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Both Manchester City and Arsenal claimed victories over the weekend against Wolves and Bournemouth respectively to all but ensure a breathless finish to this season's Premier League title race. 

But up and down the table at the business end of the 2023-24 campaign teams are set to be duelling until the very last to ensure firm footing for next season. 

Few could have predicted after Chelsea's 5-0 humbling at the hands of the Gunners that just a handful of matches later, the European places could be in their sights. But after dominant showings against Tottenham and West Ham - and a helpful slip-up from Manchester United - Mauricio Pochettino's players can at least start dreaming of a top-six finish. 

Newcastle too ramped up their efforts, recording a 4-1 victory against Burnley, while Nottingham Forest shored up their hopes of staying in the Premier League with a win against relegated Sheffield United.  

Elsewhere, Liverpool offered a hefty dose of reality to Tottenham's plans of a Champions League finish, Fulham and Brentford shared points, as did Everton and Luton, and Brighton did just enough to squeak a 1-0 win against faltering Aston Villa. 

But now that the dust has settled, and next matchday's fixtures are just about coming into view, who has risen and who has fallen - and fallen off - in this week's Premier League power rankings?  

10. Callum Hudson-Odoi (new entry) 

With the club's four-point penalty confirmed after their appeal to the Premier League was turned down and hovering just one point above the relegation zone, Forest will have likely viewed a meeting with already-condemned Sheffield United as a banana skin. 

There is no room for error from Nuno Espirito Santo's side, and a competent win against the Blades on the road will have no doubt buoyed their chances of staying up considerably - with Hudson-Odoi's brace largely responsible for seeing out the tricky contest. 

Once viewed as a potential first-team regular or a candidate for a big-money move abroad, Hudson-Odoi got lost in the shuffle of Chelsea's 2022 takeover and could yet become one of the cautionary tales so familiar to followers of the west London club. 

The academy graduate was allowed to move to the City Ground in a cut-price £3million deal and has found his footing in a debut season laced with pitfalls. Steve Cooper may have convinced the 23-year-old to move north, but six of his seven league goals have come under Nuno, and Hudson-Odoi is a much-valued regular in his side. 

9. Harvey Elliott (new entry)

The tag super-substitute can be a heavy mantle to bear and despite his dazzling cameos for Liverpool this season, Elliott has at times wondered about whether he can play a larger role in the club's starting XI plans. While it hasn't happened in Jurgen Klopp's final season as much as he might have liked, there's little doubt it will under incoming manager Arne Slot. 

Only Kevin De Bruyne and Rodri from the mighty Man City machine have more assists across all competitions than the academy graduate, who added an ninth to his tally to set up Cody Gakpo for Liverpool's third. 

His own strike followed: a pearl struck with supreme confidence from the top of the D that had the Kop - and Klopp - in raptures. 

Tuesday night saw the return of Chelsea's annual club awards, after a one-year hiatus following a season believed to be too abysmal to warrant them. There's much more to celebrate one campaign later, and it was fitting that Palmer took home both Men's Player of the Year and the Players' Player of the Year awards after a eye-popping debut season. 

Absent via illness against Arsenal, Palmer was able to terrify one north London side when Chelsea pulled off a confident win against Tottenham to complete the double over their London rivals. While he may have wanted his name on the scoresheet rather than solely a supporting role in Nicolas Jackson's headed effort, his freekick to strike the crossbar was another reminded of his lethal set-piece abilities. 

Stronger still was his showing against West Ham, although he had to jostle for the spotlight once against as Chelsea pulled off a fine team performance. This time, however, he could net the 21st of his campaign. Erling Haaland may have pulled away in the race for the Golden Boot, but if Chelsea are to do battle in Europe next season, it will be thanks in no small part to the Man City transplant. 

7. Adam Wharton (new entry)

Signed from Blackburn Rovers for £22m in January, the 20-year-old may have left it a hair too late to be seriously under consideration for a spot in Gareth Southgate's ranks in Germany this summer. But the midfielder's showing against Manchester United confirmed that it will be all in good time for Wharton. 

Palace may have faced an utterly desolate United side, but it was a marker of Oliver Glasner's side's quality on Monday evening that the visitors looked so profoundly average. 

Not least in midfield, with Wharton able to slip through and launch attacks with increasing ease. Wharton has distinguished himself as a pivotal part of Glasner's set-up and is flourishing alongside Eberechi Eze and

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