4pm. aston villa, 17th. by a hair's's breath. watford only one goal of difference behind. bournemouth three points further back. that is how it began. ready? a penalty for arsenal against watford. four minutes gone, watford's troubled deeper. bournemouth suddenly glimpsed and escaped. here's their penalty against everton. 24th minute at arsenal, a wave goodbye in watford's direction. goodness, already, they'd let in another, 2—0. make that three. goals conceded equalling the number of managers watford sacked this season. well, hang on! they pulled it back to 3—2 in their game! in the final minutes of the season, bournemouth were flying. a third goal against everton all they could do. remember aston villa, the team in green? just one chance for their most skilful player, jack grealish. through the hands of the goalkeeper, 84th minute, aston villa were sure.

85th minute, they were not. they watched in horror as the ball looped in for west ham's equaliser. 1—1, but villa waited until the other result came through. for the moment when it all came true. aston villa have survived! the premier league feels like you win it when you stay in it. this is how it finished at the bottom of the table. that point for villa saving them. bournemouth going down after five seasons in the top division, so too watford. norwich were relegated a couple of weeks ago. emotional, please, proud, orthe adjectives. it is a magnificent achievement because unfortunately until the pandemic, people, a lot of people had us relegated and we had to work extremely hard. i thought we used the pandemic really well. we have been solid defensively, we have looked strong and we have managed to stay in the premier league now which

isa stay in the premier league now which is a big achievement and something to build on. collectively over the piece, the season, we haven't been good enough. i was think the league table is a cliche, but it doesn't like it tells a story. we dipped below the levels of previous seasons, no denying that, and i have to take the ultimate responsibility as manager. i have no problem placing it on my shoulders and that is what i have to do at this moment. asl is what i have to do at this moment. as i say, not good enough. we have to be brave enough, you can'tjust come out in front when you are winning, when things are not going well, you have to say we didn't do enough. ultimately, that is where we're now, just being a bit too short. we went down by a point. yes, not good enough. i'm not going to make excuses, it's not my nature. to the other end of the table, the final two champions league places to be decided, 3rd and 4th. it was pretty much

a straight shoot—out between manchester united and leicester for one of them, and united came out on top. austin halewood reports. after 11 months and i7 after 11 months and 17 days, it all came down to this, the final match of the season and a straight shoot out for a spot in the champions league. earlier this year, out for a spot in the champions league. earlierthis year, leicester had a 14 point lead over manchester united, but since then, united have been brilliant, they only needed a draw but started stronger. paul pogba with the ball and fernandez with the finish. united with the lead, not quite. the goal ruled out for offside. a letterfor lead, not quite. the goal ruled out for offside. a letter for leicester, who have only beaten united once in the premier league on home soil, and with a record like that, you have to ta ke with a record like that, you have to take your chances. fa rdy with a record like that, you have to take your chances. fardy inches away with a header, but not close enough because moments later, united had a chance. martial on goal, brought down, penalty. and fernandez made the foxes pay. really. united with the lead and leicester with a mountain to climb. they needed

goals, but wes morgan never looks like the man to provide them. the dream slipping away. for the most part, it has been a brilliant season for leicester, itjust part, it has been a brilliant season for leicester, it just faded part, it has been a brilliant season for leicester, itjust faded out with a bit of a whimper. a mistake from catfished —— kasper schmeichel gifting jesse lingard a girl and manchester united sealed their fake. third in the table and playing champions league football next season. leicester have really spiralled downwards since the re—start, we'll hear from brendan rodgers injust a moment, but first, here's a delighted manchester united manager. delighted for the boys, of course. we have achieved a champions league spot. we have come from way behind teams and we have gone past them. we have shown we have the consistency, we have players with the right mentality, we're building a group and performs culture here that we can be proud of. it is always going

to be difficult for us. we simply can't compete with that level. but oui’ can't compete with that level. but ouridea can't compete with that level. but our idea is to be competitive. we have to do it in a different way. the resources of manchester united, and the other teams, they will be much greater than ourselves. chelsea will also be playing champions league football next season. with united winning, they could have afforded to lose to wolves, but they won 2—nil. both goals came in first half injury time. mason mount with a brilliant freekick. olivier giroud then stole in for their second. and as it stands, wolves miss out on europa league qualification, unless chelsea win the fa cup next weekend, which would mean that seventh would be good enough. as for the blues, their manager was really impressed with how they closed out the league season. they produced a professional, dedicated, really strong personality

performance. not fantastic, not absolutely beautiful, but not to concede against a team that can really hurt you at times and to get a level of comfort in a game of this nervousness which i was worried about before the game, we played it out perfectly. let's have a look at some of the other games, the champions liverpool finished the season with a club record 99 points after coming from behind to beat newcastle united 3—1 at st james' park. substitute sadio mane rounded off the scoring with his eighteenth league goal of the season. dwight gayle had given newcastle a surprise lead inside the opening minute. virgil van dijk equalised, before divock origi put liverpool ahead. )manchester city went out on a high, kevin de bruyne struck twice as they thrashed already relegated norwich 5—nil. he also equalled thierry henry's record of 20 assists in a season. ederson claimed the golden glove award with a sixteenth clean sheet.

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