Not only was tonight huge in terms of putting distance between ourselves and Villa, it was great to win what is in effect (due to the rescheduling of the fixtures as a result of the semi finals) the first game of the weekend. We know from the title races we’ve been involved in that playing first and getting the points on the board can mean a nice psychological advantage.
And additionally, we play each of our next two PL games (Wolves and Southampton) before any of our top five rivals play on either of those weekends. So decent chances of turning the screw even more.