Everton boss David Moyes says their clash against Aston Villa is a must-win game if they want to qualify for the Champions League.
"For the Champions League, the answer is 'yes, it is a must win'," conceded Moyes when posed the question.
"If we've any chance of qualifying for the Champions League we need to hang in there and hope Arsenal slip up.
"Who knows? Let's hope we can pick up the points, that Arsenal do slip up and we can catch them.
"If we do lose then that would only highlight the gap between them and us.
"But they've still Liverpool, Manchester United and Chelsea to play in their remaining games, so if we can cut that gap to four then it would make it that much easier to get there.
"But you have to say Arsenal are in good form at the moment, and they've players back from injury, although they did lose a couple in the Champions League game in midweek."