The winner of the English Premier League was already known with 3 matches to go, so Liverpool were handed the trophy in the last home game of the season against Chelsea.

Moreover, other teams and players were still fighting to retain their league's status, qualify for European football, and win individual awards, and so the final round of matches did not fail to live up to the anticipated excitement. Let's have a look on how it all ended in arguably the best league in the world.

Race to Qualify For European Football

Going into the final round of matches, Liverpool, Chelsea, and the two Manchester clubs all occupied the Champions League positions, with only Liverpool and Manchester City sure of qualifying for competition.

Manchester United versus Leicester game ended in 0-1 in favour of United, while Chelsea's game against Wolverhampton ended 2-0 in favour of the blues. This results meant that Manchester United finished in 3rd place while Chelsea ended in 4th place, Leicester City finished in 5th place to miss out on qualifying to the Champions League.

Also Wolverhampton and Leicester City occupied the Europa League spots, before the final lap of matches were played. But in the end it was Leicester City and Tottenham that occupied those two spots. Leicester City's loss to United meant they finished in 5th, while Tottenham edged Wolverhampton with goal difference to finish in 6th place after they drew with Crystal Palace 1-1, and Wolverhampton lost to Chelsea.

Relgation Battle

Norwich was the only confirmed team to be relegated, going into the final round of matches, but they were later joined by Watford and Bournemouth after all the matches were played. Watford lost to Arsenal 3-2, and Bournemouth's 1-3 win to Everton could not help them survive relegation, meanwhile Aston Villa who were in the fight for survival, made certain of the Premier League status when their game with West Ham ended 1-1.

Individual Awards

Individually Jamie Vardy won the golden boot with 23 goals, De Bryune led the assists chart with 20 assists, and Ederson won the golden glove with 16 clean sheets.

So that's how the Premier league ended, let us see the final league table below.

Op, Leicester city vs Man utd match ended 0-2!