst run since February 2016.
This is the first time Arsenal will conceded 50 or more goals in consecutive seasons since 1982/83 and 1983/84 season.
Aubameyang is the first player to score 20+ Premier League goals for Arsenal since Alexis Sanchez in 2016/17 season.
Only Mohamed Salah has scored more Premier League goals than Aubameyang since the Gabonese made his debut in February 2018. Salah as scored 35 within that period while Aubameyang has scored 30.

Results in full...
Premier League
Chelsea 3-0 Watford
Huddersfield 1-1 Manchester United
Arsenal 1-1 Brighton

Serie A
Empoli 1-0 Fiorentina
Parma 3-3 Sampdoria
Lazio 1-3 Atalanta
Sassuolo 2-2 Frosinone
Genoa 1-1 Roma
Napoli 2-1 Cagliari

LaLiga
Getafe 2-0 Girona
Eibar 1-0 Real Betis
Real Madrid 3-2 Villarreal
Real Valladolid 1-0 Athletic Bilbao
SD Huesca 2-6 Valencia

Bundesliga
Schalke 04 0-0 Augsburg
Freiburg 1-1 Fortuna Düsseldorf
Bayer Leverkusen 6-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

Ligue 1
Nantes 3-0 Dijon
Toulouse 2-2 Rennes
Montpellier 1-1 Amiens
Monaco 2-3 Saint-Etienne
Lyon 2-2 Lille

Matches continue today with the following fixtures...
Premier League
Manchester City Vs Leicester City 8:00pm

Serie A
Milan Vs Bologna 7:30pm

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