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Fans react to an integral weekend of Premier League action

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Premier League leaders Chelsea need just three more points to secure a fifth title in 12 years after beating Middlesbrough this weekend, in turn relegating the North East outfit.

Antonio Conte’s men had seen second place Tottenham lose 1-0 at West Ham on Friday night to keep the gap at four points, and goals from Diego Costa, Marcos Alonso, and Nemanja Matic means that victory over West Brom on Friday will seal the deal for the West London side.

Steve Agnew’s Boro on the other hand will be playing Championship football next season following a frustrating league campaign, which has seen them win just five of their 36 Premier League games.

Elsewhere, Liverpool remain in third despite only mustering a 0-0 draw at home to Southampton, but Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are now right behind them after they swept aside Crystal Palace 5-0 on Saturday.

Fifth place Manchester United suffered their first league defeat since October after going down 2-0 at Arsenal, who keep their faint top four hopes alive ahead of their meeting with Southampton on Wednesday night, while seventh place Everton lost for the second successive time, this time 1-0 at Swansea.

And that result for the Swans saw them climb out of the bottom three at the expense of Hull City, who fell to a surprise 2-0 defeat at home to already-relegated Sunderland, while the likes of Bournemouth, Stoke City, and champions Leicester City all secured their top-flight status over the weekend, the former two drawing 2-2 at the Vitality Stadium while Craig Shakespeare’s Foxes beat Watford 3-0.

And in the weekend’s other clash, Sean Dyche’s Burnley moved six points clear of danger with just two games left after drawing 2-2 at home to eighth place West Brom, who in turn ended a run of four straight league defeats.

So, on what was another frantic weekend of action in English football’s top tier, several supporters took to Twitter to express their views, with Chelsea fans already looking ahead to securing that final victory which would in turn seal them the title…

While defeat on Monday night saw Middlesbrough slump back down to the Championship, with many Boro supporters disappointed with their side’s efforts over the course of the season…

West Ham all but ended Spurs’ title challenge with victory at the London Stadium, a result met with absolute delight from Hammers fans…

Yet Spurs supporters once again lamented their side’s inability to produce a great performance at a key time in the campaign…

Arsene Wenger’s Gunners kept alive their top four hopes with victory over Manchester United, a result which thrilled the home supporters…

And finally Liverpool dropped more points against those outside of the top six after drawing 0-0 at home to Southampton, although there were mixed reactions from Reds supporters in regard to their season as a whole, and how it might end up…

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