The penalty and win yesterday felt vital at the time but it's just become even more important after today's wins for arsenal and the dippers.
Staying 2 points behind arsenal gives them no room to breath, they'll be feeling exactly like their fans, shitting themselves at the almost inevitable feeling we will pass them and once we do there's no catching us. Psychologically it's huge.
Keeping the dippers at bay with a double figure lead is important too, I'm convinced they'll pick up post world cup with a much fresher squad than most and we have to remember they've now played away at spurs, arsenal and united and will have a much more generous schedule than us.