Watford were relegated back to the Championship on Saturday, confirming officially that Leeds United, Burnley and Everton are in a three-way battle to escape the drop in 18th Place in the Premier League. Burnley suffered a potentially damaging defeat on Saturday, as they lost 3-1 to Aston Villa at home.
This means that whilst they are equal on points with Leeds, the Whites have an opportunity to pull away from them, should they manage to take points from Arsenal on Sunday.
Speaking after the game, Mike Jackson - Burnley's caretaker manager - felt that the Clarets were harshly done by in the scoreline. However, he was bullish about the team's chances to finish above Leeds and Everton and stay in the Premier League as he told Sky Sports: "We’re going into these last two weeks of the season, it’s three games and everything’s there for us, what we need to do. So stick together, I said to them there and I said to them before Watford, if I could pick a group to go through this with, it’d be them."
