Premier League Round-Up: Matchweek 37 Winners & Losers

Premier League Matchweek 37 put Arsenal one win away, left City chasing, and dragged Spurs deeper into danger. One week left.

Premier League Matchweek 37 has Arsenal standing at the door of history, while everyone else is either chasing Europe, dodging embarrassment, or pretending relegation pressure is character-building.

Arsenal beat Burnley 1-0 through Kai Havertz, Aston Villa battered Liverpool 4-2, Man United survived a Forest scare, Newcastle pushed West Ham closer to danger, and Spurs still have to go to Chelsea with the table looking like a threat letter. 

Two fixtures were still pending at the time of writing: Bournemouth vs Man City and Chelsea vs Spurs.

Winners of the week

Arsenal are the obvious winners. 

They were not brilliant against Burnley, but this is May. 

Nobody cares about your xG when the trophy is close enough to smell. 

Havertz headed in from Bukayo Saka’s corner in the 37th minute, and Arsenal moved to 82 points from 37 games, five clear of Man City. 

City still have a game in hand, but Arsenal have done their part.

That stat reframes Arsenal’s season: they have now won four straight league games without conceding since losing to City. 

This is not just pretty football anymore. 

This is a team learning how to suffer without turning the whole thing into a funeral. 

Reuters also noted Havertz’s winner was Arsenal’s 18th league goal from a corner routine. 

At this point, Arsenal corners are not set pieces. They are court summons.

Aston Villa also had a massive week. 

Beating Liverpool 4-2 is already serious, but doing it with Morgan Rogers, Ollie Watkins twice, and John McGinn scoring? 

That is a Champions League statement, not a random good night. 

Villa have now secured a Champions League spot, and Unai Emery has quietly turned “good season” into “why are we not talking about this more?”

Losers of the week

Liverpool take the dustbin award. 

Losing 4-2 away at Villa with Virgil van Dijk scoring twice and still ending up empty-handed is nasty work. 

Your centre-back cannot be your emergency striker and your defensive excuse in the same match. 

That is not a title-chasing mood. 

That is a team running on fumes and reputation.

West Ham also had a horrible week. 

Losing 3-1 at Newcastle, with Nick Woltemade and William Osula doing the damage, leaves them stuck in the relegation fight while Spurs still have two games left. 

Valentin Castellanos scored, but it meant nothing. 

West Ham needed control. They got chased around St James’ Park instead.

Brighton deserve a slap too. 

Leeds beat them 1-0 through Dominic Calvert-Lewin in stoppage time, and that result hurt their European hopes badly. 

Brighton have played too much good football this season to let their run-in turn into missed chances and sad screenshots.

The race update

The title race is simple now. 

Arsenal are five points clear with one game left. 

Man City must beat Bournemouth to take it to the final day. 

Anything less, and Arsenal are champions before kicking another ball. 

Arteta even said he would be “the biggest ever Bournemouth fan” before City’s trip. 

Shameless, but understandable.

The top-four picture has shifted hard. Villa are in. Liverpool are still alive but wobbling. 

Man United’s 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest keeps them moving, thanks to Luke Shaw, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo. 

But the relegation scrap is where the stress lives. 

Spurs are two points above West Ham, with Chelsea away and Everton at home left to play. 

Spurs have not gone down since 1977. 

Imagine ending that run because your season turned into a prank.

One thing nobody is talking about

Sunderland winning 3-1 away at Everton matters. 

Brian Brobbey, Enzo Le Fee and Wilson Isidor scored after Merlin Rohl put Everton ahead. That is not just a good away win. 

That is Sunderland refusing to be treated like a promoted side waiting for permission to exist. 

Some clubs spend years trying to look this settled. 

Sunderland just walked into Everton’s house and ruined the furniture.

Next week’s must-watch

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal is the one, unless City fail to beat Bournemouth before then and turn it into a title parade. 

If City win, Arsenal go to Selhurst Park needing one last job for their first league title in 22 years. 

Palace will not roll out a red carpet. 

They will make it awkward, loud and annoying. 

Exactly the kind of game where champions either get crowned or exposed.

Do you trust Arsenal to finish the job cleanly, or is there one final twist left?