Premier League team grades: Liverpool, Newcastle United excel; Manchester United earn failing mark

The last day of Premier League promotion may not have yielded too many surprises, but make no mistake – this was a season of unexpected results at both ends of the table. From the dominance of Liverpool to the downward fall of Manchester United, the last classification of this season was difficult to predict, some teams that end the campaign in surprisingly excellent status, while others have to use this season as a reminder that there is enough room for improvement. The upper half of the table is defined by the slip of Manchester City from the top position and an unexpected competitor in Nottingham Forest, who ensured a place in the European competition only a year after avoiding degradation.

As far as the lower half is, United and Tottenham Hotspur were unpredictable arm in the competition and ended much closer to the relegation places than the European berths. A season of 38 games can be a valuer reflection of how a team did during a campaign, but two teams spurs and Crystal Palace-Laagden to save their seasons with big wins in cup matches, even if a lot of correction is needed before they resume playing three months in three months.

With an entertaining Premier League campaign in the books, here are our figures for each of the 20 clubs of this season, because preparation for the next campaign starts.

1. Liverpool (84 points)

Liverpool started the season with just a 5.1% chance of winning the Premier League, but won the whole business with four games. Of course, much of it can be attributed to the hot series of Mohamed Salah and there are many questions about how much work should be done to maintain the momentum for the following season, but their title marks a strong explanation for Arne Slot in his first season in England. Long story short, it is the definition of a well -performed task. Grade: A

2. Arsenal (72 points)

The second place and a place in the semi -final of the UEFA Champions League are nothing to spot, but it feels like a season of missed opportunities in the Premier League for Arsenal. The downward turn of Manchester City gave the feeling that the first place was ripe for taking, but their title costs never really came. They may have injuries to be blamed for it, but five years in the Mikel Arteta era, nothing has really changed for the Gunners – and the pressure is only set up after another trophy campaign. Grade: C

3. Manchester City (71 points)

The third place of Manchester City almost papers about the cracks they previously showed this campaign, which also ends without domestic or continental titles. Safe ending within the Champions League places means that they have the chance to make this campaign a deviation, but the weaknesses they showed during the season will be difficult to forget in the meantime. Grade: C

4. Chelsea (69 points)

It was difficult to know what to expect from a young Chelsea team with a new, inexperienced manager in Enzo Maresca, but fourth place is a very respectable finish for a team that is not yet at the peak of their strength. It can be even better with a victory at the UEFA Conference League final on Wednesday, but even without that is the fact that they will play in the Champions League next season an important achievement. Grade: A-

5. Newcastle United (69 points)

Newcastle United has achieved two very realistic goals this season securing a place in the Champions League for next season and the end of an almost 60-year-old trophy-dried. Those are suitable rewards for a team that really perfected their playing style under Eddie Howe and one of the most in-form teams in the country. Grade: A

6. Aston Villa (66 points)

The highlight of the Aston Villa season will be a run to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, but they were imperfect in the course of the campaign, and their inability to finish in the top five, sting, Even more if you are considering the impact of the referee on the last game. The fact that they could not win against a down-and-out Manchester United on the last day can leave a very sour taste in the mouth, especially with a Champions League place on the line. Grade: B-

7. Nottingham Forest (65 points)

It is quite impressive to go from the relegation struggle to a place in the European competition, even if they did not meet the recording of a berth in the Champions League. They could have done more in the winter transfer window to really make a run for a top five finish, but last season’s dramatic transformation to this is more than enough to call this campaign a successful. Grade: A-

8. Brighton and Hove Albion (61 points)

Brighton and Hove Albion finished 13 points and three places higher this season than the last, no bad result for the first season of Fabian Hurzeler. It can also be sweeter in a few days and Chelsea wins the conference competition, the eighth place in Brighton guarantees them a place in the competition next season. Grade: B+

9. Bournemouth (56 points)

Bournemouth are eight points and three places better than the season before, at a certain point in the mix for European places. They fall short, but it is a respectable finish for a team that rises the ranks, one that has made Andoni Iraola into one of the Boeziest young managers in the game. Grade: B

10. Brentford (56 points)

Brentford went from a relegation race to this season comfortably middle, with manager Thomas Frank evolved his style quietly. They are on the rise as a model to follow for promoted parties, four years after earning a place in the top flight of England. Grade: B+

11. Fulham (54 points)

Fulham released small improvements last season, finding a nice detention pattern with manager Marco Silva at the helm and still gets the best from our national team defender Antonee Robinson. On the way they had a few memorable victories, some who came to the semi -finals of the FA Cup in the middle of their run. Grade: B+

12. Crystal Palace (53 points)

Crystal Palace has four more points this season than the latter, but two places fell, but While goalkeeper Dean Henderson sang famous on the melody of Shakira’s “Waka Waka”, “ “Who gives an F —?” The great focus of their season will be their FA Cup triumph, winning the very first trophy of the club and will be supplied with a berth in the UEFA Europa League. They can concentrate on competition form next season and even then there are not too many complaints from their Premier League outing this time. Grade: B+

13. Everton (48 points)

Everton usually remained free of the relegation competition, avoided the dangers of ownership Limbo with a takeover in December by the Friedkin Group and had the Feel-good factor back after David Moyes had returned as a manager. The actual results may not have been memorable, but Everton fans will probably be happy with the returns now that everything has been said and done. Grade: B-

14. West Ham United (43 points)

West Ham United really left this season and slid a year ago from ninth place a year ago to 14th place this time. The short-term Julen Lopetegui era offered little to write home and bringing in Graham Potter did not offer an immediate course correction, with the hammers a bit too close for comfort for the relegation places at a given moment. This season some reflection of the higher ups will force, usually no sign that it went well. Grade: C-

15. Manchester United (42 points)

It felt like Manchester United struck all time last season with their eighth place, but that was just a precursor to what would come. The versions – and the mood – have since only been soured for the Red Devils, a management switch from Erik ten Hag to Ruben Amorim does little to make things better and a loss in the Europa League final that only rubs salt in the wound. This was a season full of underperformers in the Premier League, but nobody did it as United, who has the biggest rebuilding for them in the top flight of England. Grade: F

16. Wolverhampton Wanderers (42 points)

Wolverhampton Wanderers are slightly worse than a year ago and offered very little or no, memorable collection restaurants this season. They were lucky that the promoted trio did not seem able to stay up from the start, which means that Wolves always felt like an external competition for relegation, but it would be difficult to describe this season as a good if someone would judge a curve. Grade: D

17. Tottenham Hotspur (38 points)

The final results of the Tottenham Hotspur season are objectively hilarious-they could not crack 40 points, have more losses than any non-related team in the history of the Premier League … and won the Europa League. This season it will be remembered as the one who finally ended that England’s most famous trophy-dry and manager Ange Postecoglou is right to claim that it could (and must) change the story about this team, but a 17th place-even while they consider their injury crisis to be a grim memory of the work that they have to take care of his competitive that they are competing that they are competitive that they are competitive that they are competitive that they are competitive that they are lagging that are his competitive that are his competitive that they are lagging. Grade: C-

18. Leicester City (25 points)

Staying up after you have been promoted to the Premier League is easier said than done and an argument can be made that many parties are doomed from the start, the task that is inherent to reach. The problem for the promoted team, however, is that this is the actual task for them and it is very much a Passfail. Leicester did not make things better for themselves by hiring Ruud van Nistorrooy in December to replace Steve Cooper, because the inexperience of the new manager turned out to be expensive. Grade: F

19. Ipswich Town (22 points)

The city of Ipswich may be impressed by back-to-back promotions to go to the Premier League, but their stay in the top flight of England was not exactly remarkable. They had some nice competitions and manager Kieran McKenna is perhaps a manager to watch in the future, but it is about for the remarkable collection restaurants this season, and it is now time to find out which one of these degradation sides is most likely a yo-yo club. Grade: F

20. Southampton (12 points)

The biggest achievement of Southampton this season was that they were marginal better than the Derby County side that contains a number of records because the worst team of the Premier League ever is that you tell everything you need to know about their campaign. Grade: F