This could be the weekend in which Arsenal needs to take a giant step towards the English championship title they have been waiting for since 2004.
The Gunners did their job routinely, beating Sunderland 3-0, and now the pressure is on Manchester City, who will be visiting Liverpool in the derby on Sunday.
"The Citizens" are at minus nine, so in the event of a defeat - even a draw at Anfield - against the champions - it is clear that the situation would be increasingly difficult...
Arsenal seems strong enough not to waste this chance, although they were harmless against the "Black Cats" for almost 40 minutes.
Then Martin Zubimendi showed the way to a 17th victory in 25 Premier League rounds with a brilliant goal.
The Basque hit the near corner with a shot from about twenty meters, and after that, Arsenal were able to eliminate the dilemmas about the winner by halftime.
He had no problems in the second half either, and Viktor Djekeres' goal midway through the second half - just five minutes after he came on for Gabriel Jesus - put an end to the uncertainty at the Emirates.
The Swede scored again in stoppage time after an assist from Gabriel Martinelli.
"We had a lot of space in the second half, it also helped that we already had the advantage. We had to take advantage of that," said Đekereš.
And Aston Villa, after a fantastic series of results recently, has returned to reality - no one is mentioning that they are title contenders anymore.
The third-placed "Lions" only won a point away from Bournemouth (1:1), so they are three and four points behind Manchester United and Chelsea, respectively.
"We created chances, but our rival had more. This is a very good point for us," said Aston Villa manager Unai Emery.
The "Devils" did the job against Tottenham earlier today (2:0), while the "Blues" on the wings of Cole Palmer did the job at Wolverhampton - 3:1.
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Cole Palmer was a triple scorer by half-time (two goals from penalties) and in his 100th game in the blue jersey, he became the first Chelsea player in history to score four hat-tricks.
"Cole loves football and I love watching him play it. I just hope he stays healthy for a long time because when he is he is among the best," said Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior.
West Ham won very important points in the fight for survival at "Tarf Moor" against Burnley (2:0), while Everton, after a turnaround, defeated Fulham 2:1.
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