Arsenal remained five points clear in the title race in Week 35 of Dan’s EPL Predictions, a late-season snapshot that also put Chelsea’s trip to Anfield and Liverpool’s mood under the microscope. The predictions piece pushed the title race, European places and manager decisions into the same crowded frame, with each result carrying more weight because the season is already running out of road.
Dan said he thought Liverpool had not been pulling up any trees, but he still backed them to start fast at Anfield against Chelsea. He was blunt about what that could mean. If Liverpool got an early goal, he said, Chelsea would have no response. That matters because Chelsea’s league situation is being judged alongside the FA Cup Final a week later, and Dan said the squad does not have the characters to drive themselves for a game with not a lot at stake. The club’s owners, he added, would want to give their side the best chance of beating Manchester City, because that may be Chelsea’s only route into Europe.
The same predictions round turned to the managerial picture, where Dan questioned the timing of Liam Rosenior’s dismissal. He said he did not understand why Rosenior would be sacked now unless he had truly lost the dressing room, especially if no replacement was due until the summer. He drew a line between the two jobs involved, saying they require separate skillsets. It was the sort of comment that fits a predictions column rather than a straight match report, but it still lands hard because late May tends to sharpen every decision clubs make.
There was one more layer to the weekend mood. Sunderland were described as being on the beach, while Manchester United were said to be guaranteed a return to the Champions League. That combination leaves the bottom and top of the table feeling very different, with some clubs already looking ahead and others still under pressure to make the season count. In that kind of late stretch, the epl table becomes less about a single snapshot and more about what each club has left to play for, and who has already started living in the next season.
For Arsenal, the headline is simple: five points is still a cushion. For Chelsea, the question is whether there is enough conviction left to turn a difficult run into something bigger. For Rosenior, the answer may come not from what happened this week, but from how long clubs are willing to wait before the next move.
