You Bet | Improvement all around as Premier League ‘big seven’ begins to take shape at the top

Leicester, meanwhile, are down in 11th place, which is worse than Chelsea’s 10th last season as defending champions but would be regarded as a solid position for a mid-size club if it had not been for their heroics under Ranieri.

Most of the issues have been settled before tomorrow’s final set of matches, except for the final battle for a top-four finish. With Chelsea and Tottenham assured of first and second, the race is between Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal – the teams currently third, fourth and fifth – for the final two Champions League places. The team that finishes fifth will miss out on that lucrative competition.

Here’s a question: which of the big six teams have improved this season? The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is that all of them have. The current top five all have more points already than their finishing totals last season and, while United have the same as last year’s final tally under Louis Van Gaal, it is difficult to argue they have not improved under Jose Mourinho as they have won the EFL Cup and could add a second trophy next week.