It’s all over! Everton beat the drop on the Premier League’s final day as Leicester City and Leeds United plunged into the depths of the Championship to join the already-relegated Southampton.Malian star Abdoulaye Doucoure is Everton’s hero! The 30-year-old midfielder scored one of the most important goals in Everton’s history to give them a precious victory and three points against Bournemouth – the win that kept them just above the red line regardless of Leicester’s result against West Ham.Everton stay up on a dramatic #PL final day, while Leicester City and Leeds United are relegated pic.twitter.com/N88QxOVNKy— Premier League (@premierleague) May 28, 2023 It was a nervous game – in fact all three were. Everton against the Cherries, Leicester against West Ham and Leeds against Tottenham – there was an unbearable sense of dread hanging over those three sets of fans,feeling the heat and sweating over their beloved team’s future. Would they play against Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United or against Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City and Middlesbrough next season? The difference is massive!Everton’s result meant that the 2015/16 EPL winners Leicester City’s nine-year stay in the Premier League is now over. The Foxes beat West Ham 2-1 but it was too little, too late. They paid for a season of inconsistency and terrible defending. They become only the second team to win the title and then go down after Blackburn Rovers. After the game ended at King Power Stadium, Leicester players huddled up and followed the updates from Goodison Park, where there were ten added minutes. But the news of a much-desired Bournemouth equaliser never came through. The Foxes were going down.LEICESTER AND LEEDS ARE RELEGATED FROM THE PREMIER LEAGUE ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/KZp6HKPHdw— B/R Football (@brfootball) May 28, 2023 Leeds United continued to concede goals left, right and centre. They let Tottenham score inside the two minutes – and then again within two minutes of the restart at Elland Road. They got one back through Jack Harrison, but Harry Kane got his second of the evening to condemn the Whites to the Championship. Not even Big Sam Allardyce could do anything to stop their slide and save them from the disastrous season in which they saw three managers and only seven Premier League victories. Pedro Porro and Lucas Moura also scored to twist in the knife of Leeds’s fanbase.Leeds have won seven games – the fewest in the division. They have conceded 78 goals – the most in the division. They’ve had four managers over the campaign, made baffling signings, failed to address clear weaknesses. Most of the things the club board has done this season was wrong – and disappointed fans made sure to let their feelings be heard after their demotion was sealed.PREMIER LEAGUE – FINAL DAYSundayArsenal – Wolves 5-0 (3-0)/Xhaka 11, 14, Saka 27, Jesus 58, Kiwior 78/Aston Villa – Brighton 2-1 (2-1)/Douglas Luiz 8, Watkins 26 – Undav 38/Brentford – Manchester City 1-0 (0-0)/Pinnock 86/Chelsea – Newcastle 1-1 (1-1)/Trippier 27 og – Gordon 9/Crystal Palace – Nottingham 1-1 (0-1)/Hughes 66 – Awonyiyi 31/Everton – Bournemouth 1-0 (0-0)/Doucoure 57/Leeds – Tottenham 1-4 (0-1)/Harrison 69 – Kane 2, 69, Porro 47, Moura 90+5/Leicester – West Ham 2-1 (1-0)/Barnes 34, Faes 62 – Ings 79/Manchester United – Fulham 2-1 (1-1)/Sancho 39, Fernandes 55 – Tete 19/Southampton – Liverpool 4-4 (2-2)/Ward-Prowse 19, Sulemana 28, 48, Armstrong 65 – Diogo Jota 10, 73, Firmino 14, Gakpo 72/
