Euro Leagues Wrap: Man City & Milan Triumph, Mallorca & Leeds Survive
Head coach Pep Guardiola of Manchester City F.C. — Photo by ChinaImages

Manchester City were memorably crowned English champions while AC Milan won the Scudetto with less drama, while Granada, Burnley and Cagliari were among the clubs relegated.

English Premier League

PosTeamPtsGames
1Manchester City9338
2Liverpool9238
3Chelsea7438
4Tottenham7138
5Arsenal6938

Manchester City crowned champions although they did it the hard way, trailing Aston Villa 2-0 with 15 minutes to go, before Ilkay Gundogan’s double and a Rodri strike clinched a remarkable 3-2 win which was all they needed.

Liverpool finish as runners-up despite an exceptional campaign, collecting 92 points with 28 wins and only two defeats. The Reds finished their season with a 3-1 home win over Wolverhampton and may have thought their title hopes were alive when City trailed.

Tottenham finished the job to secure fourth spot and Champions League football under Antonio Conte with a 5-0 hammering at Norwich City with doubles from Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-Min while Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Everton proved in vain.

PosTeamPtsGames
16Everton3938
17Leeds United3838
18Burnley3538
19Watford2338
20Norwich City2238

Burnley were relegated as they lost 2-1 at home to midtable Newcastle. Leeds United escaped the drop zone on the final day, hoping Burnley wouldn’t win and needing to better their result. Leeds did exactly that, triumphing 2-1 at 10-man Brentford, with Jack Harrison’s stoppage-time goal putting an exclamation mark on the triumph.

Italian Serie A

PosTeamPtsGames
1AC Milan8638
2Internazionale8438
3Napoli7938
4Juventus7038
5Lazio6438

AC Milan ended more than a decade of waiting for a Scudetto with their 3-0 victory away to Sassuolo securing the title. First-half goals from Olivier Giroud (double) and Franck Kessie put to bed any nerves. Inter Milan won 3-0 over Sampdoria but they needed the Rossoneri to stumble. Lazio, Roma and Fiorentina qualified for the Europa League.

Down the bottom, 17th-placed Salernitana stayed up despite being hammered 4-0 at home by Udinese, with 18th-placed Cagliari unable to find the goal they needed in a 0-0 draw with bottom club Venezia. As a result, Cagliari, Venezia along with Genoa went down.

Spanish La Liga

PosTeamPtsGames
1Real Madrid8638
2Barcelona7338
3Atletico Madrid7138
4Sevilla7038
5Real Betis6538

Champions Real Madrid ended their triumphant season uneventfully with a goalless draw with fifth-placed Real Betis. Runners-up Barcelona were beaten on the final weekend, 2-0 at home by seventh-placed Villarreal, meaning they had their lowest points tally since 2003-04.

European spots had largely been already determined, with Atletico Madrid winning 2-1 at Real Sociedad, while Sevilla rounded out their campaign with a 1-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.

Down the bottom, Real Mallorca won 2-0 at Osasuna to stay up after two second-half goals, with Granada going down despite a 0-0 home draw with Espanyol, as Cadiz leapfrogged them with a memorable 1-0 win at bottom club Alaves after Antony Lozano’s 76th minute winner.

French Ligue 1

PosTeamPtsGames
1PSG8638
2Marseille7138
3Monaco6938
4Rennes6638
5Nice6638

Paris Saint-Germain were crowned champions weeks ago but rounded out their campaign with an emphatic 5-0 home win over relegation Metz, with Kylian Mbappe scoring a hat-trick.

The battle for Champions League spots was intriguing on the final day, with Olympique Marseille securing second spot with a 4-0 home victory over sixth-placed Strasbourg. Marseille went past Monaco, who drew 2-2 at Lens, while fourth-placed Rennes could only manage a 2-2 draw at Lille when they required victory but they also needed Marseille or Monaco to lose. Saint Etienne, Metz and Bordeaux were relegated.

Ben somerford
Sports Pundit staff writer @bensomerford
Australian journalist who specialises on all sports, focusing on football, tennis, basketball and racing, having written for global publications including FourFourTwo, AAP, Inside Futbol and many more....

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