Wrapping up the 2020-21 English Premier League
                     WRAPPING UP THE 2020-
21 ENGLISH PREMIER 
LEAGUE
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Despite the delayed start and regular rescheduling, the 29th Premier League 
season ended in May and what a strange season it has been. At the start of the 
season, almost every week we had a new club at the top. Arsenal was first when 
the season started only for them to trail off and disappear from the top half 
entirely for two months. Then Leicester shined for a while to snatch the position 
from Arsenal and then relinquish it to Everton. 
The Toffees flirted with the dream of a top-four finish for most of October only to 
peek early and finish 10th on the table with 0-5 beating on the final matchday. 
This to and fro then continued with Liverpool and surprisingly Tottenham. All the 
while we failed to see Manchester City climbing slowly and steadily to the top. 
They improved their form from 8th on Christmas Day to 1st and despite the 
constant bickering by their local rivals, they refused to give in.
City’s ultimate and all-powerful reign 
started on the 27th of Jan and ended 
with them grabbing the title with three 
matches to spare. Man City 
comfortably clinched the 2020/21 title 
by 12 points with no fans in 
attendance for most of the season, 
taunting Manchester United who kept 
up with them but from a distance. City 
at the start suffered a big 5-2 defeat at 
the hands of Leicester and ended the 
season with a 5-0 victory over Everton 
on the final matchday. Kevin De 
Bruyne and Stockport Iniesta, Phil 
Foden were outstanding this season. 
Winning the Premier League title and League Cup as well as their remarkable 
Champions League second-place finish was built on their strong defense and 
player of the season Rúben Dias.Ole Gunnar Solskjær deserves a lot of credit for 
United’s second-place finish this season who improving their ranking since last 
season. But Red Devils surprisingly lost six matches at Old Trafford but were 
unbeaten on the road for their entire campaign, they became the third club to do 
so after Preston in 1888-89, and Arsenal in 2001-02 and 2003-04. Against the 
eerie backdrop with no fans, the Defending Champions had the most grueling 
season of all, which saw them lose at Anfield by not just one match but their worst 
streak at home with six straight losses. 
Jürgen Klopp had a hard time ending their free fall down the table from the top 
position in January to 8th in March. Liverpool failed to overcome their bad start to 
challenge City at the top but still managed a top-four finish in the end with 
commendable efforts. Reds rallied in the end to win their last five games of the 
season to finish strong at third.
Chelsea had the most erratic season of all. Their initial struggle in the season 
despite a $250 million investment got Frank Lampard sacked in January. Taking a 
tough decision of changing managers in between could have been the worst 
decision for the Blues, but Thomas Tuchel proved otherwise. With the likes of Kai 
Havertz, Timo Werner, and N'Golo Kanté on their side Chelsea scrapped a top-four 
finish but lost the FA Cup to Leicester. 
They improved form in the end and their second-best defensive record denied 
City a win in the UEFA Champions League defeating them 1-0 to clinch their 
second CL title. Leicester City, on the other hand, spent most of their time in the 
top four this season and despite winning the FA Cup they lost ground in the latter 
part of the campaign and slipped fifth on the table to suffer another anticlimactic 
end. Surprisingly this year West Ham had one of their best campaigns to finish 
sixth on the table and grabbed their highest position since the 1998-99 season.
City’s ultimate and all-powerful reign 
started on the 27th of Jan and ended 
with them grabbing the title with three 
matches to spare. Man City 
comfortably clinched the 2020/21 title 
by 12 points with no fans in 
attendance for most of the season, 
taunting Manchester United who kept 
up with them but from a distance. City 
at the start suffered a big 5-2 defeat at 
the hands of Leicester and ended the 
season with a 5-0 victory over Everton 
on the final matchday. Kevin De 
Bruyne and Stockport Iniesta, Phil 
Foden were outstanding this season. 
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Tottenham also had a disappointing 
season even after having the 
Golden Boot and Playmaker award 
winner Harry Kane on their side, 
Spurs could only scrape a 7th place 
finish.  Harry Kane became the 
third player to win both the awards 
in the same season. Kane and Son 
Heung-min even had the most 
prolific partnership in a single 
campaign with a record-setting 14 
goals. They now sit two goals 
behind Didier Drogba and Frank 
Lampard for the all-time record of 
most goal combinations between 
two players in Premier League 
history.
Following Spurs, Arsenal disappeared from the first half for a while to end the 
season behind Tottenham even after winning the last five matches. In the end, 
they also missed out on Europa League as well for the first time in 25 years. 
Surprisingly, all the top three took huge beatings at the start of the campaign, 
Aston Villa stunned Liverpool with 7-2. Tottenham defeated United by 6-1 and 
Leicester thrashed City by 5-2 to become the first side in Premier League history 
to score with three penalties in a single match. 
United went on to post the highest winning margin in history after a 9-0 win over 
Southampton they are tied with their record against Ipswich Town in 1995 and 
Southampton vs Leicester City in 2019 Red Devils even had seven different 
scorers that day.
Sergio Aguero went on to beat Wayne Rooney's record of most goals for a single 
club by scoring 184 goals for City in the Premier League and Alisson became the 
only goalkeeper to score a winner as well as a header with his stoppage-time goal 
for Reds against West Brom keeping their five-match winning streak alive. Such 
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