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Spurs won at Chelsea. Now comes the big question: how far up the table can they climb? 👀 Tottenham have the easiest run of fixtures in the Premier League over their next five games, according to Opta Power Ratings. Can De Zerbi's side make it count?

Five winnable games could change Tottenham's season. Find out why Spurs have reasons to look up the table, rather than down it. 👇

Ronald Araujo has transformed Liverpool's defence💪 @DavidSegar_ joins @jord_coll for a deep dive into this data, looking at how he's impressed so far this season📈 🔗

RT @OptaAnalyst: It has been a very impressive start for Ronald Araújo at Liverpool, and the Uruguayan seems right at home in the Premier League. @DavidSegar_ has looked at what has made Araújo so endearing to the Kop. #LFC

The UEFA Women’s Champions League returns tomorrow, with Arsenal heading to Benfica aiming to carry the momentum from their derby victory into the Champions League. Alessia Russo is also closing in on the history books, needing just one more goal to move level with Fran Kirby as the highest-scoring English player in UWCL history.

We explore the five biggest subplots to watch this round:

RT @OptaAnalyst: We break down the defining stories across this weekend's WSL action, from Chelsea's comeback win at Palace to Aston Villa rediscovering their form:

Despite only being on loan, Ronald Araújo is one of just three Liverpool players to have featured in all 12 of their games in all competitions this season (along with Jérémy Jacquet and Alexis Mac Allister). #LFC

RT @OptaAnalyst: Why Harry Kane should win the Ballon d'Or: relentless goalscoring consistency. ✍️ @Matt_Furniss 🔗

RT @OptaAnalyst: We explore the case behind why she is the frontrunner for the award:

London City Lionesses accumulated just 0.08 expected goals (xG) in the second half against Liverpool. It was their lowest such total across the final 45 minutes in the WSL on record.

✅ Doubters ✅ Underdog status ✅ Must-win With the title slipping away from Real Madrid, José Mourinho faced a huge challenge away to Barcelona. But he secured the win his side had to get and in doing so proved that he is very much BACK ➡️

Should Alexia Putellas claim a third Ballon d'Or tonight? As Barcelona completed the quadruple, she led all players for attacking sequence involvements in the UWCL and created the joint-most chances in the competition, alongside Bayern Munich's Klara Bühl.

RT @OptaAnalyst: 🟥 Ill-disciplined Chelsea are broken 🚩 Arsenal's corner threat makes the title theirs 📉 This is a low-quality season 💨 Isak and Barcola are worth the money 🍒 Bournemouth have done it again We react to the weekend's Premier League games with five knee-jerk reactions:

𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝟏-𝟐 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐓 José Mourinho makes it six Clásicos in a row without defeat as Kylian Mbappé wraps up a Real Madrid win at Camp Nou. They have cut the game to the league leaders to three points. Title race: on.

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