Ajax have not laid their hands on the trophy since 2021-22, but a 2-0 win at second-placed PSV Eindhoven on 30 March sent them nine points clear. It felt like any talk of a title race was done and dusted. PSV captain Luuk de Jong conceded that with seven games remaining they had to focus on securing second place. "Nine points is too much - I don't think it's ever been made up with so few games left. We're focusing on that second Champions League spot," De Jong told ESPN after the game. Fast forward one and a half months and PSV fans were going wild in their own stadium. PSV had just wrapped up a routine 4-1 win against Heracles when reports filtered through that Ajax had conceded a 99th-minute equaliser at 10-man Groningen. Those two results meant PSV remarkably climbed to the summit, one point above Ajax. PSV had won six games in succession since the hammer blow of defeat at the hands of Ajax, while their title rivals seemed to have let complacency slip in - dropping 10 points across four fixtures. Ajax required a favour from Sparta Rotterdam on the final day of the season, but PSV secured a routine 3-1 win to ensure the title would remain in Eindhoven for another year.

Mikel Arteta's side were flat and uninspiring before Rice's exquisite curling finish from outside the box ensured second-placed Arsenal ended their home campaign on a winning note. The Gunners had David Raya to thank in the first half as Newcastle - who remain in a good position for a Champions League spot - threatened despite missing leading scorer Alexander Isak. The scorer of 23 Premier League goals was absent with a groin injury. However, Raya was required to make smart saves to deny Bruno Guimaraes, Harvey Barnes, Dan Burn and Sven Botman inside the opening 20 minutes as third-placed Newcastle made a fast start. But Rice's 55th-minute goal - a first-time shot from 20 yards following Martin Odegaard's pass - changed the atmosphere inside Emirates Stadium. The win moves Arsenal on to 71 points. Of the teams below them only sixth-placed Manchester City, who are on 65 points with two games remaining, can match Arsenal's tally. But the Gunners' goal difference is substantially better. Newcastle go into their final game at home to Everton knowing victory will seal them a top-five finish - barring a near-impossible swing in goal difference.

The visitors clinched a place in the top five and next season's Champions League with the comeback success. Hansi Flick's side had secured a 28th top flight title on Thursday with a 2-0 win over rivals Espanyol, but didn't look particularly hungover after celebrating with 650,000 fans on the streets of Barcelona on Friday. Though former Newcastle and Leicester striker Ayoze Perez converted Nicolas Pepe's cross to give Villarreal a fourth-minute lead, the hosts responded well to take a half-time lead. Remarkably, despite winning a league and cup double, Barcelona have now conceded first in 20 games in all competitions this season, but have gone on to win nine of those games and draw two. Teenager Yamal struck his ninth league goal of the season with a trademark finish, cutting inside the defender before curling a low left-footed strike into the far corner Fermin put Barca ahead in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time, less than a minute after Yamal smacked the crossbar following an astonishing piece of skill. A cross was cleared out to Fermin on the edge of the penalty area and he needed just two touches, one to control and another to shoot, before sending a stinging half-volley past Luiz Junior in the visitor's goal. Villarreal found themselves under pressure for much of the first half, but levelled five minutes after the break when Santi Comesana ran on to Yeremy Pino's perfect through-ball and dinked over the onrushing Marc-Andre ter Stegen. Knowing victory would put them eight points clear of sixth-placed Real Betis with a game to spare, the visitors rode their luck before substitute Tajon Buchanan finished a low cross at the far post for the clincher. A total of 26 goals have now been scored in the last four meetings between Barcelona (14 goals) and Villarreal (12) in La Liga, more than any other fixture since the start of last season.

The Lisbon rivals started the day level on points but Sporting held top spot courtesy of a better head-to-head record. Sporting knew a win would seal a second successive title and goals from Pedro Goncalves and Viktor Gyokeres delivered. Benfica trailed at Braga after Rodrigo Martinez scored a penalty but Vangelis Pavlidis levelled in the second half. Braga were reduced to 10 men shortly after conceding when Joao Moutinho was issued a second yellow card but Benfica were unable to find a winner. It is Sporting's 21st league title and the third time they have topped the table in the past five seasons. They began the 2024-25 campaign with 12 successive wins but the departure of manager Ruben Amorim to Manchester United in November disrupted their rhythm. Joao Pereira, who replaced Amorim, lasted just 42 days in the post after winning only one of his four league games at the helm and three of eight fixtures across all competitions. Rui Borges stepped in to steady the ship and guided Sporting to an unbeaten end to the season in the league, winning 13 and drawing six.

Palace's worst start to a season since 1992-93 - they failed to win in the Premier League until beating Tottenham in their ninth game at Selhurst Park on 27 October - was a far distant memory in the Wembley sunshine as the Eagles celebrated the first major success in their history. As Glasner and his triumphant Palace side celebrated in front of their ecstatic support with their anthem 'Glad All Over' echoing around the stadium, this was ultimate justification for chairman Steve Parish and Selhurst Park's hierarchy holding their nerve as storm clouds gathered around the 50-year-old Austrian. It was also vindication of Glasner's own approach, after he said during those troubled times in October: "It's time for hugging my players, not kicking them." There was plenty of hugging going on at Wembley as Palace paraded the FA Cup, the crowning glory of the recovery fashioned by Glasner, carried out brilliantly by his players. "That's what Oliver Glasner's done - he made us all believe," Parish told BBC One in the immediate aftermath of their battling 1-0 victory. "You could see it at the end. I am so proud."