Seven years after the most improbable Premier League title triumph of all, Leicester was relegated from English football's top division on Sunday while Everton pulled off another last-day escape to extend its 69-year stay.
Leeds was also consigned to the drop with Leicester and already-relegated Southampton as the league season reached its conclusion.
Everton바카라s 1-0 win over Bournemouth meant Leicester바카라s 2-1 victory against West Ham was ultimately meaningless. Leeds바카라 miserable campaign ended in a 4-1 loss at home against Tottenham.
Leicester바카라s demise stands out because of the dramatic nature of its fall after experiencing the most spectacular period in its history in recent years.
By winning the title as a 5,000-1 shot in 2016, it provided the Premier League with its greatest fairy tale - being crowned champion two years after being promoted from the second tier.
In 2021 it was celebrating victory against Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, a period that also saw it achieve back-to-back fifth-place finishes.
Relegation was not seen as a realistic threat this season 바카라 even after a summer in which Leicester failed to make major moves in the transfer market.
In the Premier League, however, fairy tales do not guarantee happily-ever-after endings and Leicester now faces an uncertain future with interim manager Dean Smith out of contract and a host of its star players likely to leave in the summer.
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While those words were encouraging, there is no guarantee that Leicester will be back in the top flight any time soon.
Top players like James Maddison, Youri Tielemans and Harvey Barnes could all depart and will have suitors from leading clubs.
Smith could offer no guarantees about his own future, saying his interim deal was now over after completing the final eight games of the season.
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Relegation closes a chapter on a remarkable period in Leicester바카라s history and it remains to be seen how the club바카라s chairman, Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, reacts to the disappointment.
In March the club announced a pre-tax loss of 92.5 million pounds ($114 million) for the previous financial year.
It is likely to have to spend again to rebuild from here.
While it was a day of anguish for Leicester, Everton was celebrating once again as the league바카라s great survivor.
Having been in the top division since 1954, it pulled off another great escape, having avoided relegation on the final day of the season in both 1994 and 1998 previously.
The Merseyside club, which only narrowly avoided the drop last year, took it to the wire yet again this season.
Abdoulaye Doucouré smashed home a 57th-minute goal to earn the win that sparked jubilant scenes at Goodison.
Everton바카라s fate was always in its own hands, starting the day in 17th place, two points above Leicester and Leeds.
It is a triumph for manager Sean Dyche, who was hired in January and tasked with the job of turning the club바카라s season around.
바카라I바카라ve just told the players we can바카라t be in this state,바카라 he said. 바카라A magic day but at the end of the day we shouldn바카라t be in this shape.
바카라You are only a big club if you are doing big things. It is one and we need to get it back to being one.바카라
UNITED FINISHES THIRD
Two cup finals and now a third-place finish in the Premier League. For Erik ten Hag, it has been a strong first season at Manchester United.
United rallied to beat Fulham 2-1 thanks to goals from Jadon Sancho and Bruno Fernandes to finish above Newcastle in third place. Newcastle could only draw 1-1 at Chelsea.
A run of four straight wins to end the league campaign sets up United for its shot at Manchester City in the FA Cup final on Saturday. United has already won the English League Cup.
VILLA INTO EUROPE
Aston Villa will play in Europe next season for the first time in 13 years after beating Brighton 2-1 to finish in seventh place.
Villa, which lost in the Europa League playoffs in 2010, will feature in the Europa Conference League and will fancy its chances with Unai Emery in charge. Emery has won the Europa League with Sevilla and Villarreal.
Villa바카라s win meant Tottenham finished in eighth place and out of the European positions.
GOLDEN BOOT
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland finished his first season in English football with the Golden Boot award as the Premier League바카라s top scorer.
He didn바카라t get to add to his 36 league goals this season, though, with the Norway international not getting off the bench in City바카라s 1-0 loss at Brentford, which completed the home-and-away double over the champions.
Harry Kane was second in the scoring charts on 30 goals.
FAREWELLS
Roberto Firmino finished his eight-year Liverpool career with two goals in a wild 4-4 draw with Southampton. A slew of other scorers on Sunday might yet have played their last games for the clubs, too.
Like Granit Xhaka, who scored two of second-place Arsenal바카라s goals in its 5-0 thrashing of Wolverhampton. Xhaka has been linked with a move back to Germany.
Kane refused to comment on his future at Tottenham after scoring two of the team바카라s goals against Leeds.
바카라I have focused on this season and helping the team as much as possible,바카라 Kane said. 바카라I am just looking forward to a nice break and some games with England.바카라
James Ward-Prowse led Southampton바카라s fightback from 2-0 down against Liverpool in what is likely his final game for a club where he came through the academy.
As for farewells among managers, Frank Lampard signed off his interim spell in charge of Chelsea with the draw against Newcastle ahead of the team바카라s likely appointment of Mauricio Pochettino. Chelsea finished in 12th place, despite the club spending more than $600 million on players in the last two transfer windows.
