I am sorry to see Liverpool drop a point against Spurs; for a variety of reasons, (I like Klopp, I like Liverpool, and I would love to see them claim the Premier League title, and - obviously - I wish to put greater distance between ourselves and Spurs), I'd have liked to have seen a Liverpool victory and a Spurs defeat.
West ham did splendidly today; yes, being relegated may serve to take the pressure off some teams (but not if there is such a striking gulf in class, such as led to the relegation in the first place, unless some of the players feel motivated to put themselves in the shop windoww with an exceptional performance, which would, in turn, beg questions of why they failed to find motivation for such a performance earlier in the season when it might have been of benefit to their team, or served to have done their team some good), but, in truth, at this time of year, the greatest challenge, at this time of year, is to play against a team that is fighting relegation and has a chance at survival (Everton, Burnley, Leeds), rather a team that has already been relegated.
And, two good (if somewhat scruffy - one needs to be able to win ugly as well as win pretty), but very welcome, consecutive victories for Arsenal: Against West Ham, last week, and against Leeds, today.
