what Newcastle did was inseparable from their big motivation to be able to finish in the top 4 and get a ticket to the UCL and with the inconsistency of Manchester United and Tottenham, they were able to take very good use of the Newcastle team to continue to maintain their position.
I think Newcastle are playing pretty good right now and they have a very big chance to finish in the top 4 of the final standings.
Manchester United are underperforming at the moment and Tottenham are also inconsistent so it will be very profitable for Newcastle.
If you look at the odds, it is true that Newcastle has the potential to finish in the top four of the Premier League standings this season, as well as Manchester United which has the chance to get in the top three of the Premier League standings if in the rest of the season it is able to improve its performance by continuing to get points in every game.
Because Manchester United and Newcastle now have the same number of points and will continue to compete for more positions until the end of this season. Meanwhile, Tottenham also have the potential to be overtaken by Brighton if they are still not consistent in the rest of the season, because Brighton is not far behind Tottenham in the current Premier League standings.
Indeed, the two clubs have a great chance to remain in the top 4 zone of the EPL standings as long as they can maintain consistency in every game, but I think Newcastle and Man United are still in good form which continues to improve from time to time.
I'm not sure about Tottenham they often don't have profitable games but apart from the sacking of coach Antonio Conte hopefully it can improve them with his new coach but many times coaches fail to handle Tottenham.
But what is sure to be tough competition is that Arsenal and Man City are fighting for the trophy, while Newcastle and Man United are to stay in the current zone until the end of the season.