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This week's Alternative Premier League Table is all about the division's late finishers. What would happen if all the goals scored in the last ten minutes of games simply hadn't happened?

Arsenal have clearly been a little dependent on late winners/equalisers. After another late, late show from Alexis Sanchez against Southampton yesterday, they slide down to 10th in our table.

The good news for all you Gooners is that your North London rivals would be significantly worse off. Tottenham have benefited from late goals more than any other side. If you strip them of their last-gasp efforts, they'd be 16th and in a relegation scrap.

Not so for Aston Villa. If all their games ended ten minutes earlier they'd be pushing for a Champions League spot, with eight more points. Dare we suggest some fitness issues?

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the bottom three have been so poor this season that late goals merely rearrange their order and Chelsea are just too good to care: