How Arsenal’s loss at Goodison Park could affect their top four race

The Everton-Arsenal derby happens to be one of the matches to approach with a very high level of sobriety because any team here can pull a surpise but the race for the top four and cureent position of Arsenal could have made the gunners to relax.

Arsenal missed the chance to leap above rivals Tottenham and go third in the table as they went down 1-0 to Everton at Goodison Park on Sunday.

Phil Jagielka who was only called into the starting lineup by Marco Silva at the 11th hour after Michael Keane fell ill scored the only goal of the game after just 10 minutes following Arsenal’s inability to clear a Lucas Digne throw.

The defeat sees the Gunners stay in fourth place, with all four top four contenders now having played 32 matches.

The Gunners are a point behind Tottenham, who weren’t in action this weekend, and level on points with Chelsea, who face West Ham at Stamford Bridge on Monday night.

Here’s the state of play in the Champions League race.

Tottenham

Current position: 3rd

Points: 64

Remaining fixtures: Brighton (H), Huddersfield (H), Manchester City (A), West Ham (H), Bournemouth(A), Everton (H)

Recent form: One win, one draw, four losses – 4 points

Arsenal

Current position: 4th

Points: 63

Remaining fixtures: Watford (A), Crystal Palace (H), Wolves (A), Leicester City (A), Brighton (H), Burnley(A)

Recent form (last six games): Four wins, one draw, one defeat – 13 points

Chelsea

Current position: 5th

Points: 63

Remaining fixtures: West Ham (H), Liverpool (A), Burnley (H), Manchester United (A), Watford (H), Leicester City (A)

Recent form: Four wins, one draw, one defeat – 13 points .

Manchester United

Current position: 6th

Points: 61

Remaining fixtures: West Ham (H), Everton (A), Manchester City (H), Chelsea (H), Huddersfield (A), Cardiff(H)

Recent form: Three wins, one draw, two defeats – 10 points