Liverpool Crowned EPL Champions, Chelsea Seal UEFA League Spot
It was a dramatic end to the 2024-25 Premier League season with Liverpool presented with the trophy, while Chelsea sealed a return to the Champions League.
The Reds played out a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace at Anfield after Ismalla Sarr opened the scoring for Crystal Palace before Salah snatched a point for Liverpool in the 84th minute.
Arne Slot’s men finished the season with 84 points from 38 matches, winning 25, drawing nine, and losing four with 86 goals scored, and 41 goals conceded.
Arsenal ended up in second after a 2-1 win over Southampton with 74 points from 38 matches while Manchester City earned the third position with 71 points.
Chelsea earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Champions League contender Nottingham Forest to seal a return to the competition for the first time since 2023. Levi Colwill scored the only goal for Enzo Maresca’s team.
The Blues finished the season with 69 points, earning 20 wins, nine draws, and suffering nine defeats.
Newcastle United picked up the last Champions League slot despite a 1-0 loss to Everton, the Magpies ended the season with 66 points levelled on point with sixth-placed Aston Villa but they qualified based on goal difference.
Aston Villa suffered a 2-0 loss to Manchester United but it was still enough to guarantee them a place in the Europa League.
Nottingham Forest, who ended up in seventh with 65 points qualified for the Conference League.
Crystal Palace also qualified for the Europa League by virtue of winning the FA Cup trophy.
The trio of Leicester City, Ipswich Town, and Southampton suffered an immediate return to the Championship.
Chelsea defender, Levi Colwill was excited to lead the club back into the Champions League.
He said: “When I scored, I stayed calm because we still had more minutes to play but I stayed calm and helped the boys.
“What I got taught in the academy is you have to fight. We try to get these clean sheets to win and that’s what we did today.
“We had to win. We knew we had to win and that it wasn’t going to be a hard atmosphere but we did it. This club deserves to be in the Champions League.”
Mohammed Salah was presented with the highest goal scorer award and the Playmaker of the season award. He scored 29 goals, and recorded 18 assists to lead Liverpool to the title.
Arsenal’s David Raya, and Nottingham Forest’s Matz Sels shared the Premier League golden glove award with 13 clean sheets each.
English Teams In Europe
Champions League: Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Chelsea, Newcastle and Tottenham (Europa League winners).
Europa League: Aston Villa and Crystal Palace (FA Cup winners).
Conference League: Nottingham Forest.
Liverpool Crowned EPL Champions, Chelsea Seal UEFA League Spot is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
