Midweek fixtures by their very nature tend to offer great entertainment. The teams have had only two or three days of rest since the last game, players are tired, and there hasn't been a great deal of time to prepare for the next opponent in detail. This makes games unpredictable and from the point of a neutral observer, rather fun to watch. Gameweek 29 was no different, there were upsets all over the table and unlikely winners everywhere. Here are the winners and losers from this round of fixtures. 

Wolves are in a strange position. Their relegation has been all but confirmed for a while now, and yet things are looking up at the Molineux. Their performances have been steadily improving since January, and now the results are beginning to follow. Last gameweek they beat Aston Villa 2-0 in what was certainly the most shocking result of the weekend. No one was expecting them to repeat the feat against Liverpool but that is exactly what they did. They beat Liverpool 2-1 on Tuesday with a fantastic last minute goal by André sealing the victory. I'm sure no one is dreaming of a magical escape from relegation at the Molineux (a shame in my opinion), but Rob Edwards can finish the club's season on a real high and set them up for a good Championship campaign if they keep pulling off upsets. Up next: Brentford. 

Midweek brought more misery for Spurs. They lost to Crystal Palace 3-1, remain in 16th position with 29 points, and are now just 1 point aboveWest Ham and Nottingham Forest in 18th and 17th place respectively. To make matters worse for Tottenham, both teams are in better form than Spurs — West Ham picked up a crucial win against Fulham, and Forest took a hard earned point off Manchester City this gameweek. So, in summary: there are now three teams in the battle for survival at the bottom of the table, and of those teams the one in the worst run of form is Tottenham. They are the only team in the league that have not picked up a single point in their last five games. Although it has seemed like a remote possibility for a while, I don't think most people really expected Tottenham to get relegated. This is the very first week where it suddenly seems like it could very well happen.

Most of the most important wins came at the bottom of the table this gameweek and few were more important than West Ham's 1-0 victory over Fulham. When Nuno took over, it seemed like it might be too late for West Ham to launch a survival bid as Leeds and Nottingham Forest looked like they were finding stability. But this week's victory coupled with Nottingham Forest's draw means that both sides are now level on points with nine games to go. To put it in clear terms: West Ham have their destiny in their hands as far as survival is concerned. Nottingham Forest sit above them only on goal difference and West Ham are almost certainly the better defensive outfit which is likely to help their goal difference as the season rounds out. Over the last five games, Forest have collected 2 points out of a possible 15, West Ham have collected 8/15. Surviving will not be easy — they still have to play Manchester City, Aston Villa, and Arsenal in the nine games left — but it is certainly possible. Nuno may have orchestrated the great escape after all.  

There used to be a time when having Manchester City chasing you in a title race was more fearsome than chasing Manchester City. City used to be capable of going on ridiculous winning runs in the title run-in to break the spirit of their pursuers or strike fear into the heart of the team they were pursuing. But not anymore. Despite the January reinforcements of Semenyo and Guehi, City haven't always looked convincing even as they've scraped wins together. With Arsenal suffering self inflicted wounds, it seemed like City would have a window to sneak in and steal the title again. However, against Nottingham Forest, the familiar problems this season appeared for Eliott Anderson's goal to drag Forest level. Some would say it was a lucky strike, but the point is this, in the years gone by City would probably have been too defensively organised to allow Anderson the space and time to let off that strike. Whatever the source of the goal, City dropped two points, lost ground on Arsenal, and then Arsenal ground out a 1-0 victory over Brighton to capitalise on their misstep. With nine games to go, the story is certainly not over, but it's a steeper climb now for City, and they don't look as menacing as usual.

A clean and clinical 2-0 victory over Burnley saw Everton claim back-to-back wins and get back in the hunt for Europe. Everton have had to show serious versatility and doggedness to get to where they are right now, especially with key players like Grealish, Ndiaye, Gueye, and Kiernan Drewsbury-Hall missing for periods this season. Their last two games have shown the kind of different games Everton are capable of playing at the moment. Last weekend they played out a 3-2 scrap against Newcastle in a game where Newcastle were the better side but Everton found a way to hang in there and eventually run away with the victory. In midweek they played a controlled game against Burnley where they dominated, allowed their opponents very little and walked away with a victory and a clean sheet. If Everton do make it into Europe this year it'll be down to Moyes finding a way to keep his team going no matter the missing or misfiring players or the nature of the game they are playing. It's very impressive stuff for a manager who seemed washed after West Ham. 

The game against Chelsea represented an opportunity for Villa to do three things: 

1. Curb their bad run of form. 

2. Put a ridiculous loss to Wolves at the weekend behind them.

3. Assert their dominance in the top 4 battle by beating a fellow challenger. 

They failed to do any of those things. Instead, they gave Chelsea a platform to put the thoughts of their London Derby loss behind them as they ran out 4-1 winners at Villa Park. Villa still sit 4th, 3 points ahead of Chelsea in 5th, but it definitely feels like Chelsea are better poised to finish 4th right now. Villa look out of sorts against bottom of the table (literally) opposition as well as against opposition roughly on their level. This suggests that their issues are all internal, and not some statistical anomaly that can be explained away. Whatever the problems may be, whether the personnel missing due to injury, or the adaptation difficulties of the January signings, Emery needs to find solutions real fast before things go even further south. And there are only nine games left in the season.