The dramatic final round of the highest English competition solved the remaining puzzles. Leicester lost at home to Manchester United in a direct battle for the Champions League after two gross mistakes, which ended up in third place.
At the same time, the Red Devils lost an abysmal fifteen points to the Foxes in February, but after the coronause they set off for a great series and never lost.
The Champions League will also be played by Chelsea, who beat Wolverhampton at home on Stamford Bridge thanks to two goals in the first half.
In the end, the Wolves will not even play in the European League, Tottenham skipped them in the table. In addition to Norwich, Watford and Bournemouth also leave the league, both clubs having spent five seasons in the Premier League.
In the final 38th round, Watford lost 2-3 at Arsenal, Bournemouth, and a 3: 1 outdoor victory over Everton was not enough to sustain them.
Aston Villa played an important draw on the West Ham field, for which the Czech midfielder Tomáš Souček played the whole match.
Arsenal made the victory in the opening 33 minutes, when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang converted two penalties and Kieran Tierney scored once. After Watford, Troy Deeney reduced from another penalty kick and former striker of the “gunners” Danny Welbeck, but the guests did not manage to do more. Arsenal finished in eighth place, its worst league position in 25 years.
“It wasn’t about today’s match, we weren’t good enough for a year. If you can’t defend as a team, you lose more matches than you win. The whole club has to do a thorough audit. If you fire three coaches during the season, something is wrong,” he said. television interview with Captain Watford Deeney.
Bournemouth only scored his second victory in the last 13 rounds against Everton. However, the goals of Joshua King, Dominic Solanke and Junior Stanislas did not avert the fall into the second league. “It was great of us today, all the more frustrating because we weren’t like that during the season. I feel pain and sadness in my heart. It’s hard when you feel you’ve let people down,” said Bournemouth coach Eddie Howe, who said. Cherries “has been running since 2012.
At home, Chelsea beat Wolverhampton 2-0 with Mason Mount and Olivier Giroud from the first half. Manchester’s “Red Devils” won 2-0 in Leicester in a direct battle for the Champions League.
Rise symbol United: Bruno Fernandes. | Photo: Reuters
The winning goal of United was scored in the 71st minute by Bruno Fernandes from the penalty, which was ordered after a gross error by the home team Choudhury. Jesse Lingard added the fuse in the setting after the handle failed for goalkeeper Casper Schmeichel.
Shortly before, home defender and former Manchester team player Jonny Evans were ruled out for a brutal frustration foul against Scott McTominay.
A small consolation for Leicester may be that striker Jamie Vardy became the best scorer of the season with 23 goals.
After a turn, the champion Liverpool won 3: 1 in Newcastle, finished the table with 99 points and set a new club record. Manchester City holds the all-time high with 100 points from the 2017/18 season. “Reds” Virgil van Dijk, Divock Origi and Sadio Mané responded to Dwight Gayle’s lightning lead.
“During the season, we won not only matches when we were perfect, but also much harder matches, such as today. Now I need to take a break from the office and be with my family. Next year will be very demanding, because there will be a four-week break. We will use it and get back to work, “said Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp.
The second Manchester City closed the Premier League season with a 5-0 triumph over descending Norwich. Kevin De Bruyne twice won the home favorite and once Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Riyadh Mahriz. Unsuccessful defending champions finished 18 points behind Liverpool.
Tottenham drew 1: 1 at Crystal Palace Stadium and secured sixth place, which means participation in the European League qualifiers. Spurs took Harry Kane in the lead in the 13th minute, after a change of sides Jeffrey Schlupp answered.
English Football League – Round 38:
Arsenal – Watford 3:2 (5th and 33rd both from pen. Aubameyang, 24th Tierney – 43rd Deeney from pen., 66th Welbeck), Burnley – Brighton 1:2 (44. Wood – 20. Bissouma, 50. Connolly), Chelsea – Wolverhampton 2:0 (45.+1 Mount, 45.+4 Giroud), Crystal Palace – Tottenham 1:1 (53rd Schlupp – 13th Kane), Everton – Bournemouth 1:3 (41. Kean – 13. King z pen., 45. + 1 Solanke, 80. Stanislas), Leicester – Manchester United 0:2 (71. Fernandes z pen., 90.+8 Lingard), Manchester City – Norwich 5:0 (45. + 1 a 90. De Bruyne, 11. Jesus, 79. Sterling, 83. Mahriz), Newcastle – Liverpool 1:3 (1. Gayle – 38. Van Dijk, 59. Origi, 89. Mané), Southampton – Sheffield United 3:1 (50. a 71. Adams, 84. Ings z pen. – 26. Lundstram), West Ham United – Aston Villa 1:1 (85. Yarmolenko – 84. Grealish).
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