Leicester City, Leeds United and Southampton were on Sunday, relegated from the English Premier League after finishing in the bottom three.
Although Leicester, which parades the Nigerian duo of Kelechi Iheanacho and Wilfred Ndidi, beat West Ham 2 – 1 to finish the season with 34 points on Sunday, it was not enough as Everton got better of AFC Bournemouth by a single goal, which took their total points haul to 36, enough to see them survive relegation.
Leeds went into their encounter with Tottenham Hotspur with 31 points, were beaten convincingly 4 – 1 by the London side, who eventually secured European football.
Meanwhile, already relegated Southampton battled to a 4 – 4 draw with Liverpool to end the Premier League stay with 25 points.
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