How the Premiership battles ended (Plus the table) â€¢Dramatic goal gives Arsenal Championship ticket

News Express |19th May 2013 | 5,010

After a grueling season that saw the 20 teams playing 38 matches each, the 2012/2013 English Premiership ended a few minutes ago and not without drama. Even though Manchester United had already won the championship and Manchester City sealed their second place, it was yet unclear which among Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur would finish third and fourth an so take the two remaining European Champions League tickets.

In the end, it was Chelsea third and Arsenal fourth – the Gunners edging out Spurs by just a point after a rare goal from Laurent Koscielny (see photo courtesy Daily Telegraph) seeing garner 73 points to guarantee a 16th consecutive qualification for the Champions League.

News of a late Tottenham winner led to a tense finish, as Arsenal would have been edged out of the top four had Newcastle equalised, but it was the visitors who came closest to a late goal, Walcott hitting the post after a typically speedy surge left three defenders in his wake.

POS	LP	CLUB	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS
1	(1)	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	86	43	43	89
2	(2)	Manchester City	38	23	9	6	66	34	32	78
3	(3)	Chelsea	38	22	9	7	75	39	36	75
4	(4)	Arsenal	38	21	10	7	72	37	35	73
5	(5)	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	9	8	66	46	20	72
6	(6)	Everton	38	16	15	7	55	40	15	63
7	(7)	Liverpool	38	16	13	9	71	43	28	61
8	(8)	West Bromwich Albion	38	14	7	17	53	57	-4	49
9	(9)	Swansea City	38	11	13	14	47	51	-4	46
10	(10)	West Ham United	38	12	10	16	45	53	-8	46
11	(12)	Norwich City	38	10	14	14	41	58	-17	44
12	(15)	Fulham	38	11	10	17	50	60	-10	43
13	(11)	Stoke City	38	9	15	14	34	45	-11	42
14	(14)	Southampton	38	9	14	15	49	60	-11	41
15	(16)	Aston Villa	38	10	11	17	47	69	-22	41
16	(13)	Newcastle United	38	11	8	19	45	68	-23	41
17	(17)	Sunderland	38	9	12	17	41	54	-13	39
18	(18)	Wigan Athletic	38	9	9	20	47	73	-26	36
19	(19)	Reading	38	6	10	22	43	73	-30	28
20	(20)	Queens Park Rangers	38	4	13	21	30	60	-30	25