Nottingham Forest v Chelsea LIVE: Premier League final day results and reaction after Levi Colwill strikes
Chelsea, Man City and Newcastle secured places in the Champions League on a day devoid of drama
Chelsea, Manchester City and Newcastle United all secured places in the Champions League on a lacklustre final day in the Premier League that offered little drama.
Given the easiest task ahead of kick off Pep Guardiola’s City ensured they breezed into Europe’s top-flight after Ilkay Gundogan’s scissor kick sent them ahead against Fulham and Erling Haaland secured the points from the spot.
Things were slightly more tricky at the City Ground where Chelsea defeated Nottingham Forest 1-0. It took until the second half for the breakthrough to come as Neco Williams failed to deal with an aerial ball into the box and set Pedro Neto free. He squared a pass to the back post and Levi Colwill netted the winning goal. Forest offered little threat with Chris Wood missing their best chances.
Newcastle, meanwhile, owe their Champions League spot to Aston Villa after losing at home to Everton. Villa needed to defeat Man Utd at Old Trafford to leapfrog the magpies but went down 2-0 and ended up sixth. Forest’s seventh place finish sends them into the Conference League.
Follow the latest updates from the Premier League’s final day in our live blog below:
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
90 mins: Into stoppage time and there’s eight minutes of them!
Where have the officials got that number from?
Man Utd 2-0 Aston Villa
It's all over for Villa now.
Bruno Fernandes allowed the departing Christian Eriksen to take a penalty and he scored what should be a parting goal.
Surely no way back for the 10 men from the midlands.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
87 mins: Gibbs-White wins a corner late in the game. Elanga takes it and lofts the ball to Nikola Milenkovic at the back post.
The Forest defender nods it down where Cucurella scrambles it way. The ball eventually bobbles out to Chris Wood who turns it into the arms of Robert Sanchez.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
83 mins: Aston Villa have dropped back down to sixth thanks to Man Utd’s goal.
Newcastle have a reprieve and Forest can still clinch something but they need a goal.
Jota Silva is on for Ola Aina. Can he have an impact?
Man Utd 1-0 Aston Villa
Amad Diallo has scored at Old Trafford after a moment of controversy.
Now the Villa fans really aren't happy.
A personal view is that it wasn't a foul by Rogers on Bayindir and that the Villa goal should have stood.
Instead, they trail, Amad scoring United's first home league goal since 9 March.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
78 mins: Is there a twist to come at the City Ground?
Murillo switches the play and finds Aina who nods the ball to Gibbs-White.
His back is to goal and he can’t turn. Chelsea crowd out the threat before Ola Aina is booked for a loose lunge towards Cucurella.
Nottingham Forest 0-1 Chelsea
75 mins: Chelsea seem happy to let Forest have the ball but they aren’t doing much to change their fortunes.
A couple of floated passes into the box are cleared but Morgan Gibbs-White wins a free kick thanks to the exuberant Marc Cucurella running into him.
Fulham 0-2 Man City
Erling Haaland has his 22nd goal of the season having converted from the penalty spot for Manchester City.
That’s Pep Guardiola’s men safely into the Champions League with near 20 minutes to play at Craven Cottage.
Just two spots remain to be won. Chelsea and Aston Villa have them as things stand.
Man Utd 0-0 Aston Villa
The Villa fans have heard about Everton's goal at St James' Park.
They are buoyant.
And now, as it stands, their 10 men don't need to score. Providing neither they nor Everton concede.
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