LEICESTER WINS PREMIER LEAGUE,BUT CAN ARSENAL DELIVER THE ULTIMATE INSULT TO TOTTENHAM?

Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 2-2 draw away to Chelsea on Monday night which handed the Premier League title to Leicester City, and now Arsenal have a chance to pile misery onto the suffering Londoners by pipping them to the runners-up spot.

Arsenal are breathing down the necks of their North London rivals, and stand a real chance of maintaining their long-standing record of having finished above them in the Premier League table. Currently third with 67 points from 36 games, the Gunners are just three points adrift of Tottenham with two games still to play, and have been in better in recent weeks.

Arsene Wenger’s man have amassed two more points in the last three games than Spurs, who have drawn their last two outings, and now Arsenal have real motivation to end the season strongly. A trip to face Manchester City precedes a home clash against already-relegated Aston Villa, so there’s a chance Arsenal can at least pick up one win.

Tottenham have a strong Southampton side and then travel to face a relegation-threatened Newcastle outfit in good form, so have a real challenge to get their Premier League campaign back on track. The Spurs players suffered real indiscipline against Chelsea, and could well be without one more player through retrospective suspension.

As a result, they could crumble in their two remaining games, while an in-form Arsenal may flourish. Arsenal are 11/2 to finish in the top-two, but can they deliver?

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CRYSTAL PALACE V ARSENAL…GUNNERS ALWAYS LOSE WHEN YOU EXPECT EASY WIN!!

While Welbeck (second left) goes on the score sheet it is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (right) who gets much of the plaudits

THIS COULD BE A GREAT WEEKEND FOR ARSENAL!

Obviously what we all want as Arsenal fans is for the Gunners to go away to Crystal Palace and pick up all three points with lots of goals, a clean sheet and no more injuries. And we might well do that if we play to our strengths and do not take the game for granted, or have one eye on the visit of French club Monaco for the Champions League clash on Wednesday.

At the same time, however, Arsenal will be looking for the teams around us to slip up a little and help us in the fight for the top four, but how likely is it to happen this week? Actually it looks like it could be a good week to be a Gunner, as long as we do our bit.

Four of the clubs around us are playing each other on Sunday with West Ham travelling to face Tottenham and then Southampton hosting Liverpool later in the day. With the Saints currently above us, a defeat for them would be handy but with the Scousers breathing down our neck I would prefer a draw. And with Ronald Koeman´s team very hard to beat and Brendan Rodgers’ mob having played in the Europa League last night, a draw is pretty likely.

Then we come to the Spuds who also had a European game last night, and pretty tough and disappointing one at that (altogether now awwww!). And with Sam Allardyce supposedly fighting for a new contract despite his excellent season, West Ham could well do us a favour in that game.

That would be great but the cherry on top would be if Garry Monk and Swansea could take something off Man United at the Liberty Stadium tomorrow. Van Gaal´s unbelievable luck has to run out some time, Swansea are safe from relegation and still have a chance of Europa League football next season so should give it a real go with no pressure. And they have already beaten United this season.

Three draws in those games and a win for Arsenal would see us move up to third and set us up perfectly for Monaco.
Just do your bit Gunners and then hope for the best!

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