Premier League football finally returned last weekend after a long hiatus that included international friendlies, a Carabao Cup final, the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final fixtures, and an entire round of FA Cup football. In other words, we've been starved of EPL drama for far too long, so without further ado, let's get into the winners and losers from this gameweek.

Losers: Arsenal F.C.

I don't think this one will come as any surprise to anybody at all. Arsenal's season is imploding, and a 2-1 loss to Bournemouth only contributed to the feeling of dread around the club right now.

Arsenal were in trouble before they ever kicked a ball on Saturday. They'd lost badly to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final, and then suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of Southampton in the FA Cup's quarter-finals. In a few short days, the narrative went from the best team around competing on all four fronts to just winning the Premier League.

It is against this terrible backdrop that they played Bournemouth in Saturday's early kickoff. They needed to beat Bournemouth to shore up their Premier League hopes, but more than beating Bournemouth, they also needed to put up a good performance. Their performances in the two domestic games before this one left a lot to be desired, but the Bournemouth game offered an opportunity for a great performance to assert themselves as title favourites. Instead, it turned into an embarrassment that left Arsenal's title hopes hanging by a very thin thread. Goals by Alex Scott and Eli Kroupi Jr. sealed all three points for the Cherries and left Arsenal just six points ahead of Manchester City, who have a game in hand and play Arsenal next gameweek. Pep Guardiola must be thanking his stars; a few weeks ago, it seemed like his last season at Manchester City would end without silverware. Now, he might be going out with a domestic treble, and he has his former student Mikel Arteta to thank for it all.

Winners: Manchester City F.C.

While Arteta and Arsenal stumbled yet again, his former boss cut down a serious opponent to draw closer to Arsenal and assert himself as a serious contender for the Premier League title. April is the month when Guardiola does not play around, and he's showing once again why he has dominated the last decade of English football. Everyone expected Chelsea to be a stern test of City's title hopes, especially because Arsenal was expected to beat Bournemouth, and so City would need a win to keep Arsenal in their sights. No doubt City would have been boosted by news of the Arsenal defeat before they even kicked a ball, but they still needed to go out and win, and boy did they win. Three second-half goals without reply against the team that was supposed to be their sternest test is about as serious a statement of intent as they could have made. Over to Arteta and his team to try and stop City from snatching the title at the last minute again.

Losers: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

It seems like for the longest time, Tottenham has been hanging around the relegation places without finding themselves in an actual relegation position. Well, the old days are over, Tottenham are now in 18th firmly, and not just on goal difference, West Ham in 17th have got two more points than Spurs.

In other words, for the first time this season, Tottenham's destiny is not entirely in their hands, they can win all their remaining games and still need another team to drop enough points to replace them in the relegation zone.

De Zerbi's first game in charge was marked by a 1-0 loss to Sunderland, who continued their hunt for European football while dragging Tottenham one step closer to the Championship, the very competition Sunderland had just escaped from. In a sense, it's fitting. Sunderland, a former Premier League mainstay that had to get relegated and spend a long time finding its way back to the big stage, might be the team that sends Tottenham packing, and who knows when they'll be back if that happens?

Winners: Leeds United F.C.

The Daniel Farke renaissance continued last weekend as Leeds held on for a famous 2-1 victory over Manchester United, their first in 23 years. The win was exactly what the doctor ordered for a Leeds side that was beginning to slip back into the relegation battle. Their last six games produced four draws and two defeats, and their last league win dates back to the first week of February, a 2-1 win over fellow relegation candidates Nottingham Forest.

Don't get me wrong, when you're in a relegation scrap, you need every point you can get. Without the four points from those draws, they would be below Nottingham Forest at the moment, every point is important. However, there is something especially revitalising about winning games, you need a win now and again to keep spirits buoyed up for the fight, and what a win this one was. With six games to go and a possible FA Cup to play for, this win came at just the right time to set the Leeds players, fans, and management on fire for the last stretch of the season.

Losers: Newcastle United F.C.

To say Newcastle's season is collapsing is to understate what is happening at Saint James Park. Sunday's 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace left them in 14th place with 42 points after 32 games. The defeat also marked their third loss in the last five games, for a team that is supposed to be in Champions League conversations; their current state is underwhelming, especially when you consider that they might not even be playing in Europe at all next year.

Perhaps a club you could look at to get a sense of what Newcastle hope to be at the moment is Aston Villa. Villa have had ups and downs, just like Newcastle have, but Emery keeps finding ways to get them into the European competitions. As it stands, they seem well placed to be this season's Europa League champions. Newcastle fans, and frankly, management as well, should expect nothing less from Eddie Howe, given the investments that have been made. A big worry they will have, unless Howe has a miracle in store, is keeping their star players in the summer. The likes of Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon, and so on might very well decide to move on if there is no European football in the cards next year.

Winners: West Ham United F.C.

Nuno has done it, at least for now. For the first time since November last year, West Ham are out of the relegation zone, and they have their destiny in their own hands. They played the first game after the break on Friday and knew that a win would lift them out of relegation, at least until Tottenham played their game against Sunderland. West Ham took their chance with incredible gusto, tearing Wolves apart 4-0, and this is a Wolves team that has looked better and better after the winter break. I don't think there has been a bigger testament to West Ham's desire to stay up under Nuno than this game, they needed to step up and make no mistakes, and they did just that. Their final six games are not easy, but I don't think anyone can count Nuno's team out of any game, given how well they're playing right now.