Manchester City finished the season on top of the https://www.footballcritic.com/premier-league/season-2021-2022/2/50885″>Premier League table, with their tally of 93 points sufficient to see them crowned champions ahead of https://www.footballcritic.com/liverpool-fc/squad/462″>Liverpool, who finished a single point behind.
The title race came down to the final day of the season, with https://www.footballcritic.com/manchester-city-fc/squad/464″>Man City simply needing to beat https://www.footballcritic.com/aston-villa-fc/squad/461″>Aston Villa to seal a fourth title in five years. If they failed, victory for https://www.footballcritic.com/liverpool-fc/squad/462″>Liverpool over https://www.footballcritic.com/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/squad/459″>Wolves would have seen them crowned champions.
It proved a dramatic final day of the season. https://www.footballcritic.com/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/squad/459″>Wolves scored first at Anfield but Villa also struck the opener at the Etihad. However, https://www.footballcritic.com/liverpool-fc/squad/462″>Liverpool equalised to draw level on points with City, whose title hopes looked bleak when they fell 2-0 behind. The Reds were unable to get the goal that would have piled the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s side, who rallied to win 3-2.
Although https://www.footballcritic.com/liverpool-fc/squad/462″>Liverpool ultimately came through with the victory, too, it was insufficient for them to whisk the title away from their rivals.
Elsewhere, third place had already been secured by https://www.footballcritic.com/chelsea-fc/squad/471″>Chelsea, while there was no upset for https://www.footballcritic.com/tottenham-hotspur-fc/squad/472″>Tottenham, who only needed a point against relegated https://www.footballcritic.com/norwich-city-fc/squad/477″>Norwich to secure the final Champions League spot. In the event, they ran out 5-0 winners, leaving https://www.footballcritic.com/arsenal-fc/squad/467″>Arsenal, who thumped https://www.footballcritic.com/everton-fc/squad/473″>Everton 5-1, to claim fifth.
https://footballtransfers.com/en/transfer-news/uk-premier-league/2022/05/official-worst-man-utd-team-premier-league-history” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Manchester United concluded the season in sixth on their lowest points tally in the Premier League era following a 1-0 defeat against https://www.footballcritic.com/crystal-palace-fc/squad/508″>Crystal Palace, while https://www.footballcritic.com/west-ham-united-fc/squad/496″>West Ham missed the chance to leapfrog them as they were beaten in https://www.footballcritic.com/brighton-hove-albion-fc/squad/510″>Brighton.
The other key issues at the bottom of the table were resolved with https://www.footballcritic.com/burnley-fc/squad/492″>Burnley going down as they were defeated 2-1 by https://www.footballcritic.com/newcastle-united-fc/squad/466″>Newcastle, while Leeds escaped the drop in dramatic circumstances as they overcame https://www.footballcritic.com/brentford-fc/squad/500″>Brentford 2-1.
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