The Premier League entered the final stage, and Manchester City, who still hoped to compete for the title in the 37th round, took the lead and won the opponent by 4 goals away, which is one step closer to the Premier League's fourth consecutive hegemony. Everton beat Sheffield United 1-0 in their final home game of the season. Luton Town lost 3-1 at home to West Ham United and relegation was only a numerical possibility. Bournemouth lost 2-1 to Brentford. Crystal Palace in the Premier League continued their strong late-season run with a 3-1 win at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tottenham thrashed Burnley 2-1 to knock the promoted side back into the Championship. Nottingham Forest lost 3-2 to Chelsea and are still unofficially relegated.
Fulham 0-4 Manchester City
Manchester City, who are one point behind leaders Arsenal but have played a game less, made their debut away to Fulham, and the "Blue Moon" maintained an excellent head-to-head record, winning 16 of them in 18 meetings without a defeat. Manchester City's elite is at its best, with Haaland, who started the last round of the "big four", and De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Bernardo Silva supported from behind.
City's most threatening attack in the first half came not from leading goalscorer Erling Haaland, but from two goalkeepers, with Gvardiol cutting in on the 13th minute and colliding with Kevin De Bruyne, the Croatian international who didn't get up to speed and then dunked across the bar for a better angle. Before half-time, Manchester City had a golden opportunity to extend the score, De Bruyne crossed from the left, Akanji went unattended, but unfortunately rose high in the six-yard box to maintain a one-goal lead at half-time.
After switching sides, Bernardo Silva obediently avoided his opponent on the right and pushed in, but was kicked to the ground by the Fulham goalkeeper's flying tackle, but created a chance for Phil Foden, who shot into the net with his feet in the first place, leading 2-0 in the 59th minute, and Phil Foden's 17th league goal of the season.
Haaland, who scored four goals on the field, was not without chances in this game, following the high in the box in the first half, Haaland shot unattended, but also shot out of bounds. Gvardiol then latched on to Bernardo Silva's cross and fired into the net from the far post, which was set up after a VAR review as the Croatia international netted twice in the 71st minute to take a clear lead of three goals. City won a penalty late in the game, Issa Diop was sent off and Alvarez hit the icing on the cake, and the result was 4-0 and all three points.
Manchester City won 85 points from 36 rounds after beating Fulham, two points behind Arsenal to temporarily move up to the top of the table, and only need to beat Tottenham and West Ham United in the remaining two games to seal a fourth consecutive Premier League title.
Everton 1-0 Sheffield United
The only goal of the game came in the 31st minute, when Dominic Lewin broke through the opposition defence and pushed down the bottom line and then crossed, Abdoulaye Doucoure easily headed in front of the goal, leading Everton to all three points "curtain call". Everton are still 15th with 40 points from 37 games, despite being deducted eight points, while Sheffield United remain bottom with 16 points.
West Ham 3-1 Luton
Luton Town had to win to keep their only hope of relegation, so they were very scrappy at home, leading after six minutes, when Lokonga headed in a cross to give West Ham a half-time lead 1-0.
After switching sides, Luton's defence collapsed. On 54 minutes, Jarrod Bowen crossed from the right, Katomas Kaminski hit a short shot, James Ward-Prowse scored, and West Ham forced a 1-1 draw. The Hammers took the lead in the 65th minute with Thomas Soucek shooting from the edge of the box. On 76 minutes, West Ham sent Luton to hell as George Essi beat Luton 3-1 on the back of Mohamed Kudus.
Bournemouth 1-2 Brentford
Bournemouth hosted Brentford and all three goals came late in the game, resulting in a 2-1 defeat for the hosts.
Before the two teams opened the scoring, Bournemouth had a first-half goal disallowed for a foul, while Brentford had Tony win a penalty in the second half, but it was overturned by VAR. On 86 minutes, the home side were in the back of the air and Joné Wissa passed to an unattended Brian Mbbermo to shoot in to give Brentford the lead. Three minutes later, Dominic Solanke, who had eaten "fried beard" in the first half, equalized for the home team with a header. Brian Mbermo returned the favor in stoppage time with an assist for Joné Wissa's narrow-range goal to give Brentford a 2-1 win. Bournemouth finished 11th with 48 points from 37 games.
Wolves 1-3 Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace in the Premier League continued its strong run at the end of the season, beating Wolves 3-1 away, and won five and drawn one in the last six league games. The visitors opened the scoring on 26 minutes when Michael Olise pushed his foot down the middle from the edge of the box. Two minutes later, Jean-Philippe Mateta "stole a chicken" in front of goal to extend the lead. On 66 minutes, Wolves were close to the record thanks to a goal from Mateus Cunha. However, Ebereki Eze picked up Michael Olise's straight-line pass in the 73rd minute and twisted past the goalkeeper to shoot in to open up a two-goal advantage again. Even if Crystal Palace had Naviru Ahmeda expelled in the final stages of the game, it would not have hindered the victory until the end.
Tottenham 2-1 Burnley
Tottenham striker James Maddison returned to the starting line-up, alongside Brennan Johnson and Dejan Kulusevski to support Son Heung-min in the number nine position.
Burnley, who had to win to avoid relegation, played aggressively and opened the scoring on 25 minutes when Jacob Bruun Larsson met a clever pass from his team-mate on the right and fired into the box to make it 1-0. In the 32nd minute, Pedro Porro drove straight with the ball, took advantage of Darla O'Shea's interception and hesitated a little, and fired into the near post to tie Burnley 1-1.
Tottenham stepped up their attack in the second half and finally found the back of the net in the 82nd minute, when Mitch van der Ven suddenly stepped back and pushed across the box to get rid of the opponent's reflection to beat Burnley 2-1 and sit fifth with 63 points from 36 games.
Newcastle United 1-1 Brighton
Newcastle United drew 1-1 at home to Brighton and will remain in doubt whether they will be able to retain their place in Europe next season. The visitors took a corner on 18 minutes and Joel Wiltman scrambled to open the scoring from close range. In first-half stoppage time, Sean Longstaff latched on to a team-mate's return pass and fired into the net to equalise for Newcastle United. After the game, Newcastle United scored 57 points from 36 games and remained in sixth place.
Nottingham Forest 2-3 Chelsea
Chelsea scored twice in the closing stages to win 3-2 at Nottingham Forest, which temporarily failed to declare relegation.
Chelsea were in the same line-up, with Nicholas Jackson in charge, alongside Cole Palmer, Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke. Nottingham Forest fielded their main line-up and put winger Anthony Elanga on the bench, with Moussa Niakat on the bench.
Chelsea have been in fine form of late, taking the lead after seven minutes when Mykhailo Mudryk made it 1-0 after a clever pass from Cole Palmer. Forest were level on 16 minutes when they were awarded a penalty and Chelsea defended loosely and Willy Pauli headed in a 1-1 half.
After a series of hits to the post, Hudson-Odoi fired back to the far post to beat his parent club in his 100th Premier League game and Forest went 2-1 ahead. Chelsea were unfazed, scoring twice in the space of two minutes, first by Raheem Sterling from the left, before returning from injury by Reece James and Nicolas Jackson from close range to make it 3-2 back to Forest.