[WATCH] Everton survive
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Taai Toffee: Everton hero Abdoulaye Doucoure.
Everton will play in the Premier League next season, with Leicester City and Leeds United joining already-relegated Southampton in the Championship after a dramatic season finale on Sunday night.
Going into on Sunday’s games chasing victories, 17th-placed Everton were two points clear of the dropzone, with Leicester, in 18th, needing the Toffees to slip up and Leeds in 19th needing to win and their rivals to both loss.
It didn’t take long for Leeds to suffer a blow as Harry Kane fired Tottenham into a second-minute lead.
FT. YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! UTFT!!!!
— Everton (@Everton) May 28, 2023
🔵 1-0 🍒 #EVEBOU pic.twitter.com/X8vZlUoN9q
It then got even worse for Leeds, and indeed for Everton, when Harvey Barnes gave Leicester the lead against West Ham in the 34th minute to lift them out of the bottom three and at the half-time break, Leeds and Everton were headed for the drop.
There was no rally for Sam Allardyce’s manne, as Leeds fell to a 4-1 defeat in the end.
"WHAT A HIT! WHAT A GOAL!" 🚀@abdoudoucoure16 with the moment that mattered. 💙 pic.twitter.com/C8ekxY4fil
— Everton (@Everton) May 28, 2023
The Toffees stuck at it, though, and in the 57th minute Abdoulaye Doucoure launched a rocket to send his team back up the table in an eventual 1-0 win over Bournemouth, and despite Leicester’s 2-1 win over West Ham, Everton sent them down.
2022/23 = ✅ pic.twitter.com/iI3Y7S30vy
— Premier League (@premierleague) May 28, 2023
LAST NIGHT’S PREM RESULTS
Aston Villa 2 Brighton 1, Arsenal 5 Wolves 0, Everton 1 Bournemouth 0, Chelsea 1 Newcastle 1, Crystal Palace 1 Forest 1, Southampton 4 Liverpool 4, Leicester 2 West Ham 1, Manchester United 2 Fulham 1, Brentford 1 Manchester City 0, Leeds 1 Tottenham 4.