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The top three all win those kind of games you have to win if you want to win titles.

It's going to be tough for two of them, isn't it?

Aston Villa's 11th win in a row outplayed at Chelsea for an hour, a couple of changes from Unai Emory, and it all changed. Cue the contractual obligation to ask if they are in the race. Arsenal squeeze past Brighton, what a save from David Ryer at the end, while City win at Forest, Sean Deich, not happy with the decisions. Elsewhere, Crisis Club, Manchester United the 6th after beating Newcastle, should Eddie Howell be under more pressure?

Crisis Club, Manchester United is a sixth after beating Newcastle. Should Eddie Howe be under more pressure? Crisis Club Liverpool are fourth after just getting past two points, wolves. Kevin Scharler scores a hatchet for Brentford. Bournemouth's winless run continues. A good game at the stadium of light. West Ham looked bleak. Spurs get a desperately needed victory, and Burnley almost beat Everton.

We'll do all that plus your questions, and that's the day's Guardian Football Weekly.

On the panel today, John Bruin, welcome.

Hello, there.

Hello, Jacob Steinberg.

Hello.

And welcome Sam Dalling.

Hello, Max.

Barry says, not that Barry, what day is it?

I can confirm it is Monday, for those of you, not too short, or maybe Tuesday. I mean, it kind of depends when you're listening, but it's Monday when we record. We'll start with Aston Villa, their 11th straight win. They were on 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. It's an amazing achievement. and Jacob you were there

and it was an odd game wasn't it?

Because Chelsea was so much better

for quite a long time. bridge. It's an amazing achievement. And Jacob, you were there. And it was an odd game,

wasn't it? Because Chelsea was so much better for quite a long time. Una Emery changed it. And

then Villa just came and won the football match. I guess they last 90 minutes and Chelsea

didn't play for that long. Yeah, Villa's XG at half time was zero. So that was a reflection of how dominant Chelsea were in that game

and how in the first half and how poor Aston Villa were.

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