#1 The trophy is Chelsea’s to lose
Chelsea were in excellent form and had virtually bagged the title before stuttering at home against Crystal Palace, following that up with a loss against Manchester United at Old Trafford. These setbacks narrowed the gap between them and Spurs to four points, allowing the North Londoners a glimmer of hope.
While Tottenham too managed to win on the night, Chelsea’s three points have tilted the title race in their favour.
In the closing stages of the season, this was the Blues’ trickiest of fixtures with home games against Middlesbrough and Watford coming up either side of a trip to West Brom. Chelsea will play their last game of the season at the Bridge against relegated Sunderland.
On the other hand, Spurs next play West Ham before hosting Manchester United followed by a fairly tricky outing to Leicester. A slip up in any of these games could end their title hopes; also, the trophy is Chelsea’s if they win the next three games irrespective of Spurs’ results.
This puts the Blues in control of their own fate and they surely have one hand on the trophy now. Come May, if they are not on the podium, they will have only themselves to blame.