Club-by-club review of the Premier League season

Manchester City won a record fourth straight Premier League crown on Sunday, finishing two points ahead of Arsenal.

Following is a summary of the campaigns of the 20 top-flight clubs, listed in order of their final positions:

1-MANCHESTER CITY

City were pushed hard by Arsenal but once again proved masters in closing a title race to become the first English top-flight club to win four successive league championships.

Liverpool cracked under City's relentless pressure and while Arsenal took it to the wire, a run of 19 wins and four draws since their last defeat saw Pep Guardiola's side prevail.

Even more impressively they had to make do without midfielder Kevin de Bruyne for several months while striker Erling Haaland also had injuries, but such is the depth of City's squad that they simply continued churning out wins.

It is hard to pick out individuals from a supreme squad although this felt like the season that the league's player of the year Phil Foden stepped completely out of De Bruyne's shadow, scoring 19 league goals.

Already the question is who can stop City making it five in a row next season.

2-ARSENAL

Arsenal proved they have come a long way since last season as they pushed Manchester City to the final day of the title-race, finishing runners-up with 89 points - one fewer than the total achieved by The Invincibles in 2003-04.

Ultimately it was not enough to dislodge City from their perch, but Mikel Arteta's Arsenal proved that they are now a force to be reckoned with.

Declan Rice fully justified his 100 million pounds ($126.82 million) price tag as he commanded Arsenal's midfield, while Bukayo Saka, with 16 league goals, and skipper Martin Odegaard had tremendous seasons.

Arteta told fans on Sunday not to be satisfied and