This Sunday, the Premier League offered us a last day that promised to be Dantesque. While the suspense was closed in the race for maintenance with the identity of the three relegated people who had been known for weeks (Leicester, Ipswich, Southampton), everything was still to be played in the race for the Champions League. With five teams that were fighting to appear in the top 5 synonymous with qualification in C1, no one had the right to make mistakes. In this sense, the meeting between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea was very expensive this Sunday. Fifth at the start, the Blues absolutely needed to prevail over the lawn of the seventh to ensure its return to the most prestigious of the European cuts next year. For their part, the trees could, in the event of victory and a fauge from Aston Villa, return to C1.
Chelsea passes in front of Newcastle, Manchester City qualifies in C1, Aston Villa in Europa League
In this tense context, the first period was quite gloomy. Between two teams that have long been in the calculation, the number of opportunities has been skinny in a first act of observation. The match was finally exclaimed during the second act. On one of his first occasions, Chelsea opened the scoring thanks to an opportunistic Levi Colwill at the second post (0-1, 50th). A goal that sounded the revolt of the locals, still too approximate to equalize. Benefiting from more spaces, the Londoners even had situations to make the break, but Cole Palmer came up against Matz Sels (61st). During the last half hour, Nottingham pushed to return to the score and hope to take advantage of an incredible scenario to qualify in C1. Finally, despite many dangerous situations, this response to the display board did not take place after the last suffocating minutes on the London side (88th, 90+4th). By making a round back, Chelsea went to seek this qualification in C1 so precious for the sports project of the club.
On the road to Fulham, Manchester City, third at the start, needed success to ensure its presence in the Champions League next year. Without real difficulty, the Skyblues have quietly imposed themselves in London to ensure their presence on the podium. In the first period, the men of Pep Guardiola found the flaw on a superb goal. After a superb relay between Marmoush and Nunes, the last city sent a center to the second post. Deviated by Leno, the ball returns to İlkay Gündoğan who, from an impressive reflex, opened the scoring of an acrobatic return (0-1, 21st). Despite some alerts in their area, Erling Haaland's teammates did not really tremble and took off on the penalty transformed by the Norwegian in the second period (0-2, 70th). With this success, City is guaranteed to be in LDC next year and ends in third place.
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The other team qualified in the Champions League will be Newcastle. Impressive for months, the Magpies bowed at home against Everton. Little inspired, Eddie Howe's men did not get a lot of opportunities and logically conceded the opening of the scoring on the return from the locker room on a goal from Carlos Alcaraz, at the reception of a superb center of Mykolenko (0-1, 65th). Despite the premises' baroud, the score will not have evolved and Newcastle was forced to defeat. An insignificant setback because Aston Villa, traveling to Manchester United, missed the checkcet, bowing to Old Trafford. Impacted by Emiliano Martínez's red card for his last match with the Villans (45th), the Villans were bad against Red Devils inspired. Close to opening the scoring before Hojlund's goal was canceled (50th), Ruben Amorim's men finally opened the scoring at the end of the match on a head of Amad Diallo who took advantage of a Caviar by Bruno Fernandes (1-0, 76th). A goal that caused the ire of Unai Emery. Indeed, a few minutes before, Morgan Rogers' goal had been canceled for a disputed reason (73rd). At the end of the match, Christian Eriksen was the addition on penalty (2-0, 87th). Thus, Aston Villa finished sixth and will therefore be in the Europa League next year.
Crystal Palace spoils Liverpool's party and the last of Trent Alexander-Arnold
On the side of Liverpool, there was no pressure this Sunday. Insured to be champions, the Reds simply wanted to make a great party for the last of the season and honor the last of Trent Alexander-Arnold, left on the bench at kick-off. However, things started very badly for the men of Arne Slot. Under the eyes of the legend Jürgen Klopp, the Reds conceded the opening of the scoring after a recovery error by Conor Bradley and the beautiful sequence of Ismaïla Sarr in the surface of the Mersey club (0-1, 9th). Temperature to react, the Liverpuldians even underwent a terrible disillusionment when the locker room returns for a avoidable fault of Gravenberch on Kamada after poor control (63rd). Despite the numerical inferiority, the residents of Anfield wanted to react and this answer came at the end of the match thanks to the insatiable Mohamed Salah, author of his 29th goal in PL this season (1-1, 84th).
His dolphin Arsenal won on the Southampton lawn. Faced with their future coach Will Still, the saints showed a conquering face by equalizing after the opening of Tierney's score. Finally, Arsenal left with the victory thanks to the goal of Martin Odegaard at the very end of the match. What end the very beautiful cuvée of the Gunners. Recent winner of the Europa League, Tottenham was surely already on vacation this Sunday by facing Brighton. At home, the Londoners opened the penalty score thanks to Dominic Solanke. Finally, the Spurs drank the cup on the return from the locker room by conceding four goals against Seagulls who offered a feast in the capital (1-4). In the other matches of the late afternoon, West Ham went easily on the lawn of Ipswich (1-3) while Wolverhampton and Brentford neutralized (1-1). Finally, Bournemouth won at home against Leicester thanks to a double from the scorer Antoine Semenyo at the end of the match (2-0).
Multiplex results:
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea : Colwill (50th)
Bournemouth 2-0 Leicester: Semenyo (74th, 88th)
Liverpool 1-1 Crystal Palace: Salah (84th) / Sarr (9th)
Fulham 0-2 Manchester City : Gundogan (21st), Haaland (71st)
Southampton 1-2 Arsenal : Stewart (56th) / Tierney (43rd), Odegaard (89th)
Wolverhampton 1-1 Brentford: Munetsi (75th) / Mbeumo (20th)
Tottenham 1-4 Brighton : Solanke (17th, SP) / Hinshelwood (51st, 64th), O'riley (88th), Gomez (90+3rd)
Newcastle 0-1 Everton : Alcaraz (65th)
Ipswich 1-3 West Ham : Broadhead (52nd) / Ward-Prowse (43rd), Bowen (55th), Kudus (87th)
Manchester United 2-0 Aston Villa: Diallo (76th), Eriksen (88th)
