-Manchester City won their fourth straight Premier League title and became the first English team to do so.
- They finished second for the second season in succession—two points behind Manchester City.
- He did this in what proved to be the last match for Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager, defeating Wolves 2-0.
Since suffering their most recent league loss against Aston Villa at the beginning of December, the champions have won 19 games and drawn four.
The Gunners defeated Everton by a score of 2-1, but they had to settle for second place for the second consecutive season. This is the first time since 2004 that the Gunners have finished without a Premier League trophy.
Manchester City made history in English football by defeating West Ham 3-1 on Sunday, winning their fourth Premier League title in a row. This victory also broke Arsenal's hearts, as Jurgen Klopp guided Liverpool to a painful elimination from the competition against Manchester City.
At Etihad Stadium, where fans were anticipating City's victory, Phil Foden scored two goals early on, including one in just 79 seconds, to lay the foundation for City's accomplishment.
West Ham's Mohammed Kudus provided Arsenal with a new lease of life through an acrobatic overhead kick. But Rodri struck just before the hour mark to essentially conclude the match and win the championship.
The Gunners, without a Premier League championship since 2004, recovered from a goal down to topple Everton 2-1. But they had to content themselves with second place for the second straight season behind two points off City's 91.
The champions have not lost in the league since their defeat at Aston Villa at the beginning of last December and have now won 19 and drawn four since then.
Manchester City is the only English team to have won four consecutive top-flight titles, surpassing the famous Liverpool and Manchester United teams of the past. City has now won six titles in seven seasons, making it the only English team to have accomplished this feat.
"When I came here, if someone said I'd win six leagues in seven seasons, I'd say, 'You're out of your mind—no chance,'" City's manager, Pep Guardiola, said:
"Every single one of them belongs to the Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United squads. Now it's our turn to move on. That includes us as a part of it.
Earlier in the previous year, the Premier League had filed 115 counts of financial irregularities against City, yet under the same club, new standards were being set in English football.
The 4-2 defeat at home against Fulham on the last day of the season saw Luton drop into the lower division of the Premier League football league. They will feature in the Championship with Burnley and Sheffield United next season.
Spurs' 3-0 win over Sheffield United means they will finish fifth and earn a spot in next season's Europa League. Chelsea's 2-1 victory against Bournemouth means they will finish sixth and qualify for European competition.
This was Manchester United's worst finish since 1990, when Newcastle defeated Brentford 4-2; they finished ninth.
Erik ten Hag's team, who won 2-0 against Brighton in Roberto De Zerbi's penultimate match as manager of the south coast club, has the chance to rescue something from a horrific season in next week's FA Cup final against City.
If United don't win, though, they won't feature in European football.
On Sunday, 23-year-old Foden had his best season for City, scoring 27 times in all competitions and assisting 11 times.
The England midfielder opened the scoring on Sunday with a powerful left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, which calmed the home crowd in the second minute of the match. He scored the goal in the 18th minute, assisted by Jeremy Doku.
The brief revival in the fight for the title was done when Takehiro Tomiyasu of Arsenal leveled the scores at the Emirates Stadium, then Kudus of West Ham restored the goal.
The mood at the Etihad Stadium turned even more somber, though the visiting team hardly threatened David Moyes's farewell game as manager. Rodri's goal in the 59th minute eventually sealed the win.
Kai Havertz's last-gasp winner for Arsenal was to prove immaterial on the field.
In the immediate aftermath of the match, Arteta gave an emotional statement to the fans, calling on them to expect more from the team.
"All of this is happening because you started believing, you started being patient, and you started understanding what we tried to do," he told reporters.
The credit is due to the staff and the players. You cannot feel satisfied. That is not even close to what we want, and we will get it nevertheless.
The last game for Jurgen Klopp as Liverpool manager was a home win against Wolves by a margin of 2-0, but the game itself was more of a formality, really, as the fans got to pay their last respects to a manager who changed their club utterly since taking the reins in 2015.
The German, facing the full house at Anfield, told them, "It doesn't feel like the end." "It absolutely feels like the beginning. The football team that I saw today had a level of brilliance, youth, originality, passion, and greed in their performance.
He also added, "We have this wonderful stadium and training complex. But then we have you — the most powerful football team in the world." Wow!
