Havertz had an eventful night - as he escaped a red card after a video assistant referee review ruled that a late challenge on Lesley Ugochukwu was not bad enough to be upgraded from a yellow. Victory means that the Gunners are five points clear of second-placed Manchester City, who have two games to play and take on Bournemouth on Tuesday. And if Pep Guardiola's side drop points against the Cherries, then Arsenal will be crowned Champions. Mikel Arteta named an attacking line-up for the match with Championship-bound Burnley and the Gunners had the upper hand from the start, but it took until the 37th minute for Havertz to nod in the opener from a trademark Bukayo Saka corner. Before taking the lead, Arsenal came close to scoring through Leandro Trossard, whose powerful shot hit the post, while Saka saw an excellent cross roll across the face of the goal after he beat full back Lucas Pires. The victory means that Arsenal are close to winning their first Premier League title for 22 years. And even if City beat Bournemouth on Tuesday, Arteta knows that victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday will crown his team champions.

Spaniard Xabi Alonso has reached an agreement in principle on a four-year deal to become Chelsea's next permanent manager. The appointment of the former Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen boss, 44, is expected in the coming days. Chelsea have been keen to secure a replacement for Liam Rosenior, who was sacked last month. BBC Sport reported on Monday that Chelsea had started contacting prospective new managers, including Alonso, Bournemouth's Andoni Iraola, Fulham's Marco Silva and Crystal Palace's Oliver Glasner. However, former Real and Liverpool midfielder Alonso emerged as the club's preferred candidate and talks have now reached a conclusion. The club were keen to get the FA Cup final against Manchester City out of the way before making any knowledge of their appointment public. Talks have been ongoing for a number of weeks and Alonso is understood to have been open to the role if he received certain assurances. Alonso has been linked with a potential move to Liverpool, where he spent five seasons as a player, in recent weeks with the pressure on Arne Slot increasing following a disappointing season. But it is understood the Anfield club are preparing to stick with Slot for next season - although it remains to be seen whether Liverpool's stance alters should the team fail to qualify for the Champions League. Alonso has been out of work since he left Real after less than eight months in charge in January. He led Leverkusen to their first Bundesliga title - secured without losing a game - as well as the German Cup in his first full season as a senior club manager during the 2023-24 campaign before moving to the Bernabeu last summer.

Eight years ago he was on loan at non-league Bath City, but Semenyo carved his name in Wembley folklore on Saturday with an ingenious flicked finish that will live long in the memory in an otherwise forgetful showpiece against Chelsea. The 26-year-old joined City from Bournemouth in January and has showcased why the £62.5m paid for him was deemed excellent value in an overinflated market - his 72nd-minute strike sealing a 16th major trophy for boss Pep Guardiola and 20 pieces of silverware overall in his 10 years. "It has happened a couple of times in training - it happened perfectly today," Semenyo told BBC Sport. "Everything happened so fast to be honest. It came straight to me and I had to improvise myself as quickly as I could. "I have never competed for trophies like this before, so everything is new to me. Hopefully, we can finish the job off. It is a good finish, I can't lie. "As a kid I have always wanted to be playing for the top teams - it took a long time to get there, but I am grateful." Former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson added on BBC Radio 5 Live: "It was just brilliant from Antoine Semenyo. The timing of the run and the finish is incredible. "It was either going to take a mistake or a piece of quality to break the deadlock in this game - and it was a moment of sheer quality. "That, for me, is one of the goals of the season."

For eight months Celtic chased Hearts at the top of the Scottish Premiership. Eight months, a game of catch-up for 32 games, 2,880 on-field minutes, 48 hours. They stayed in the fight, somehow. Kicking and screaming, they won matches they looked like they weren't going to win, dug out key goals in the dying seconds, triumphed over their own mediocrity at times, driven on by Martin O'Neill. Somewhere in the city, somebody is chiselling away at a statue of the 74-year-old. Somewhere in the city you hope, also, that security people are poring over footage of Celtic fans on the pitch. The invasion was an outpouring of emotion but it careered so far over the line as to be an outrage. An investigation will be launched; swift and with proper punishments, you'd hope. Certainly, Hearts staff were enraged. They got on their bus and got out of there as fast as they could. They deserved a whole better than that. We'll be hearing plenty more about those scenes.

The Frenchman has faced scrutiny over his commitment to the club in recent weeks while an online petition calling for 'Mbappe Out' attracted tens of millions of signatures. The 27-year-old superstar is Madrid's top scorer this season with 41 goals in 41 games in all competitions. But the club have endured another year without silverware, leading to rumblings of discontent which only grew louder as they lost to rivals Barcelona on Sunday - a result which saw Barca crowned league champions. Earlier this week club president Florentino Perez gave a rare and explosive news conference in which he went on the attack against those he said were trying to undermine the club. The criticism aimed at Mbappe intensified when pictures showing him on a yacht in Sardinia - the player had been given time off to recover from injury - emerged as Real Madrid were playing a match against Espanyol. Mbappe returned from his thigh injury as a 69th-minute substitute on Thursday, to be greeted by loud whistles. It wasnt the only show of unhappiness - stewards removed a banner from fans which read "Florentino go now". Mbappe appeared to laugh off the jeers and when asked about it after the game told reporters: "The whistles... that's life, you can't change the opinion of the people when they are angry. "It's the life of a Real Madrid player and a famous player like me. "Footballers don't always have to understand, they have to accept and look forward and change the situation." But there were cheers on the night too - when Gonzalo Garcia put Madrid in front shortly before half-time and when Jude Bellingham added a late second against the already relegated visitors.