Spurs helps Chelsea secure top 4, denies Leicester UCL hopes, ends Arsenal Europa dreams
LEICESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 23: Gareth Bale of Tottenham Hotspur scores his team's fourth goal past Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur at The King Power Stadium on May 23, 2021 in Leicester, England. A limited number of fans will be allowed into Premier League stadiums as Coronavirus restrictions begin to ease in the UK. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
Spurs helps Chelsea secure top four finish to join Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool in the next season’s UCL group stages.
While Arsenal loses out of Europa competitions and West Ham making Europa League on EPL final day.
Manchester City had already been crowned champions of EPL for the sixth time but decided to lift the trophy with a 5-0 win over Carlo Ancelotti’s Everton side.
In his final EPL appearance for the club, Sergio Aguero scored his 183rd and 184th league goals for Man City, surpassing Wayne Rooney’s record for most Premier League goals for a single club (183 with Man Utd)
On the flip side Liverpool won their game 2-0 against Crystal Palace to secure their place while Tottenham win away from home at the King Power Stadium 2-4.
Spurs winning helps Chelsea that lost away 2-1 to Aston Villa at the Villa Park, to secure their place as the 4th best team on the EPL table.
Harry Kane and Gareth Bale Inspires Spurs to beat Leicester City coming from 2-1 down to end the score line with 2-4 and secure a new competition spot UEFA Europa Conference League.
Liverpool had gotten the result needed against Palace, as Sadio Mane scores from a corner nine minutes before half-time to give hope and joy to the fans.
The Senegal forward wrap up the victory and their place for Champions League with one deflected shot in the 74th minute.
Meanwhile, the Foxes could not secure a place in the Champions League for the second season running on the dramatic final day in EPL as Bale scores two late goals to give Spurs victory.
Had Leicester won the final game they would have been in the top four but denied by Bale’s double.
Arsenal win but miss out on Europa Competitions
Nicolas Pep scores twice in the second half as Arsenal beat Brighton and Hove Albion, but were denied a place in Europe by Spurs win against Leicester.
A strong finish to the season move the Gunners within one point of their North London rivals as they head to the final day.
With Arsenal cruise after Pepe’s double, the 10,000 fans at Emirates Stadium thought they had snatch seventh place from Tottenham.
Despite finishing the season with a fifth straight win, Arsenal finished 8th place as Tottenham grab 2-4 victory at King Power Stadium.
That result end the Gunners record of playing in Europe every season since 1995-96 and mean that they have never finished above Tottenham since 2016.
Elsewhere, West Ham United finished sixth best in EPL. This means they have automatically qualify for next season UEFA Europa League group stage.
The Hammers hammered Southampton in front of 10,000 supporters in London Stadium.
2020/2021 What A Season!
- Ligue 1 — Lille: Champions for the 1st time in 10years
- Liga Nos — Sporting: Champions for the 1st time in 19years
- Scottish League — Rangers: Champions for the 1st time in 10years
- LaLiga Santander — Atlético: Champions for the 1st time in 7years
- Italian Seria Á — Inter: Champions for the 1st time in 11years
This season is ____?
