The 2018-19 season will be remembered for VAR, Spygate and dramatic European comebacks. Its highs and lows have included a title race which went down to the wire, a defiant Chelsea goalkeeper and the tragic death of Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala.
Vincent Kompany's unlikely goal of the season contender and the sound of the new Tottenham's new stadium have been symbolic of a campaign laden with compelling moments.
As another thrilling football season draws to a close, Sportsmail's reporters give you their answers to the key questions in our end of season awards.
Which of the European comebacks came out on top as the game of the season?
FAVOURITE GAME YOU COVERED?
IAN LADYMAN - Manchester City 4 Tottenham 3 in the Champions League. It was already the best game of the season after 11 minutes when the score stood at 2-2. And then it got an awful lot better.
DOMINIC KING - Spain 2 England 3 in the Nations League last October. Brilliant venue in Seville, incredible atmosphere, historic result and the game that propelled Raheem Sterling forward.
MATT BARLOW - Tottenham 1 Manchester City 0. To see Spurs claim this big Champions League win and savour the din in their fabulous new stadium was memorable.
Fernando Llorente celebrates in Tottenham's Champions League clash with Manchester City
SAMI MOKBEL - Tottenham 1 Manchester City 0 in the Champions League. First European night at Spurs' new stadium - just wow.
IAN HERBERT - Croatia 3 Spain 2. Before a partisan crowd in Zagreb's bouncing little national stadium, the hosts led Spain twice before a 93rd-minute winner that kept alive Croatia's - and England's - hopes of making the semi-finals of the Nations League.
CHRIS WHEELER - PSG 1 Manchester United 3. Bonkers game, stunning result. It's been downhill all the way for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his team since.
ADAM CRAFTON - For atmosphere more than quality, Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-1 first-leg draw with Chelsea was uplifting. The colour, sound,murals and bounce of the German crowd.
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI - Newport 2 Leicester 1 in the FA Cup third round. There were 74 league places between them and there should have been more than one goal. A brilliant game, a brilliant story.
CRAIG HOPE - Newcastle 2 Manchester City 1. A team fighting for survival versus one fighting for the title. The second half was as loud as I’ve heard St James’ in recent years as Newcastle recovered from conceding inside the first minute to somehow claim victory.
JACK GAUGHAN - Manchester City 4 Tottenham 3 in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. One of the most dramatic games I’ve ever seen.
LAURIE WHITWELL - Aston Villa 5 Nottingham Forest 5. Utterly bonkers with some great strikes.
FAVOURITE GOAL OF THE SEASON?
IAN LADYMAN - The first one. Liverpool against West Ham. A Keita pass to Robertson on the overlap and a far post cross for Salah to tap in. A sign of things to come.
DOMINIC KING - Spoilt for choice but let’s go for Mohamed Salah’s thunderbolt against Chelsea at Anfield. It was in from the minute it left his boot and the noise it generated was incredible.
Mohamed Salah’s thunderbolt against Chelsea is among the goals of the year
MATT BARLOW - Alvaro Morata’s goal for Chelsea at Southampton after 31 passes which could have fooled anyone into thinking Morata had turned a corner and Sarriball was the future.
SAMI MOKBEL - Everton’s Lucas Digne’s own goal against Southampton at St Mary’s. Scoring an own goal from 20 yards takes some doing.
IAN HERBERT - Substitute Daniel Sturridge’s stunning 30-yard strike which looped over Kepa Arrizabalaga to secure Liverpool an improbable 1-1 draw in the 89th minute at Chelsea. So utterly unexpected from a player whose Liverpool career had seemed over. He hasn’t scored again this season.
CHRIS WHEELER - Messi’s opener for Barca against Man Utd in the Nou Camp, stealing the ball off Young, nutmegging Fred and bamboozling Jones before curling a shot around Smalling and De Gea. A privilege to be there.
ADAM CRAFTON - Aaron Ramsey’s picture-book goal against Fulham belonged in the happiest days of the Arsene Wenger era. There were one-touch tricks from four players as the Gunners travelled from the halfway line to goal in the blink of an eye. Ramsey applied the finishing touch with an exquisite backheel.
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI - Daniel James for Swansea against Brentford in the FA Cup. An 80-yard run and finish. Fantastic.
CRAIG HOPE - Sean Longstaff, Newcastle 2 Burnley 0. The academy graduate raised the roof with his first at St James’ Park, an emphatic finish to climax a move he started.
JACK GAUGHAN - Andros Townsend’s 35-yard volley at the Etihad.
LAURIE WHITWELL - A howitzer from the above match by Joe Lolley. It swerved and soared from 30 yards.
STERLING, VAN DIJK, THEN WHO?
IAN LADYMAN - Ben Foster. The best goalkeeper in the division this season. Would be playing for England if only he wanted to. Bizarre he won't be in Watford's team for Saturday's FA Cup final.
DOMINIC KING - Bernardo Silva. He is a joy to watch. He’s got wonderful skills but his work rate and relentless running are something else.
MATT BARLOW - Eden Hazard, a genius, and the best player in the country, has hauled Chelsea back into the CL. Will be missed if he leaves.
SAMI MOKBEL - Heung-min Son. Stepped up to the plate when his needed him.
IAN HERBERT - Andrew Robertson, Liverpool. Unerringly consistent, phenomenally accurate delivery, defensive technical excellent and a way of discussing Liverpool which reveal a fundamental humility. A revelation this season.
CHRIS WHEELER - Bernardo Silva edges it ahead of Sadio Mane. The margins between Man City and Liverpool have been so close all season.
ADAM CRAFTON - Bernardo Silva, who I would actually put ahead of Sterling. Manchester City have not missed Kevin De Bruyne and it’s all down to their relentless and gifted Portuguese midfielder.
RIATH AL-SAMARRAI - Sadio Mane – 20 goals and a habit of delivering in games when Mo Salah was quiet earlier in the season.
CRAIG HOPE - Bernardo Silva. He could be the Premier League’s best attacking midfielder for the next five years at least.
JACK GAUGHAN - Bernardo Silva is a little genius, a pleasure to watch.
LAURIE WHITWELL - Sadio Mane has been consistently excellent and worthy of recognition.
MANAGER OF THE YEAR?
IAN LADYMAN - Jurgen Klopp. His team made almost made up a 25-point deficit on the best Premier League team of the modern age. An incredible effort.
DOMINIC KING - Impossible to split Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola. The teams they have built and the results they have obtained put them on another level. Important, however, to also mention Nino Espírito Santo at Wolves.
MATT BARLOW - Sol Campbell: Macclesfield were down and out when he turned up at Moss Rose.
SAMI MOKBEL - Jurgen Klopp. To push Manchester City all the way and reach the Champions League final in THAT manner…extraordinary.
IAN HERBERT - By some distance, Nuno Espirito Santo, Wolves. Has assembled an attractive, well-balanced side on a fraction of the budget of the six teams who sit above his own. Only City and Liverpool have taken more points from top six sides. And all of this in his and the club’s first season back in the top flight
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