Leicester City and Leeds United were relegated while Everton survived on a nail-biting final day of the Premier League season.
Leicester defeated West Ham United 2-1 on the final day of the 2022-23 Premier League season, but the result wasn’t enough to stop them from getting relegated. Having entered Sunday in 18th place, the Foxes needed a victory coupled with Everton dropping points to stay up, and for a while, it seemed as though things would be going their way.
Harvey Barnes’ first-half goal put Leicester up 1-0 at the halftime break, and with Everton playing concurrently and locked in a 0-0 scoreline with Bournemouth in their match, the footballing gods appeared to be smiling on Dean Smith’s side.
However, the Toffees took the lead in their match via an Abdoulaye Doucouré goal in the 67th minute and that proved to be the only scoring in the contest, allowing Everton to finish the season two points up on Leicester despite the Foxes’ victory.
Leeds on the other hand started the day tied on points with Leicester and also in need of a victory, but their fate was sealed very early in their match against Tottenham as Harry Kane gave Spurs a second-minute lead and the North London side never looked back en route to a 4-1 victory at Elland Road.
Leicester and Leeds join Southampton in the drop to the EFL championship. Southampton finished last in the Premier League and were relegated weeks ago.
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