Manchester City wrapped up the Premier League title while Liverpool missed out by a solitary point on the final weekend.
Elsewhere, Manchester United lost to Cardiff, Arsenal finished fifth courtesy of a win against Burnley and Spurs played out an entertaining draw with Everton as they secured top four football.
Here, AMITAI WINEHOUSE assesses 10 things we learned from the last weekend of the top-flight season...
1. The narrative throughout Manchester United’s recent slump has been that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer now needs better players in the summer. The question should really be whether he is the man to lead them into it.
The last time Cardiff beat United was before a man first went into space. The Bluebirds also took more points - six - than United - five - in their last six games. That’s a relegated side, and not a very good one, winning 2-0 at Old Trafford. It also meant they finished the season with just two home clean sheets.
United have now finished 32 points behind the champions, and exactly the same distance from the team in 18th. This beyond some notion that the players are not good or motivated enough.
If challenging for the title, as Ed Woodward wants, is the name of the game, Ole should not really be at the wheel.
If Manchester United want to challenge for title, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer should not be at wheel
2. Are we on the way to another team being knocked off their perch? City are not yet at the level of United in terms of a raw trophy haul but they have won four of the last eight.
Even more, this Pep Guardiola team are relentless. They won their last 14 in a row, with only this team under the current manager bettering that last season. City won 32 again, the same as last season. They were also behind for just 83 seconds.
Once again, they posted a ludicrous haul of points - 98 - which has only been beaten by their total last season. They have a long way to go, but a Guardiola dynasty could see their city rivals stuck under a serious shadow.
Pep Guardiola is on the way to knocking Manchester United off their perch with his City side
3. Graeme Souness said that like Brazil in 1982 being the best team not to win a World Cup, this Liverpool side are the best team not to win a Premier League title.
He’s right too. No side has ever previously lost just one game in a top-flight season and not won the title. Liverpool’s tally of 97 points would also have been enough to win the Premier League in all but one of the previous 26 seasons of the competition — last campaign.
It remains to be seen whether they can do this again. Even so — and this will not come as much relief to fans of the Reds — they were absolutely brilliant this campaign. It’s a shame for them that someone was better.
This Liverpool side are the best team not to win a Premier League title after just missing out
4. Spurs fans will be dreaming of big money signings in the summer to match their new position at Europe’s top table but the most important job for Daniel Levy is convincing Mauricio Pochettino to stay.
He has been far more open about an exit in recent weeks than ever before. Yet this is a man who has led them to four straight top four finishes, which is their best such run since 1959-60 and 1963-64.
Pochettino has changed the expectation there entirely. If he leaves, it’s hard to picture Spurs being the same force, signings or not.
