Club by club review of the Premier League season

LONDON : Manchester City won their third straight Premier League crown after Arsenal's title challenge collapsed, big-spending Chelsea could only finish in mid-table and 2016 champions Leicester City were relegated.

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

1) MANCHESTER CITY

While City trailed Arsenal by eight points as late as mid-March, Pep Guardiola's side so mercilessly sliced through opponents over the final few weeks that it felt as if they had just been toying with their London rivals, like a cat plays with its prey.

The team described by pundits as a "machine" and a "monster" captured their fifth Premier League title in six seasons with three games left to play, giving Guardiola some breathing room with both the FA Cup and Champions League finals on the horizon.

City were led by Norwegian bulldozer Erling Haaland, who scored an astonishing league-record (36) goals in his debut season. But teamwork remains the cornerstone of mastermind Guardiola's style, and City showed their immense depth when they beat Chelsea 1-0 with a second-string lineup.

Their sheer dominance has left many wondering if anyone can knock them off the trophy podium next season.

2) ARSENAL

The last six weeks aside, Arsenal enjoyed a massively positive season as they proved the pundits wrong to threaten a first league title since 2004, only to buckle in the home straight under pressure from a relentless Man City.

There is an argument that Arsenal blew a rare opportunity, with City starting relatively slowly, Liverpool off the pace and Chelsea nowhere, and manager Mikel Arteta will be all too aware that standing still this summer is not an option.

Arsenal's young squad was eventually