5 lessons learned from the weekend’s football

Wenger is in big trouble

Arsene Wenger’s time has been running out with some fans for years, but Saturday’s hammering at the hands of Chelsea was the final nail in the coffin of the gaffer for others. Beaten so soundly by the league leaders, Arsenal are now fourth in the table, behind bitter rivals Tottenham and Man City. They also have a fight on their hands for Champions League football next season, with just two points between themselves and Man Utd in sixth.

Rangers fans have had enough

It was sold as a season when they would be going for 55, but Rangers are now third in the Scottish Premiership, 27 points behind champions-in-waiting Celtic. Fans knew winning the league was a big ask, but the pre-season aim was surely to finish in the top-two and be competitive about it. Manager Mark Warburton has achieved neither so far, and many Bears want him out. Ibrox had a lot of empty seats on Saturday, as the support chose to make their feelings clear.

Everton are contenders

They scoffed when we put up a feature on the Coral site asking if Everton could finish in the top-four, surely the same football judges who said Leicester wouldn’t win the Premier League last season and Chris Eubank Jnr would never win a world title. (OK, the last one was taking it too far). But we are onto something and The Toffees beat Bournemouth 6-3 to extend their unbeaten run to seven. They are now seven points off a stuttering Arsenal.