Premier League Week 33 Table: Updated Title Outlook After Wild Matchday

The intense race for the Premier League title took another wild turn during Matchday 33 as table leaders Chelsea suffered a shock loss to lowly Crystal Palace on Saturday. 

This opened the door for both Manchester City and Liverpool to leapfrog them in the standings. Only Liverpool were up to that challenge, but it's still the Citizen's who are in the league's driver's seat.

It's probably easier to get a feel for the title race by looking at the table. Take a look at the Week 32 results and the table following Sunday's action, and then we'll break down the title race a little further. 

Date	Home Club	Result	Road Club
March 29	Manchester United	4-1	Aston Villa
March 29	Crystal Palace	1-0	Chelsea
March 29	Southampton	4-0	Newcastle
March 29	Stoke	1-0	Hull
March 29	Swansea	3-0	Norwich
March 29	West Brom	3-3	Cardiff
March 29	Arsenal	1-1	Manchester City
March 30	Fulham	1-3	Everton
March 30	Liverpool	4-0	Tottenham
March 31	Sunderland	TBD	West Ham

Pos.	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts.
1	Liverpool	32	22	5	5	49	71
2	Chelsea	32	21	6	5	38	69
3	Manchester City	30	21	4	5	52	67
4	Arsenal	32	19	7	6	19	64
5	Everton	31	17	9	5	18	60
6	Tottenham Hotspur	32	17	5	10	-4	56
7	Manchester United	32	16	6	10	14	54
8	Southampton	32	13	9	10	9	48
9	Newcastle United	32	14	4	14	-9	46
10	Stoke City	32	10	10	12	-8	40
11	West Ham United	31	9	7	15	-7	34
12	Aston Villa	31	9	7	15	-12	34
13	Swansea City	32	8	9	15	-3	33
14	Hull City	32	9	6	17	-7	33
15	Norwich City	32	8	8	16	-25	32
16	Crystal Palace	31	9	4	18	-19	31
17	West Bromwich Albion	31	5	14	12	-12	29
18	Cardiff City	32	6	8	18	-32	26
19	Sunderland	29	6	7	16	-19	25
20	Fulham	32	7	3	22	-42	24

I don't think there were many out there who expected Chelsea to take the title by winning the remainder of their matches this season. However, I don't think there were many who expected the Blues to drop to Crystal Palace. 

As they have all season, the Blues played stout defense against relegation-threatened Palace. Unfortunately for the Blues, the only goal they could muster came on themselves, and it came from John Terry. 

NBC Sports passed along the news: 

There is no doubt this result was a huge blow to Chelsea's title hopes, but there is also no doubt that manager Jose Mourinho went a little far with his post-match comments tweeted by SuperSport: 

Chelsea is not that dependent upon other clubs. If Chelsea can turn their play around and pick up three points in each of their remaining league matches, they would only need Manchester City to drop just one match. The Blues also need Liverpool to miss out on two points, but they will face each other before their season ends. 

Speaking of that, let's take a look at the remaining schedule for for the top four: 

Liverpool	Chelsea	Manchester City	Arsenal
@ West Ham	Stoke City	Southampton	@ Everton
Manchester City	@ Swansea City	@ Liverpool	West Ham
@ Norwich City	Sunderland	Sunderland	@ Hull City
Chelsea	@ Liverpool	West Brom	Newcastle
@ Crystal Palace	Norwich City	@ Crystal Palace	West Brom
Newcastle	@ Cardiff City	@ Everton	@ Norwich City
		Aston Villa
		West Ham

It is fairly safe to write off Arsenal at this point, but after a draw with Manchester City in Week 32, the Gunners still have a glimmer of hope. Mourinho's comments about his own team being too dependent on the results of others is far more applicable to Arsenal. 

The Gunners are seven points off of Liverpool's lead.

The race for the title now starts with Liverpool and Manchester City. Both clubs control their own destiny, which in this instance means Liverpool have the advantage.

The Citizens and the Reds will play on April 13 at Anfield. The Reds are 14-1-1 at home this year, and the Citizens are 8-4-4.

Justifiably so, Liverpool's success is bringing on a lot of accolades for manager Brendan Rodgers. ESPN's Richard Jolly is one of the latest to tout Rodgers' excellence:  

That certainly doesn't mean the Reds have this title sewn up. Two weeks after hosting Manchester City, Liverpool will also have to host Chelsea, which makes them the only top team with more than one match remaining against another top-four club. 

When it comes to this year's title race, don't listen to Mourinho. Chelsea is very much alive, and it is going to be a fascinating close to the season.