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OK, now we have a title race. Arsenal lost at Villa Park to make it seven dropped points in their last five league games. Manchester City and Villa themselves were the biggest winners – the top three are now separated by three points.

Elsewhere, things go from chaos to crisis off the pitch for Liverpool. Not only did they cede two leads at Elland Road, Arne Slot referred to Ibrahima Konate’s defending as a “crime scene” and then Mohamed Salah threw a grenade into the relationship between the manager, players and supporters.

At the bottom, Forest were the big losers as they were pumped 3-0 at Goodis

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