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Chelsea, Manchester City, and Newcastle United all booked their spots in next season’s UEFA Champions League on a largely uneventful final day of the Premier League season.
Manchester City, facing the simplest task, comfortably secured qualification.
Ilkay Gundogan opened the scoring against Fulham with a scissor-kick volley before Erling Haaland sealed the win from the penalty spot.
Chelsea’s path was more challenging at the City Ground, where they edged Nottingham Forest 1-0.
According to the Independent, the breakthrough came in the second half when Neco Williams misjudged an aerial ball, allowing Pedro Neto to square it across goal for Levi Colwill to tap in the winner.
Forest rarely threatened, with Chris Wood wasting their best chance.
Newcastle United, despite losing at home to Everton, clinched the final Champions League place thanks to Aston Villa’s failure to beat Manchester United.
Villa needed a win at Old Trafford to leapfrog Newcastle but fell 2-0 and finished sixth. Nottingham Forest’s seventh-place finish earns them a spot in the UEFA Conference League.
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