How the final day of the Premier League season unfolded

Manchester City and Liverpool went head-to-head for the title.

The destination of the Premier League title needed to be resolved on the final day of the season.

Manchester City knew a win at Brighton would see them defend their crown, while Jurgen Klopp’s side had to beat Wolves at Anfield and rely on Pep Guardiola’s team failing to secure three points at the Amex Stadium.

Here, we take a look at how the drama unfolded.

2.50pm – Sir Geoffrey Boycott was welcome at Old Trafford despite criticising Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team during an interview with the club’s in-house TV channel during the week.

3.03pm – Realistically, the top four was already sewn up, barring another football miracle. Fourth-placed Tottenham started the day three points and eight goals ahead of local rivals Arsenal. And Eric Dier put Spurs ahead in the third minute against Everton, smashing home from a corner.

3.09pm – City had an early scare as Alireza Jahanbakhsh cut inside and unleashed an effort from distance that just went wide.

The pressure appeared to be getting to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola (Nick Potts/PA)

3.16pm – Liverpool applied the pressure in the 16th minute, leapfrogging City to the top of the table, when Sadio Mane tapped in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s deflected cross. A fine effort from Mark Noble put West Ham 1-0 up at Watford.

3.23pm – City continued to push forward but to no avail. Their neighbours Manchester United, who handed youngster Mason Greenwood his first start, fell behind at home to relegated Cardiff. Diogo Dalot brought down Nathaniel Mendez-Laing in the box and the midfielder then buried the penalty.

3.26pm – Liverpool fans were celebrating again at Anfield, not because of a second goal but because Brighton had scored. Glenn Murray headed in a corner at the near post to leave City with it all to do. Crystal Palace went ahead against Bournemouth through Michy Batshuayi.

Shane Duffy celebrates after Glenn Murray puts Brighton in front — Shane Duffy celebrates after Glenn Murray put Brighton in front (Gareth Fuller/PA)

3.29pm – Ryan denied City just a minute later, keeping out Bernardo Silva’s header.

Liverpool fans check their mobile phones at Anfield — Liverpool fans checked their mobile phones all afternoon at Anfield (Peter Byrne/PA)

3.37pm – But Ryan could do nothing to prevent City going 2-1 ahead in the 37th minute, with the unmarked Aymeric Laporte heading into the bottom corner. Anfield was silenced.

Aymeric Laporte heads City in front — Aymeric Laporte headed City in front (Nick Potts/PA)

3.41pm – Manuel Lanzini gave West Ham a 2-0 lead at Vicarage Road and Palace went 3-0 up courtesy of an own goal from Jack Simpson. Huddersfield were behind in their final Premier League match, conceding to Nathan Redmond.

3.44pm – Liverpool were a whisker away from conceding an equaliser. Wolves wing-back Matt Doherty drove a first-time effort against the crossbar. Bournemouth pulled a goal back through Jefferson Lerma.

Jurgen Klopp's side needed more help from Brighton in the second half — Jurgen Klopp’s side needed more help from Brighton in the second half (Peter Byrne/PA)

Manchester City fans celebrate outside the Etihad Stadium — Some Manchester City fans celebrated outside the Etihad Stadium (Anthony Devlin/PA)

A steward was forced to apprehend a pitch invader at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (Steven Paston/PA)

4.12pm – Wolves looked like they had a goal in them and continued to attack at Anfield. Bournemouth were making a good fist of it at Selhurst Park as Jordon Ibe cut the gap to 3-2.

4.14pm – Some joy for Huddersfield fans at St Mary’s. Alex Pritchard drew them level in the 55th minute.

Chelsea fans send a message to Eden Hazard (Mike Egerton/PA)

Fabian Schar headed in Newcastle's third goal — Fabian Schar headed in Newcastle’s third goal (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Riyad Mahrez blasted City 3-1 ahead (Nick Potts/PA)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was on fire at Turf Moor (Nigel French/PA)

4.27pm – Former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott got one over Tottenham, scoring Everton’s equaliser. Eden Hazard came on for Chelsea in the hope of breaking the deadlock at the King Power Stadium.

A goal from Theo Walcott, not pictured, levelled the scores at Tottenham (Steven Paston/PA)

4.38pm – West Ham sealed a top-10 finish when Marko Arnautovic netted a third goal at Watford. Bournemouth set up a nervy final 20 minutes, Josh King making it 4-3, while the goals were going in at Tottenham. Cenk Tosun added to Walcott’s strike to put Everton 2-1 up, but Christian Eriksen responded shortly after.

4.36pm – Noble’s second of the game, this time from the penalty spot, put West Ham 4-1 up. A bad day for the FA Cup finalists… The goals continued to flow at Selhurst Park as Andros Townsend made it 5-3 to Palace.

4.38pm – Liverpool had the comfort of a second at Anfield, but City were not going to surrender a three-goal lead at Brighton, even if it was the week of football comebacks. Mane headed in another fine cross from Alexander-Arnold.

4.40pm – Liverpool were finishing well and Virgil Van Dijk headed Alexander-Arnold’s pinpoint cross against the bar.

Sadio Mane bagged a brace for Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)

4.48pm – Similar to Kompany, could Salomon Rondon have played his last match for Newcastle? If the West Brom loanee has, he will have marked it with a goal, firing the Magpies into a 4-0 lead at Fulham.

Brighton full-back Bruno salutes the crowd on his final appearance for the club — Brighton full-back Bruno saluted the crowd on his final appearance for the club (Gareth Fuller/PA)

4.53pm – City players and staff embraced in front of their fans at the Amex Stadium, while also mobbing Sky Sports pundit Yaya Toure. Liverpool’s fans turned their attentions to the Champions League final by holding up European banners and singing songs at Anfield.

4.54pm – Eddie Nketiah’s cross deflected off Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton to seal a 3-1 win for Arsenal at the death. Salah, Mane and Aubameyang all shared the Golden Boot with 22 goals.