Fifth-placed Spurs twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night, but their fate is no longer in their own hands ahead of matches with Stoke and Sunderland. Villas-Boas' side are one point behind Arsenal and three behind Chelsea and have a far inferior goal difference to their London rivals.This next fixture is decisive for everybody," he said. "Arsenal has had this whole time to rest (since playing at QPR last Saturday). It won't be an advantage for Wigan to play after an FA Cup final so early, but that's the reality. Chelsea have a difficult game at Villa, we have an extremely difficult game against Stoke. I think anything can happen.The destiny's not in our hands any more," the Portuguese said. "What we have to do is what we had to do also, to win the next fixtures and hopefully see if somebody can slip up and change our position.Chelsea must wait to secure their Champions League return after being pegged back twice by Spurs. Interim boss Rafael Benitez was frustrated by his side's failure to net a third and end the match as a contest and lamented the defensive failings which contributed to Spurs' equalisers.Villas-Boas expects the next round of fixtures - Chelsea's match at Aston Villa on Saturday, Spurs' Sunday contest with Stoke and Arsenal's Tuesday clash with FA Cup finalists Wigan - will determine the top-four battle.
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