The Premier League’s final day produced an extraordinary afternoon of nail-biting tension and endlesslly fluctuating fortunes and ended with Blackpool and Birmingham City relegated on Sunday.

Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were in and out of the drop zone all day, Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers were left celebrating as they lived to fight another day.

Manchester City confirmed their automatic entry to the group stage of the Champions League by winning 2-0 at Bolton Wanderers to finish third, while Tottenham Hotspur are in the Europa League after they beat Birmingham 2-1 to finish fifth.

Manchester United’s title party briefly threatened to fall flat as they fell 2-1 behind to Blackpool but they stormed back to win 4-2. -Photos and text by Agencies.

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