Leeds United promoted back to Premier League.
22 Apr 2025
Leeds United have been promoted back to the Premier League after two years in the Championship.
The Whites secured promotion with two games to spare after Sheffield United lost at second-placed Burnley, a result which meant the Clarets also confirmed their return to the top flight.
Daniel Farke's men had crushed Stoke City 6-0 in their own game earlier on Monday to leave promotion a mere formality.
They will win the title with victories over Bristol City and Plymouth Argyle in their final two matches, barring a mathematical miracle goal difference swing from Burnley.
Struggling Manchester United returned to type as Pablo Sarabia curled home a brilliant 77th-minute free-kick to secure a fifth straight top-flight win for Wolves for the first time since 1970 and end any lingering fears of relegation.
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United's performance could not have been in greater contrast to their thrilling efforts in midweek against Lyon.
They have now lost 15 games this season, more than last term and their worst since 1989-90, when they lost on 16 occasions.
Ruben Amorim's team can now add Wolves to Crystal Palace, Brighton, Bournemouth, Newcastle and Nottingham Forest as teams that have come to Old Trafford since the Portuguese took charge in November and left with maximum points.
United have now taken nine points from their past 10 Premier League games. The only teams they have beaten in that period are Leicester and Ipswich, who are both in the bottom three.
Rasmus Hojlund was inches away from turning home Alejandro Garnacho's low cross at the far post for the hosts but he has now scored once in his last 28 games.
While Amorim has not made United's results better since replacing Erik ten Hag, Vitor Pereira has transformed Wolves.
From being in a relegation dogfight for much of the campaign, they are now safe with five games to spare and are behind today's opponents only on goal difference.
Trent Alexander-Arnold came off the bench to claim a late winner and move Liverpool within three points of the Premier League title and relegate Leicester City.
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The full-back, who has yet to sign a new contract and been heavily linked with a free transfer move to Real Madrid at the end of the season, struck 14 minutes from time at King Power Stadium after the leaders had been frustrated by the doomed Foxes.
Alexander-Arnold enjoyed a dream return, since an ankle injury in early March, by scoring with an angled effort, following efforts by Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota against the woodwork in a goalmouth scramble.
And the 26-year-old showed what the moment meant by ripping off his shirt, then celebrating wildly with the joyous Liverpool fans before hanging it from the corner flag.
Arne Slot's side are now set for a title party at Anfield against Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday - although the celebrations could start sooner depending on the result of Arsenal's home game against Crystal Palace on Wednesday.
Alexander-Arnold's finish came as a relief after Salah almost opened the scoring in the opening seconds, only to see his low drive hit both posts, while Wilfred Ndidi also hit the woodwork for Leicester early on.
The stage is now set for Liverpool's coronation as champions, while the Foxes - who became the first side in top-flight history to go nine consecutive home games without scoring - will return to the Championship after a disappointing season back in the top flight.
Late goals from teenager Tyrique George and Pedro Neto gave Chelsea a dramatic derby win at Fulham to boost the Blues' hopes of Champions League football next season.
20 Apr 2025
Having failed to win in their previous eight Premier League away trips, Chelsea's travel woes seemed set to continue when Alex Iwobi fired Fulham into a first-half lead.
The hosts held that advantage for more than an hour but 19-year-old George came off the bench to score his first league goal with a fine first-time strike from the edge of the area.
And, in virtually a carbon copy of December's thrilling finale at Stamford Bridge, when Fulham scored twice late on to snatch a 2-1 win, it was the Blues' turn to complete a stirring comeback in stoppage time.
Neto spun on a sixpence in the Fulham area to hit an unstoppable half-volley that flew past Cottagers keeper Bernd Leno and spark wild celebrations among the travelling support.
The win lifts Chelsea back into the Champions League qualification places in fifth on goal difference from Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, while Fulham remain ninth as their own dreams of securing European football suffered a shattering blow.
Arsenal denied Liverpool the chance to win the Premier League title this weekend as they comfortably beat 10-man Ipswich at Portman Road.
20 Apr 2025
In their first match since seeing off Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-finals, the Gunners produced another excellent display against an Ipswich side on the verge of relegation.
Arsenal dominated from kick-off and took the lead in the 14th minute when Bukayo Saka's cross into the box was helped on by a slight touch from Martin Odegaard and turned into the net by Leandro Trossard.
They doubled their lead after more good work by Saka, whose cross into the area was cleverly flicked on by Mikel Merino for Gabriel Martinelli to tap into an empty net.
Ipswich's task was then made even harder when Leif Davis was shown a red card in the 32nd minute for a poor tackle on Saka.
Trossard added his second of the game in the 69th minute when he finished smartly from inside the area after a well-worked Arsenal short corner.
Substitute Ethan Nwaneri scored a fourth for Arsenal with a deflected shot two minutes from time.
The Gunners had good chances to score more - one for Merino and two for Saka - and Mikel Arteta would have expected them to be taken.
This was Ipswich's seventh home defeat of 2025, which leaves them clinging on to their Premier League status for one more week.