Manchester United’s 1-1 draw with Brentford ended in drama on Saturday, and Son Heung-min led Tottenham to a 2-1 win over Luton as Manchester United lost more ground in the fight for next season’s Champions League spot. Aston Villa remain fourth, three points ahead of Tottenham, after a 2-0 victory over Wolves, but are now 11 points ahead of Manchester United, who are lucky to escape west London with a point. Mason Mount’s first goal for the Red Devils in the 96th minute looked set to seal victory for Erik ten Hag’s side despite being soundly beaten.

However, Brentford hit back three minutes later through Christopher Ajer to score their second point in seven games.

“We ended up winning, maybe it wasn’t deserved, but you have to get the three points,” Ten Hag said. “A draw is very disappointing.”

Spurs, who have come from behind in four of their last five home games, needed to turn things around again in the second half after Tahith Chong’s goal just three minutes from time gave Luton a shock lead.

Ange Postecoglou, who was substituted at half-time, once again made an impact for Tottenham Hotspur, with Brennan Johnson’s cross blocked by Issa just six minutes after the Wales international came on. Kabore became its own goal.

Son Heung-min missed a number of chances earlier in the game but eventually got some, firing past Tomas Kaminsky for his 15th goal of the season.

“I was frustrated until the end, but as captain I wanted to stay calm,” Son said.

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“We didn’t want it to always end like this, and it might have been better if we had (won) earlier.”

Victory for Tottenham briefly lifted them into fourth place, but Villa responded with goals from Moussa Diaby and Ezri Konsa giving them bragging rights in the Central Derby s right.

– Chelsea ‘upset’ Pochettino –
Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino faced another backlash at Stamford Bridge as his side failed to make the most of their extra players throughout the second half and ended up drawing 2-2 with second-bottom Burnley.

The Blues looked set for victory after Lorenz Agong was harshly sent off for pulling down Mihailo Mudric in the penalty area.

Burnley manager Vincent Kompany was also shown a red card after his protest went too far.

Cole Palmer calmly took the penalty but Ten’s equalized two minutes into the second half thanks to Josh Cullen’s excellent finish from outside the area.

Raheem Sterling was booed during Chelsea’s FA Cup quarter-final victory over Leicester City two weeks ago but thought he had scored the winning goal with a brilliant shot. Palmer hits the ball into the far corner.

However, Chelsea could not hold on again and Dara O’Shea headed in a corner kick with nine minutes remaining.

“Today we did not show the minimum quality, energy and desire to play in the Premier League,” Pochettino said.

“We conceded too much in the defensive phase. That’s why I’m so frustrated and disappointed.”

——Newcastle counterattack——

Newcastle United closed the gap on seventh-placed West Ham United to just one point after a superb 4-3 fightback at St James’ Park.

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Goals from Mikhail Antonio, Mohamed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen erased Newcastle’s advantage from an early Alexander Isak penalty.

However, Isaac’s second penalty sparked a comeback with 13 minutes to go, before substitute Harvey Barnes scored twice, sending Eddie Howe rushing down the touchline to celebrate.

“There was a lot of emotion in that game and we had a lot of emotions,” Howe said.

“It was great to be part of the last 10 minutes.”

After Everton lost 12-2 to Bournemouth, it went 12 consecutive games without a win in the Premier League, setting a club record. The Toffees are still only 3 points above the relegation zone.

Nottingham Forest move into the bottom three ahead of Luton Town on goal difference, with Chris Wood drawing 1-1 with Crystal Palace.

Sheffield United, which is at the bottom of the standings, conceded two goals in a row at the last moment and ended up drawing 3-3 with Fulham, achieving only its fourth win of the season.

All three title challengers will compete on Sunday.

Liverpool have the chance to go top of the table before Manchester City and Arsenal kick off at the Etihad Stadium when they host Brighton in a game of huge significance in the title race.

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