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Alex Smith

How Arsenal and Man Utd's defeats have affected the Premier League top-four race

It has been the weekend the top four race stood still so far.

Firstly, Tottenham suffered a 1-0 defeat to title hunters Manchester City on Saturday - with Phil Foden netting the only goal of the game.

Then on Sunday, Arsenal and Manchester United both endured shock defeats to Crystal Palace and Everton respectively.

The Gunners, who stayed third for the time being, lost 3-2 to Crystal Palace in an entertaining clash at the Emirates.

Christian Benteke, Wilfried Zaha and James McArthur all netted for Palace as Mesut Ozil and Pierre Emerick Aubameyang's strikes couldn't rescue a point for Unai Emery's men.

United were thrashed by Everton (EPA-EFE/REX)

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But the biggest shock came at Goodison Park as Richarlison, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Lucas Digne and Theo Walcott helped the Toffees smash United.

Chelsea have the chance to over take all three of their top four rivals when they face Burnley on Monday night.

Here is the state of play after Sunday's results...

Tottenham

Current position: 3rd

Tottenham lost to City but are still well placed (Reuters)

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Points: 67

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

Recent form (last six games): Two wins, one draw, three defeats - 7 points

Arsenal

Current position: 4th

Points: 66

Arsenal lost 3-2 to Palace (Getty Images)

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

Recent form: three wins, one draw, two defeats - 10 points

Chelsea

Current position: 5th

Points: 66

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

Chelsea face Burnley on Monday (Reuters)

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

Manchester United

Current position: 6th

Solskjaer apologises for United's defeat (Getty)

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Points: 64

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

Recent form: three wins, three defeats - 9 points

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