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Premier League final day: Tottenham 2-2 Everton, Manchester United 0-2 Cardiff and more – as it happened

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Manchester City retain the title, leaving Liverpool second with a mammoth 97 points, while Chelsea pipped Spurs to third place and Watford’s Christian Kabasele got a red card that means he’ll miss the cup final.

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Sun 12 May 2019 13.02 EDTFirst published on Sun 12 May 2019 08.01 EDT
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Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scores the second goal for Cardiff City.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scores the second goal for Cardiff City. Photograph: Cardiff City FC/Getty Images
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scores the second goal for Cardiff City. Photograph: Cardiff City FC/Getty Images

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Bernardo Silva is extremely happy, and Toure congratulates him on a brilliant season. He’s a sensational player, and should play in the middle every week. Anyway, he says they’re still annoyed about going out of Europe, and that they did wonder if they could do it, post-Newcastle. Fourteen straight wins says they could.

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He also says this is the toughest title his team have won, the Redknapp asks him about golf - it’s absolutely hilarious I can tell you - and puts an arm around him. What an honour.

After losing to Newcastle, he didn’t think his team were done, and Liverpool then dropped points at home to Leicester and seven points was doable.

A meeting of minds: Jamie Redknapp is with Pep Guardiola. He thanks Liverpool for pushing them to improve, extols his team’s points aggregate over the past two seasons. he knew his team couldn’t drop any points in the run-in, and says that they’ve changed English football.

The City players give Guardiola the bumps. “He starts everything off,” says Kompany. He then says he’s “desperate, desperate, desperate” to win the FA Cup (after a night tonight) but that he doesn’t know if he’s staying another season. City would be mad to lose him, if he’s up for hanging about; “he’s staying,” says Yaya Toure, and the two take a selfie.

Guardiola gets the bumps. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
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City players and manager pose in a big group with the trophy, then Kompany goes over for a word with Sky. He says this season was the most draining title he’s won because of the need to win every game. He says City are now one of English football’s greatest-ever sides and he’s very proud of that.

Wonderwall is played over the tannoy, and there’s Noel Gallagher lapping it up. What a feeling that must be!

Noel Gallagher celebrates with a Belgian Flag given to him by Vincent Kompany. Photograph: Javier García/BPI/REX/Shutterstock
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Leroy Sane pours fizz all over Yaya Toure, and for a second you wonder if it’s going to cost him a burst mooth, but then they embrace.

The only criticism of City, and it’s a big one, is their European record. Losing to domestic rivals, conceding lots of goals, is not a good look - they can win it with their existing defence, but they’d need everything to go in their favour. If they can improve that defence, and given the rebuilding that the traditional powers need to do, next season it should be theirs.

Guardiola applauds, and it’s hard to see any team matching his lot next season, especially after another summer’s investment. If he can replace Fernandinho, and find himself some better defenders, dearie me, what a team he’ll have. On which point, I guess we have to note the ludicrous money spent on this team and its provenance but, footballistically speaking, they are outstanding.

Guardiola and Saneé share a hug. There didn’t seem to be any animus, but yerman won’t fancy as much time sitting at the side next season.

Bruno comes out with his family to take the applause of the crowd. His team-mates have t-shirts with his face on them, which looks like Richard from Guess Who.

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Vincent Kompany says he knew Liverpool were ahead because the Brighton fans were singing 1-0 to Liverpool. But he says his team were finding the gaps, which is to say that he wasn’t all that worried.

Kompany celebrates with Guardiola. Photograph: Tom Flathers/Man City via Getty Images
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At the Amex, Guardiola is acknowledging the fans, before the players go in - they’ll be out again presently, to be presented with the trophy.

Full-time: Burnley 1-3 Arsenal

Eddie Nketiah grabbed a third in injury-time, so Arsenal finish fifth, ahead of Man United in sixth.

Full-time scores

Spurs 2-2 Everton

Man United 0-2 Cardiff

Watford 1-4 West Ham

Southampton 1-1 Huddersfield

Leicester 0-0 Chelsea

Fulham 0-4 Newcastle

Liverpool 2-0 Wolves

Crystal Palace 5-3 Bournemouth

Brighton 1-4 Man City

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Full-time: Liverpool 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Well played Liverpool. That little run when they were ahead, against Leicester, West Ham and Man United, cost them in the end, but they gave it everything. Ninety-seven points to not win the title!

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At Anfield, there’s a lot of indignant singing. Liverpool have had a brilliant season, and will fancy themselves to win a sixth big ears.

Pogba drills a free-kick into the wall as Old Trafford empties in disgust. The lap of appreciation should be a goodun.

GOAL! Fulham 0-4 Newcastle United (Rondon, 89)

Imagine what Newcastle could do if someone gave Benitez a few quid to spend.

Rondon makes it 4-0 Newcastle. Photograph: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United
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At Old Trafford, Mason Greenwood can’t quite poke home Rashford’s cross, then Angel Gomes, on as sub, curls over the bar.

Back at the Amex, Vincent Kompany is withdrawn for a walk of fame. What a player he’s been for City and he gets the mother and father of all hugs from Guardiola. This being football, it’s followed up with a hard head shove - Guardiola must be strong - and in not long at all, Kompany will be chucking the Premier League trophy into the air.

On the Old Trafford bench, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer sits there in his club suit. It’s not making that much difference, and neither is he or Micky Phelan next to him.

At the Amex, the retiring Bruno has just been taken off - he receives a standing ovation and plenty of congratulation. What a signing he was.

Bruno receives a standing ovation as he leaves the field for the last time. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
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“Everton fans at White Hart Lane singing ‘Now you’re going to believe us You’re going to win the cup’, emails John Tumbridge.

The beauty of football right there.

GOAL! Liverpool 2-0 Wolves (Mane, 81)

“Logjam!” is what Peter Drury would have screeched were he commentating on this game. Alexander-Arnold curls in brilliantly, Mane heads down, and he is now level with Salah and Aubameyang.

Mane celebrates his second. Photograph: Chloe Knott - Danehouse/Getty Images
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“I’m sure if he could have that moment again, he’d stand there clapping whilst Antonio ran through,” says Dan C of Holebas. “Did he try promising the ref they’d let West Ham walk the free kick in?”

He is going to have some stern ones with himself tonight. Maybe he should give Dazzler Fletcher a call.

GOAL! Spurs 2-2 Everton (Eriksen, 75)

He’s decent, this lad. A low free-kick catches Pickford moving the wrong way, and Spurs do not know when they’re beaten.

Eriksen curls in the free-kick for Tottenham’s second. Photograph: Steven Paston/PA
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GOAL! Spurs 1-2 Everton (Tosun, 72)

There he is! Lloris saves Keane’s header from Sigurdsson’s corner, and Tosun is there to barge home.

Tosun pokes in to score Everton’s second. Photograph: Tony McArdle/Everton FC via Getty Images
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GOAL! Crystal Palace 4-3 AFC Bournemouth (King, 73)

Mepham heads on a corner and King is there. What a game!

King makes it 4-3. Photograph: Robin Jones/AFC Bournemouth via Getty Images
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GOAL! Brighton 1-4 Man City (Gundogan, 72)

City win a free-kick 25 yards out, and Gundogan curls over the wall and in. I wonder if Ryan might’ve saved that.

Gundogan and his team mates celebrate number four. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images
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GOAL! Burnley 1-2 Arsenal (Barnes, 65)

A back four of Lichsteiner, Mustafi, Mavropanos and Monreal is never keeping a clean sheet, and it does not.

Barnes scores for Burnley. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images via Reuters
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