Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers. (SHAUN BOTTERILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
The final day of the Premier League season ended with Chelsea fans relieved and Leicester fans crushed with Champions League places finalized.
With the title in Manchester City’s hands and the relegation spots already filled, Championship Sunday in the Premier League was all about Champions League places.
Coming into the day, Chelsea, Liverpool and Leicester City were in a three-team race for just two spots.
When all was said and done, Liverpool clinched comfortably with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace. Things got significantly more dramatic for the other two.
Chelsea was on the outside looking in while losing to Aston Villa. Leicester had Champions League in their grasp with a 2-1 lead over Tottenham. Then an own goal by Kasper Schmeichel and a Gareth Bale brace in the final minutes ended their hopes.
Premier League: Tottenham became Leicester’s nemesis and Chelsea’s hero
There was a huge sigh of relief for Thomas Tuchel’s side and Chelsea fans thanks to Leicester’s misfortune, which put them through to fourth place despite a 2-1 loss.
Bale was the real MVP for Chelsea
Never thought I would ever say this. Thank you Tottenham. Top four sealed for Chelsea. You’re not bottlers after all. Respect ???
— Younes H-Hamou (@youneshh) May 23, 2021
Leicester fans were left looking around and wondering what happened.
242 – Leicester ended more days in the Premier League’s top four than any other side this season and yet failed to finish inside the top four places (242 days). Unlucky.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 23, 2021
Aston Villa gave them everything they needed.
Opposing fans had fun at Leicester’s expense.
Leicester were in the top four for 254 days, the most of any side in the league this season, but ended up missing out.
Liverpool fans: pic.twitter.com/hVcHj25pBS
— ODDSbible (@ODDSbible) May 23, 2021
While Chelsea and Leicester were the center of attention, Arsenal didn’t escape the trolling.
Champions League: Man City, Man United, Liverpool, Chelsea
Europa League: Leicester, West Ham
Europa Conference: Tottenham
Social Media League: Arsenal pic.twitter.com/02DFh9hfZp
— Chukwuemeka ?? (@ChuxEkere) May 23, 2021
Arsenal couldn’t even get to celebrate the “finished above Spurs trophy”
— Trey (@UTDTrey) May 23, 2021
The 2020-21 Premier League season finished with Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea in the Champions League places atop the table. Leicester will have to once again take the Europa League as a consolation prize.
It was an exciting way to end an unusual league campaign played largely in empty stadiums. The only thing left to do is settle the Champions League Final in Porto between Chelsea and Manchester City.
Source: FanSided