Last week — with each Premier League club playing two matches –there was a sense that this craziest of season’s would finally start to settle down. So much for that.

Thing’s got started with Leicester City drawing with Bournemouth on Tuesday. Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester City fans all started crowing about how this was it, the moment everyone had been waiting for, when the Foxes would finally sink back down to the part of the table where they belong. Instead, the next day, each of those teams lost — to West Ham, Swansea and Liverpool, respectively.

To make things even more interesting, wins from Manchester United, who beat Watford on a last-minute free kick, and West Ham meant that the top of the table was even more cramped. While 11 points separated Leicester from West Ham, the Hammers suddenly found themselves two points out of fourth place and five points from third.

Cue the weekend’s matches, which kicked off with the much-hyped North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal. The Gunners took the lead going into the half, but thanks to a stupid second yellow from midfielder Francis Coquelin, they were forced to play the final half hour of the game with 10 men. Tottenham quickly took advantage, and were up 2-1 after the 66th minute. A loss would have all but ended Arsenal’s title ambitions, but Alexis Sanchez put in the equalizer in the 78th minute, earning his team a priceless point.

While neither Tottenham or Arsenal could argue with the result, they were both surely ruing a missed opportunity at the end of the day, because Leicester won. The Foxes again didn’t look their best against Watford, but thanks to a great goal from Riyad Mahrez, it didn’t matter. The win widened the gap between them and the rest of the field to five points.

Now to the race for fourth place. City, fresh off an embarrassing loss to Liverpool, throttled cellar dwellers Aston Villa 4-0. The only shock about that scoreline was that it wasn’t even more lopsided. West Ham, meanwhile, were down two to Everton with just 12 minutes to play, but somehow managed to score three goals before the final whistle to earn a dramatic win and move into fifth place, just a single point behind City.

It was assumed that their stay in fifth place would be brief, as a win by United would see them go level with City, knocking West Ham back to sixth. Instead, the Red Devil forgot to show up and lost 1-0 to West Bromwich Albion. It didn’t help that Juan Mata was sent off after earning two inexplicable yellow cards before the half-hour mark, but the team didn’t look like scoring even when he was on the field.

So, with just nine games left to play, here’s where things stand. Three team look to have an actual chance at the league title. In the best position is Leicester, who, while their rivals flounder, are calmly padding their lead at the top of the table. It’s a strange thing to say, the title is the Foxes to lose. Five points behind them are Tottenham, who still have a chance at the title but suddenly seem nervous. And in third are Arsenal, who are only three points behind Spurs but seem to have forgotten how to win.

Meanwhile, the other three teams are probably out of the title race, but are still fighting for that final Champions League spot. City currently sits in fourth, one point ahead of West Ham and three ahead of United, but with a game in hand. Beating Aston Villa isn’t exactly an accomplishment, so it it’s unclear if they’ve regained their footing yet or not. If they haven’t, West Ham, who’ve been transformed since Dimitri Payet returned from injury, will look to take advantage. United’s hopes for a top four finish look all but done, but since they play both City and West Ham between now and the end of the season, anything is possible.

Of course, none of this could apply after next week’s set of fixtures. But that’s not a bad thing, because if there’s one thing that’s remained constant all season long, it’s that chaos at the top of the table sure is so much fun to watch.

Everton should be glad that the Manchester clubs and Chelsea have struggled so much this season, otherwise they’d surely be considered the season’s big disappointment.

Coming into the season, the Toffees, lead by Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley, looked just as talented as Tottenham, and seemed like they could challenge the traditional top four. But while Spurs are currently fighting it out at the top of the table, Everton are stuck in 12th place. The reason for disappointing play is easy to pinpoint, because despite having one of the league’s best offenses, a bizarre inability and/or disregard for playing defense means that no lead is safe.

Down a man for much of Saturday’s game against West Ham, thanks to Kevin Mirrallas earning two silly yellow cards, Roberto Martinez’s side saw themselves comfortably up 2-0 in the 78th minute. But when the final whistle blew, the team’s defense had been completely eviscerated not once, not twice, but three times, and it was the Hammers who walked off the pitch with the victory.

The loss was just latest and most painful in a string of late game collapses by the Toffees. Previously, giving up a 98th minute equalizer by Bournemouth in a 3-3 November draw looked like the season’s nadir, but this was so much worse. Whatever confidence the team may have had in closing out games must surely be gone at this point.

With Farhad Moshiri having become the club’s majority shareholder last week, Martinez’s job is suddenly in doubt. Sure, he’s turned the side into a muscular scoring machine, but what does that matter when you can’t do the opposition at at equally prolific rate.

A wealth of riches when it comes to goals this week. There was Aaron Ramsey’s majestic heel flick for Arsenal and Riyad Mahrez’s forceful winner for Leicester, but as impressive as those two might have been, they weren’t quite as wonderful as Harry Kane’s (1:25 mark). The Tottenham striker scored his team’s second against Ramsey’s side on Saturday, an absolutely perfectly-placed curler from an impossible angle just outside of the box.

Just as there were a number of memorable goals this week, there were even more hilariously bad lapses of judgement. Arsenal’s Francis Coquelin, Everton’s Kevin Mirrallas and Liverpool’s James Milner all earned double yellows, but none of their double bookings were quite as stupid as Manchester United’s Juan Mata. The Spaniard somehow earned himself two cards in a less-than-three minute span on Sunday. The first was for pointlessly blocking a free kick far from goal, while the second (0:10) was for a heavy, late tackle right in from of the ref. United, a team that have struggled with fluidity all season long, could never get things going after that, and ended up losing what was a must-win game to West Brom.

Leicester regain the top spot, Manchester United’s flirtation with the top four is probably over and Crystal Palace’s slide shows no sign of ending.

1. Leicester City (2)
2. Tottenham (1)
3. Arsenal (3)
4. Manchester City (4)
5. West Ham (5)
6. Manchester United (6)
7. Liverpool (10)
8. Chelsea (8)
9. Stoke (11)
10. Southampton (7)
11. Watford (9)
12. West Brom (13)
13. Bournemouth (14)
14. Everton (12)
15. Swansea (16)
16. Crystal Palace (15)
17. Sunderland (17)
18. Norwich (18)
19. Newcastle (19)
20. Aston Villa (20)