It seemed like an excellent point for Man Utd at home to Liverpool but it actually ended any mathematical hopes they might have had of winning the title.
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Highest possible finish: 1st
Lowest possible finish: 5th
Current points total: 71
Highest possible points total: 92
Mikel Arteta can still beat the points tally set by those Invincible frauds.
2) Liverpool
Highest possible finish: 1st
Lowest possible finish: 5th
Current points total: 71
Highest possible points total: 92
Liverpool have not done an awful lot wrong this season yet already their 2018/19 and 2019/20 points totals are out of reach and the 2021/22 tally can only be equalled. Jurgen Klopp might be pretty good.
3) Manchester City
Highest possible finish: 1st
Lowest possible finish: 6th
Current points total: 70
Highest possible points total: 91
Even if Manchester City win all their remaining games, it would be the fourth-best points tally in their Premier League history.
4) Tottenham
Highest possible finish: 1st
Lowest possible finish: 12th
Current points total: 60
Highest possible points total: 81
Ange Postecoglou no longer has the chance to do the Spursiest thing of all time after just barely guiding them to safety.
4) Aston Villa
Highest possible finish: 1st
Lowest possible finish: 12th
Current points total: 60
Highest possible points total: 78
Unai Emery successfully masterminds yet another fight for survival.
6) Manchester United
Highest possible finish: 3rd
Lowest possible finish: 14th
Current points total: 49
Highest possible points total: 70
Many of their underlying numbers do point to a relegation fight. Maybe that’s why Jim Ratcliffe is targeting the Championship’s finest. But they are ultimately safe. Just really bad.
7) West Ham
Highest possible finish: 4th
Lowest possible finish: 15th
Current points total: 48
Highest possible points total: 66
Not sure there is a better way to encapsulate the perennial struggle between Moyes In and Moyes Out.
8) Newcastle
Highest possible finish: 4th
Lowest possible finish: 16th
Current points total: 47
Highest possible points total: 68
No point putting a panicked call into Steve Bruce any more. Maybe start the Jose Mourinho train again to secure Champions League qualification.
9) Chelsea
Highest possible finish: 4th
Lowest possible finish: 16th
Current points total: 44
Highest possible points total: 68
The magical point mark has been hit. Chelsea can no longer win the title and that should make everyone sad.
10) Brighton
Highest possible finish: 4th
Lowest possible finish: 18th
Current points total: 43
Highest possible points total: 64
Roberto De Zerbi has barely won a Premier League game since September but would still be coveted by every club across Europe even if he relegates Brighton.
11) Wolves
Highest possible finish: 4th
Lowest possible finish: 18th
Current points total: 42
Highest possible points total: 63
The managerial version of Gary O’Neil cannot actually be relegated so Champions League it is.
12) Bournemouth
Highest possible finish: 4th
Lowest possible finish: 18th
Current points total: 41
Highest possible points total: 62
There goes Andoni Iraola’s title dream.
13) Fulham
Highest possible finish: 6th
Lowest possible finish: 18th
Current points total: 39
Highest possible points total: 57
Fulham in 13th are as close to 6th as they are 14th in terms of points and that is lovely.
14) Crystal Palace
Highest possible finish: 6th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 30
Highest possible points total: 51
Those championship hopes are over for another season and Roy Hodgson has an awful lot to answer for.
15) Brentford
Highest possible finish: 8th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 29
Highest possible points total: 47
Thomas Frank’s side have suffered the biggest drop-off in terms of points from last season to this, the poor things.
16) Everton
Highest possible finish: 7th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 27
Highest possible points total: 48
As Everton fans might point out, those points totals are very much subject to change.
17) Nottingham Forest
Highest possible finish: 11th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 25
Highest possible points total: 43
With regards to Everton, the same stands for Forest, whose illusion of survival might only ever be temporary if the Premier League get their ducks in order quickly enough.
18) Luton
Highest possible finish: 11th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 25
Highest possible points total: 43
Hopes of a top-half finish have finally been extinguished.
19) Burnley
Highest possible finish: 14th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 19
Highest possible points total: 37
If only Vincent Kompany hadn’t spent the entire season complaining about referees.
20) Sheffield United
Highest possible finish: 14th
Lowest possible finish: 20th
Current points total: 16
Highest possible points total: 37
The Derby barrier has been absolutely smashed but it doesn’t particularly feel as though Chris Wilder and his squad are going to push too far beyond that.
