Matchday 26 of the Premier League served us a generous portion of drama and excitement.
The defending champions Manchester City thrashed Chelsea 6-0, while Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur continued their strong assault on the title.
Huddersfield Town’s dismal run of form continues, while Cardiff City pulled off a stunning late win to end an emotionally draining week.
Here are five talking points from Matchday 26 of the 2018/19 Premier League campaign.
#5 No more Ranieri magic for Fulham
It seems as if we have seen enough of Fulham, who are almost destined to go down this season, despite appointing Claudio Ranieri earlier this campaign.
The former Leicester City boss has failed to guide the Cottagers out of the relegation scrap, and Saturday’s defeat to Manchester United means they are now seven points adrift of safety.
And with the Londoners due to face Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool within their next six league games, it’s highly unlikely that Ranieri will manage a miraculous turnaround as Fulham brace themselves for Championship football next season.
#4 Liverpool vs Manchester United could decide the title race
If there was anything to take away from Manchester City’s domineering performance against Chelsea, it made clear that Liverpool can’t afford any more slip-ups now if they are to clinch their maiden Premier League title this season.
Liverpool are currently second in the league table, trailing first placed City due to an inferior goal difference.
The Reds have one more game in hand but will be facing arch-rivals Manchester United in their next game, the outcome of which could have a vital impact on the title race.
Jürgen Klopp’s side have more than a week’s break, and have a crucial period after that as they take on Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
The fans will hope Liverpool perform as well as they did in their convincing win against Bournemouth this past weekend.
#3 Maurizio Sarri is in deep trouble
The 6-0 loss suffered against Manchester City will certainly have a detrimental effect on Chelsea’s season under Maurizio Sarri.
Following the promising start to the season, the Italian mastermind has struggled to keep up his side’s winning form and has lost to the likes of Arsenal, Bournemouth and Manchester City since the turn of the year.
In fact, after their defeat to Man City on Sunday, Chelsea have now fallen behind Arsenal in the league table, something that surely won’t go down all too well with the fans as well as the Chelsea hierarchy.
#2 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s case strengthens
Manchester United’s convincing win over Fulham fired the Red Devils into the top four. But, it also strengthened Solskjaer’s case of being given the permanent contract at the club next season.
The Norwegian is currently the interim boss, but is slowly building a strong case for the permanent managerial job with 10 games in 11 matches.
His UCL run will also play a key part but what should also be taken into account the footballing style and the general atmosphere around the club along with their final league position.
At the moment, Ole is well placed on all the fronts.
#1 Is Aguero the greatest Premier League striker of this generation?
Matchday 26 was all about Sergio Aguero, who roared into the record books by scoring a hat-trick against Chelsea.
The Argentine equalled Alan Shearer’s record of scoring 11 hat-tricks in the Premier League and also became only the sixth player score or assist 200 goals for one club in the league, thus joining the likes of Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Thierry Henry, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.
In addition, the Manchester City superstar overtook Eric Brook and Tommy Johnson’s record 158 top-flight goals for the club.
Chelsea simply couldn’t deal with him on Sunday.