A recap of the penultimate round of the season that decided the title and qualification for the UEFA Champions League.
With the end of the season looming, a dramatic penultimate game saw the business end settled with the title plus the Champions League and Europa League places finalised.
Meanwhile, the relegation battle continued to spring surprises, leading to a tense final day decider, as well as a battle for the last place in UEFA’s Europa Conference League.
Now, here’s a complete recap of what happened in Week 37 of the 2022-23 Premier League season.
Weekend
Taiwo Awoniyi’s 19th-minute strike saw Nottingham Forest secure safety with a 1-0 win over Arsenal, ultimately ending the Gunners’ title hopes and handing Manchester City a third successive title.
Julian Alvarez then scored a 12th-minute winner as Manchester City celebrated their title success with a narrow home win against Chelsea, just 24 hours after the title was mathematically confirmed.
Third-placed Newcastle secured Champions League qualification with a goalless draw at relegation battle Leicester, which saw Dean Smith-Fox rise to third bottom, although only a win on the final day and results elsewhere in their favor would keep them up.
Bottom of the relegation zone, Leeds dropped to second after losing 3-1 at West Ham in which Rodrigo gave them an early lead before the Hammers fought back through goals from Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen and Manuel Lanzini.
Everton are two points above the relegation zone after Yerry Mina equalized 1-1 at Wolves in injury time, meaning Sean Dyke’s Toffees have final day survival in their own hands and regardless by what victory he survives. “Leicester” and “Leeds” do elsewhere.
Already relegated Southampton confirmed their place after losing 3-1 at Brighton as a brace from Evan Ferguson and a goal from Pascal Gross secured European football for the Seagulls for the first time in their history.
Elsewhere, Manchester United edged towards Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win over Bournemouth thanks to Casemiro’s 9th-minute aerial strike.
Roberto Firmino scored an 89th-minute equalizer in his final appearance at Anfield as Liverpool drew 1-1 at Aston Villa after Jacob Ramsey had put the villains ahead in the 21st minute and put them in control. Europa League qualifying round. destiny.
Brian Mbemo scored a second-half brace to set up Yoan Wisa to seal a 3-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur and keep alive their slim hopes of Europa League qualification after Harry Kane’s free-kick put Spurs ahead just eight minutes from time. .
Joel Ward’s 83rd-minute rebound earned Crystal Palace a 2-2 draw at Fulham, with Aleksandar Mitrovic’s brace giving the Cottagers the lead as Roy Hodgson’s Eagles opened the scoring through Odsonne Edouard’s counter-attack.
In the middle of the week
Manchester United thrashed Chelsea 4-1 to move up to third and secure Champions League qualification and end Liverpool’s last hopes, which included Casemiro, Anthony Martial, Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford.
In the end, Julio Enciso’s 25-yard strike canceled out Phil Foden’s opener as Brighton drew 1-1 at home to Manchester City to secure Europa League football for the Seagulls.