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A recent resurgence has seen Arsenal wrestle back control of the Premier League top-four race from Tottenham Hotspur as well as potentially placing themselves in contention to battle Chelsea for third.

Just over a week ago, it appeared the Gunners were going to struggle to even finish fourth let alone contemplate the idea of hunting down Thomas Tuchel's side after losing three games on the bounce against Crystal Palace, Brighton and Southampton which left them three points off the final Champions League spot - albeit having played one game fewer than Spurs.

And to the surprise of many, Arsenal used the game in hand to their advantage as they beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge to move level on points with their north London rivals and then jumped into fourth last weekend thanks to a 3-1 win over Manchester United as well as Spurs drawing 0-0 with Brentford.

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Those wins also took the Gunners to within two points of Chelsea prior to their Sunday afternoon kick-off against West Ham United, and up until Christian Pulisic's last minute winner, it looked as if Tuchel's side were going to be dragged into a top-four battle as they would have had a three-point cushion had the game finished goalless.

Interestingly, in a pre-match