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Is this the tightest battle for top 4 in Premier League history?

For fans of the biggest domestic league on the planet, the Premier League is the only option when it comes to satisfying any football cravings. Of course, some supporters might take in a match at a lower league venue or watch the occasional highlights of a foreign encounter, but England’s topflight is generally the most appealing product of them all. 

One of the most fiercely competitive battles in the Premier League is the challenge of finishing in the top 4 of the division and earning the ultimate prize of competing in next season’s Champions League competition as a result. Despite Chelsea’s recent slump, the Blues have secured another season of European football next campaign after Arsenal’s loss at Newcastle, with Thomas Tuchel’s side capable of challenging for European football’s biggest prize should the Blues’ new hierarchy be in-place in time. Chelsea are sitting two points clear of fourth-placed Spurs with two games to go, making it a tight race for third between both London rivals.

With Arsenal’s loss in the Northeast of England shaking up the football landscape once again, Spurs have seemingly won the battle against their North London rivals. Antonio Conte’s side needed Arsenal to slip up against Newcastle, leaving Spurs needing just a point away to Norwich on the last day of the season to confirm European football ahead of their fiercest rivals. The job isn’t done yet, but the amazing turnaround under the Italian manager is nearing completion. A relatively simple challenge away to an already relegated side awaits Tottenham, although with the the Canaries already down and playing without fear, it might not be as easy as many pundits are predicting. For many Spurs fans, though, the opportunity to make use of a bet365 promo code and back their beloved club for a Champions League place is a must, with the race for a fourth-placed finish going right down to the wire and resulting in one of the most fiercely contested top 4 races in recent memory.

Other top 4 races have also been tense

The last time Premier League fans were gripped by a top 4 race like this season’s is probably in 2019, when three points separated Chelsea in fourth and Manchester United in sixth with two games left. The other sides in contention at the time were Spurs and Arsenal once again, although the Gunners eventually faltered under the pressure. Sadly, for Arsenal fans, Mikel Arteta’s side are showing the exact end-of-season form that they showed under Unai Emery in 2019, therefore resulting in the North London side missing out on the ultimate prize of European football once again. From being in Arsenal’s hands and seemingly on course for a Champions League place, the gunners have handed it over to Spurs and taken it completely out of their hands. 

A race to the finish between two fierce rivals

With Chelsea more than likely to be playing Champions League football next season barring a calamitous finish to the season, the battle for the final place in the competition is hotting up between two of English football’s biggest rivals. After seeing off Arsenal in the North London derby with a convincing 3-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and with Arsenal’s stuttering form leading to another devastating loss at Newcastle, Spurs undoubtedly have the momentum and the control heading into the final chapter of the season. Arsenal will surely be going all out to stop their biggest foes from beating them to such a massive prize by seeing off Everton in their final game of the season but, ultimately, it’s over to Norwich to do them a humongous favour. 

An unmissable final day

While Arsenal and Spurs’ European football mission is admirable and shows both clubs’ ambition moving forward, only one place is up for grabs. As such, fans of the Premier League are gearing up for an unmissable finish between two fierce rivals in what is easily one of the most exciting races for the European places that we have ever seen.

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