Arsenal were held to a 1-1 home draw by Brentford on Saturday, meaning Liverpool are three wins from clinching the Premier League crown.
Arsenal have now dropped 16 points from winning positions this term – one fewer than in the past two campaigns combined.
With Arsenal winning two of their last seven league matches, they now have 63 points and trail Liverpool, who play West Ham United on Sunday, by 10 points having played a game more.
Manchester City moved back into the top four with a 5-2 comeback victory over visiting Crystal Palace.
City were 2-0 down inside 21 minutes when Eberechi Eze grabbed the opener after Palace carved open the home side’s defence before Chris Richards scored from a set-piece.
But Kevin De Bruyne halved the deficit with a free kick before his cushioned header found its way to Omar Marmoush, who blasted the ball into the net after Ilkay Gundogan missed.
City dominated the second half and De Bruyne assisted Mateo Kovacic for the third goal 80 seconds after the restart.
Goalkeeper Ederson then claimed his fourth assist of the season when he set James McAtee on his way with a long ball while Nico O’Reilly completed the rout.
Nottingham Forest failed to consolidate third place after a 1-0 home defeat by Everton, Aston Villa won 3-0 at Southampton, while Brighton & Hove Albion were held 2-2 at home by Leicester City, who scored a league goal for the first time since January.
Forest struggled to get going against Everton, who scored the only goal in added time through Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Villa beat Southampton with goals from substitutes Ollie Watkins, Donyell Malen and John McGinn, even though their Spanish forward Marco Asensio missed two penalties.
Leicester, on the verge of relegation, gave their fans reason to cheer as they finally scored at Brighton when Stephy Mavididi netted the club’s first goal in nine league games.
Two Joao Pedro penalties were not enough for Brighton to win as Caleb Okoli levelled late on to earn Leicester a rare point.
