Premier League reaction: Arsenal beat Spurs as Newcastle, Villa & Palace also win

Premier League reaction: Arsenal beat Spurs as Newcastle, Villa & Palace also win



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Unfortunately Newcastle are not in the title race as there is no title race, Liverpool have won the league at a canter this year. It's only a matter of time before everyone finally admits it, I'm a Man Utd fan and I've made my peace with it.

Will

To win the league, Newcastle would have to win all the remaining 17 games to get to 90 points. It's not happening


David Moyes' return to Everton was ruined by Ollie Watkins' second-half winning goal for Aston Villa in the Premier League.

Manager Moyes was taking charge of the Toffees after replacing Sean Dyche, who was sacked last week, but there was little joy for the Scot almost 12 years after leaving the club for Manchester United.

Everton were architects of their own downfall as Morgan Rogers picked off Jarrad Branthwaite's loose pass on 51 minutes before feeding Watkins and the Villa striker slid home a clinical finish past England team-mate Jordan Pickford.

The result leaves Moyes' side teetering one point and two places above the relegation zone, while Villa are seventh, three points outside the top four.

Can't quite believe that last post from Nick. As if Spurs fans didn't have enough to put up with this morning...

We have had a lot of messages from Tottenham supporters, giving their thoughts on what is going wrong for Ange Postecoglou and his side.

We will get to those soon.

But let's first focus on this morning's positive vibes, which are all coming from Newcastle...



The Magpies are on a club record-equalling nine-match winning run in all competitions, they have one of the hottest strikers in world football at their disposal in Alexander Isak, and they are back in the top four of the Premier League for the first time since September.

In-form Isak became the first Newcastle player to score in eight successive Premier League games in Wednesday's comfortable win over Wolves, netting either side of half-time before teeing up Anthony Gordon for the Magpies' third of the night.

Their latest triumph lifts Eddie Howe's side three points above champions Manchester City and nine behind Premier League leaders Liverpool - albeit having played a game more.

No one is in better form than Howe’s side and history shows it can be done.

Arsenal have overcome the biggest points gap to win the Premier League title, in 1997-98. At the end of December they were 13 points behind Manchester United, albeit with a game in hand.

Having said that, it would take a dramatic slip up in form from Liverpool for Newcastle to overhaul them, with data experts Opta giving the Magpies just a 0.1% chance of winning the league.


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