2021–22 Premier League

2021–22 Premier League

The 2021–22 Premier League was the 30th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1992, and the 123rd season of top-flight English football overall. The start and end dates for the season were released on 25 March 2021, and the fixtures were released on 16 June 2021.

Manchester City successfully defended their title, winning for the second consecutive year, securing a sixth Premier League title and eighth English league title overall on the last day of the campaign; it was also the club's fourth title in the last five seasons.

Summary

2021–22 Premier League

Manchester City were the defending champions, having won their fifth Premier League title during the previous season.

This season saw the return of full attendance, after the final third of the 2019–20 and the entirety of the 2020–21 seasons were held with limited or no attendance due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This season was the second season to feature a winter break, with no Premier League matches scheduled between 23 January and 7 February 2022.

The race for first place

The early title race was dominated by Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea, who were separated by two points by early December. By December, Chelsea led the way following a run of just one defeat in 14 matches until a shock defeat to West Ham United gave City the edge. A run of 12 consecutive victories, concluding in a victory over Chelsea that essentially ended their title hopes, gave Manchester City a 13-point lead by January (though Liverpool had two games in hand due to COVID-19 postponements). Liverpool then went on a 10-game winning run, including both their games in hand, helped by a costly 2–3 home loss for City to Tottenham Hotspur in February, to cut City's lead to a single point ahead of their meeting at the Etihad on 10 April. A 2–2 draw retained City's narrow lead going into the final weeks of the season.

Newcastle takeover

On 7 October, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund purchased an 80% stake and completed the £300m takeover of Newcastle United, ending the 14-year ownership of Mike Ashley. On 12 October 2021, an emergency meeting was convened by the other 19 Premier League clubs between themselves and the Premier League, where they voiced their anger at the league's decision to ratify the takeover; Newcastle United were the only Premier League club to be excluded from attending the meeting. On 18 November 2021, Premier League clubs voted to tighten the Premier League's financial controls in order to limit Newcastle United's spending power.

At the time of the takeover, Newcastle were in 19th position having failed to win any of their first seven games. The new ownership announced the departure of Steve Bruce and hired Eddie Howe; while Newcastle did not win a game until the 15th attempt, their form improved dramatically after five signings in the January transfer window. A run of 12 wins in their final 18 games secured an 11th place finish.

COVID-19 outbreaks force postponements

In December 2021, multiple matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreaks in multiple clubs, with many clubs calling for the league to shut down until 2022. Following a meeting on 20 December involving all 20 Premier League clubs, a decision was made to fulfil the fixtures over the Christmas period "where it is safe to do so". Clubs were advised that if they had 13 fit players, plus a goalkeeper, then they should fulfil their fixtures.

Abramovich sanctions

On 2 March, Roman Abramovich announced that he planned to sell Chelsea, stating his intent to donate all proceeds of the sale to the victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the following days, numerous reports about interested buyers surfaced including Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss, Los Angeles Dodgers and Lakers shareholder Todd Boehly, Pakistani businessman Javed Afridi, and other unnamed parties.

On 10 March, the British government froze all of Roman Abramovich's assets due to his close personal ties with Vladimir Putin, leaving Chelsea unable to sell tickets or merchandise, buy or sell players, and negotiate contracts. The UK government issued Chelsea a licence that allowed the club to continue footballing activities, ensured that employees continued to be paid, and allowed season-ticket holders to continue to attend games.

Final day climax

Going into the last day of the season, the title race, Champions League, Europa League, Conference League qualifications, and the relegation battle were all decided on the final day for the first time in Premier League history.

Title

With a one point advantage over Liverpool, Manchester City needed to match or better Liverpool's result to clinch back-to-back titles. Liverpool needed to win and hope that Manchester City dropped points to Aston Villa, managed by former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard.

Liverpool went behind to Wolves in the 3rd minute, but quickly equalised. Aston Villa took a shock 2–0 lead after 63 minutes thanks to goals from Matty Cash and Philippe Coutinho. Manchester City then scored three goals (from substitute Ilkay Gundogan and Rodri) in under six minutes to take the lead in the match. Two late goals from Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson meant they won their game 3–1, but their result was irrelevant as City's 3–2 comeback win over Villa confirmed City as champions for the fourth time in five seasons.

This season is mainly remembered for the great quality of play expressed by Manchester City and Liverpool, which gave rise to a fantastic title fight (as was the case in the 2018–2019 season that also ended with the Citizens' victory) but it is also true that VAR in its third season in England caused various problems, often due to a "high bar" that forced and twisted the protocol and made VAR intervene on very few occasions, the goal was to intervene in a targeted manner as UEFA did at EURO 2020, but despite the good will, some mistakes were made, among the most glaring being the failure to award a penalty in Everton-Manchester City in favour of the home team due to a handball of Rodri, an episode that affected the title race.

Relegation

Norwich City, who were promoted from the Championship last season, suffered relegation with four games to spare following a 10th loss in 12 matches, against Aston Villa. Norwich also recorded the worst goal difference since Derby County in 2007–08. The next weekend Watford, who were also promoted, were the second to go down after defeat to Crystal Palace.

The final relegation spot was contested by Everton, Burnley and Leeds United, all of whom spent time in the bottom three in the final months of the season. Everton endured a run of just three wins between October and April, but victories against Manchester United, Chelsea and Leicester City meant that victory over Crystal Palace in their final home game of the season would secure safety. Although they went 2–0 down at half time, Dominic Calvert-Lewin's goal in the 85th minute to put Everton 3–2 ahead had fans invading the pitch. Fans stormed the pitch again at full time, after avoiding what would have been the club's first relegation since (/wiki/1950–51EvertonF.C.season) and prolonging their top-flight status for a 69th year running.

Burnley and Leeds went into the final day level on 35 points, with Burnley having the edge over Leeds due to a superior goal difference. Burnley fell behind 2–0 to Newcastle, while a Raphinha penalty put Leeds ahead against Brentford in the 54th minute. A 78th minute equaliser from Brentford and a Maxwel Cornet goal gave Burnley hope of survival, but an added time winner from Jack Harrison confirmed safety for Leeds and relegated Burnley after six consecutive seasons in the Premier League.

Champions League, Europa League and Conference League spots

With Chelsea securing a top-four finish for a fourth straight season, only Tottenham and Arsenal were in the hunt for the final Champions League spot. Arsenal were in 4th with three games remaining, but Arsenal's defeats against Tottenham in the North London derby and Newcastle in their final away game combined with Tottenham victory against Burnley in their final home game saw Tottenham leapfrog them with one game remaining. Spurs just needed a point against already relegated Norwich on the final day to secure Champions League qualification for the first time in three years, and won 5–0 with two goals from Son Heung-min, who secured a joint Golden Boot with Mohamed Salah. Arsenal failed to qualify for the Champions League for a sixth season, despite beating Everton 5–1.

Manchester United suffered another difficult season, culminating in the sacking of Ole Gunnar Solskjær on 21 November 2021, which followed a humiliating 4–1 defeat to Watford. Ralf Rangnick would be appointed as interim manager for the rest of the season. The club ultimately finished the season in 6th, with a goal difference of zero and their worst points tally in the Premier League era, at just 58, as well as losing on the final day. United still managed to qualify for the Europa League, as West Ham's 3–1 defeat at Brighton prevented them from qualifying for back-to-back Europa League spots; they instead had to settle for a spot in the Europa Conference League.

Other teams

Brentford manager Thomas Frank had a promising first season in the Premier League. Thanks to January signing Christian Eriksen, the team won seven out of their last 11 games of the season, which included a 4–1 victory against Chelsea. The Dane guided the Bees to a 13th place finish, 11 points above the relegation zone and not spending a single week in the relegation zone.

Brighton had their best season in the top-flight with Graham Potter's side finishing ninth with a total of 51 points, despite their poor home record. Their 4–0 win against Manchester United was another new high for them, as it was also their biggest top-flight win.

Teams

2021–22 Premier League

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Norwich City, Watford (who both returned to the top flight after a year's absence) and Brentford (who returned to the top flight after a seventy-four year absence). This was also Brentford's first season in the Premier League. They replaced Fulham, West Bromwich Albion (both teams relegated to the Championship after just one year in the top flight) and Sheffield United (relegated after a two-year top flight spell).

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Source:

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td>London (Holloway)</td><td>Emirates Stadium</td><td>60,704</td></tr><tr><td>Aston Villa</td><td>Birmingham</td><td>Villa Park</td><td>42,682</td></tr><tr><td>Brentford</td><td>London (Brentford)</td><td>Brentford Community Stadium</td><td>17,250</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>Falmer</td><td>Falmer Stadium</td><td>31,800</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Burnley</td><td>Turf Moor</td><td>21,944</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>London (Fulham)</td><td>Stamford Bridge</td><td>40,834</td></tr><tr><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>London (Selhurst)</td><td>Selhurst Park</td><td>25,486</td></tr><tr><td>Everton</td><td>Liverpool (Walton)</td><td>Goodison Park</td><td>39,414</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Leeds</td><td>Elland Road</td><td>37,792</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester City</td><td>Leicester</td><td>King Power Stadium</td><td>32,312</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>Liverpool (Anfield)</td><td>Anfield</td><td>53,394</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td>Manchester (Bradford)</td><td>City of Manchester Stadium</td><td>53,400</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester United</td><td>Manchester (Old Trafford)</td><td>Old Trafford</td><td>74,140</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Newcastle upon Tyne</td><td>St James' Park</td><td>52,305</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>Norwich</td><td>Carrow Road</td><td>27,244</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>Southampton</td><td>St Mary's Stadium</td><td>32,384</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>London (Tottenham)</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur Stadium</td><td>62,850</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Watford</td><td>Vicarage Road</td><td>22,200</td></tr><tr><td>West Ham United</td><td>London (Stratford)</td><td>London Stadium</td><td>60,000</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>Wolverhampton</td><td>Molineux Stadium</td><td>32,050</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Manager</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Shirt sponsor (chest)</th><th>Shirt sponsor (sleeve)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td>Mikel Arteta</td><td>Alexandre Lacazettea</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Emirates</td><td>Visit Rwanda</td></tr><tr><td>Aston Villa</td><td>Steven Gerrard</td><td>Tyrone Mings</td><td>Kappa</td><td>Cazoo</td><td>OB Sports</td></tr><tr><td>Brentford</td><td>Thomas Frank</td><td>Pontus Jansson</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Hollywoodbets</td><td>Safetyculture</td></tr><tr><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>Graham Potter</td><td>Lewis Dunk</td><td>Nike</td><td>American Express</td><td>SnickersUK.com</td></tr><tr><td>Burnley</td><td>Mike Jackson Connor King Ben Mee (joint-caretakers)</td><td>Ben Mee</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Spreadex Sports</td><td>AstroPay</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>Thomas Tuchel</td><td>César Azpilicueta</td><td>Nike</td><td>Threec</td><td>Hyundaic</td></tr><tr><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>Patrick Vieira</td><td>Luka Milivojević</td><td>Puma</td><td>W88</td><td>Facebank</td></tr><tr><td>Everton</td><td>Frank Lampard</td><td>Séamus Coleman</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Cazoo</td><td>None</td></tr><tr><td>Leeds United</td><td>Jesse Marsch</td><td>Liam Cooper</td><td>Adidas</td><td>SBOTOP</td><td>BOXT</td></tr><tr><td>Leicester City</td><td>Brendan Rodgers</td><td>Kasper Schmeichel</td><td>Adidas</td><td>FBS</td><td>Bia Saigon</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>Jürgen Klopp</td><td>Jordan Henderson</td><td>Nike</td><td>Standard Chartered</td><td>Expedia</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td>Pep Guardiola</td><td>Fernandinho</td><td>Puma</td><td>Etihad Airways</td><td>Nexen Tire</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester United</td><td>Ralf Rangnick (interim)</td><td>Harry Maguire</td><td>Adidas</td><td>TeamViewer</td><td>Kohler</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td>Eddie Howe</td><td>Jamaal Lascelles</td><td>Castore</td><td>FUN88</td><td>Kayak</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>Dean Smith</td><td>Grant Hanley</td><td>Joma</td><td>Lotus Cars</td><td>JD Sports</td></tr><tr><td>Southampton</td><td>Ralph Hasenhüttl</td><td>James Ward-Prowse</td><td>Hummel</td><td>Sportsbet.io</td><td>Virgin Media</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>Antonio Conte</td><td>Hugo Lloris</td><td>Nike</td><td>AIA</td><td>Cinch</td></tr><tr><td>Watford</td><td>Roy Hodgson</td><td>TBDb</td><td>Kelme</td><td>Stake.com</td><td>Dogecoin</td></tr><tr><td>West Ham United</td><td>David Moyes</td><td>Mark Noble</td><td>Umbro</td><td>Betway</td><td>Scope Markets</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>Bruno Lage</td><td>Conor Coady</td><td>Castore</td><td>ManBetX</td><td>Bitci.com</td></tr></tbody></table>

a.^ Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was club captain at Arsenal until 14 December 2021, when he was stripped of the captaincy following a disciplinary breach; he was later let go by the club on 1 February. Alexandre Lacazette served as the de facto captain until early February, when he was officially named to the role. b.^ Troy Deeney was club captain at Watford at the start of the season, but left the club on 30 August. Moussa Sissoko was named the captain following Deeney's departure. c. ^ Three and Hyundai suspended their sponsorships of Chelsea in response to sanctions imposed on the club and Roman Abramovich following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The former does however remain on the club's shirt and will at least until a new kit is released the following season. Should the sponsorship be put back on hold, Three will remain Chelsea's shirt sponsor.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson	End of contract	24 May 2021	Pre-season	Patrick Vieira	4 July 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nuno Espírito Santo	Mutual consent	Bruno Lage	9 June 2021
Everton	Carlo Ancelotti	Signed by Real Madrid	1 June 2021	Rafael Benítez	30 June 2021
Tottenham Hotspur	Ryan Mason	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2021	Nuno Espírito Santo
Watford	Xisco Muñoz	Sacked	3 October 2021	14th	Claudio Ranieri	4 October 2021
Newcastle United	Steve Bruce	Mutual consent	20 October 2021	19th	Graeme Jones (interim)	20 October 2021
Tottenham Hotspur	Nuno Espírito Santo	Sacked	1 November 2021	8th	Antonio Conte	2 November 2021
Norwich City	Daniel Farke	6 November 2021	20th	Dean Smith	15 November 2021
Aston Villa	Dean Smith	7 November 2021	15th	Steven Gerrard	11 November 2021
Newcastle United	Graeme Jones	End of interim spell	8 November 2021	19th	Eddie Howe	8 November 2021
Manchester United	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Sacked	21 November 2021	7th	Michael Carrick (caretaker)	21 November 2021
Michael Carrick	End of caretaker spell	2 December 2021	Ralf Rangnick (interim)	3 December 2021
Everton	Rafael Benítez	Sacked	16 January 2022	15th	Duncan Ferguson (caretaker)	18 January 2022
Watford	Claudio Ranieri	24 January 2022	19th	Roy Hodgson	25 January 2022
Everton	Duncan Ferguson	End of caretaker spell	31 January 2022	16th	Frank Lampard	31 January 2022
Leeds United	Marcelo Bielsa	Sacked	27 February 2022	Jesse Marsch	28 February 2022
Burnley	Sean Dyche	15 April 2022	18th	Mike Jackson (lead caretaker)	15 April 2022

League table

2021–22 Premier League

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Manchester City (C)</td><td>38</td><td>29</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>99</td><td>26</td><td>+73</td><td>93</td><td>Qualification for the Champions League group stage</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>38</td><td>28</td><td>8</td><td>2</td><td>94</td><td>26</td><td>+68</td><td>92</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>38</td><td>21</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>76</td><td>33</td><td>+43</td><td>74</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>38</td><td>22</td><td>5</td><td>11</td><td>69</td><td>40</td><td>+29</td><td>71</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>38</td><td>22</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>61</td><td>48</td><td>+13</td><td>69</td><td>Qualification for the Europa League group stage</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Manchester United</td><td>38</td><td>16</td><td>10</td><td>12</td><td>57</td><td>57</td><td>0</td><td>58</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>West Ham United</td><td>38</td><td>16</td><td>8</td><td>14</td><td>60</td><td>51</td><td>+9</td><td>56</td><td>Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Leicester City</td><td>38</td><td>14</td><td>10</td><td>14</td><td>62</td><td>59</td><td>+3</td><td>52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>38</td><td>12</td><td>15</td><td>11</td><td>42</td><td>44</td><td>−2</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>38</td><td>15</td><td>6</td><td>17</td><td>38</td><td>43</td><td>−5</td><td>51</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>38</td><td>13</td><td>10</td><td>15</td><td>44</td><td>62</td><td>−18</td><td>49</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>38</td><td>11</td><td>15</td><td>12</td><td>50</td><td>46</td><td>+4</td><td>48</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Brentford</td><td>38</td><td>13</td><td>7</td><td>18</td><td>48</td><td>56</td><td>−8</td><td>46</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Aston Villa</td><td>38</td><td>13</td><td>6</td><td>19</td><td>52</td><td>54</td><td>−2</td><td>45</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Southampton</td><td>38</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>16</td><td>43</td><td>67</td><td>−24</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Everton</td><td>38</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>21</td><td>43</td><td>66</td><td>−23</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Leeds United</td><td>38</td><td>9</td><td>11</td><td>18</td><td>42</td><td>79</td><td>−37</td><td>38</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Burnley (R)</td><td>38</td><td>7</td><td>14</td><td>17</td><td>34</td><td>53</td><td>−19</td><td>35</td><td>Relegation to EFL Championship</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Watford (R)</td><td>38</td><td>6</td><td>5</td><td>27</td><td>34</td><td>77</td><td>−43</td><td>23</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Norwich City (R)</td><td>38</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>26</td><td>23</td><td>84</td><td>−61</td><td>22</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season statistics

Top scorers

Son Heung-min became the first Asian footballer to win the Premier League Golden Boot, sharing the award with Mohamed Salah.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	23
Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	18
4	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	17
5	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	16
6	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	15
Diogo Jota	Liverpool
Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
9	Wilfried Zaha	Crystal Palace	14
10	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	13

Hat-tricks

Cristiano Ronaldo scored two hat-tricks in this season, the most by a single player.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	Leeds United	5–1 (H)	14 August 2021
Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	Watford	5–0 (A)	16 October 2021
Mason Mount	Chelsea	Norwich City	7–0 (H)	23 October 2021
Joshua King	Watford	Everton	5–2 (A)
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Manchester United	5–0 (A)	24 October 2021
Jack Harrison	Leeds United	West Ham United	3–2 (A)	16 January 2022
Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	Norwich City	4–0 (A)	12 February 2022
Ivan Toney	Brentford	Norwich City	3–1 (A)	5 March 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2 (H)	12 March 2022
Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur	Aston Villa	4–0 (A)	9 April 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Norwich City	3–2 (H)	16 April 2022
Gabriel Jesus4	Manchester City	Watford	5–1 (H)	23 April 2022
Kevin De Bruyne4	Manchester City	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–1 (A)	11 May 2022

4 Player scored 4 goals (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Clean sheets

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Alisson</td><td>Liverpool</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>Ederson</td><td>Manchester City</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Hugo Lloris</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Édouard Mendy</td><td>Chelsea</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Aaron Ramsdale</td><td>Arsenal</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Vicente Guaita</td><td>Crystal Palace</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Emiliano Martínez</td><td>Aston Villa</td></tr><tr><td>José Sá</td><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td></tr><tr><td>Robert Sánchez</td><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Nick Pope</td><td>Burnley</td><td>9</td></tr></tbody></table>

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11 • Junior Firpo (Leeds United) • Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) • James Tarkowski (Burnley)

• Most red cards: 2 • Raúl Jiménez (Wolverhampton Wanderers) • Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa)

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month	Player of the Month	Goal of the Month	References
Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Nuno Espírito Santo	Tottenham Hotspur	Michail Antonio	West Ham United	Danny Ings	Aston Villa
September	Mikel Arteta	Arsenal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Andros Townsend	Everton
October	Thomas Tuchel	Chelsea	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
November	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	Rodri	Manchester City
December	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal
January	Bruno Lage	Wolverhampton Wanderers	David de Gea	Manchester United	Mateo Kovačić	Chelsea
February	Eddie Howe	Newcastle United	Joël Matip	Liverpool	Wilfried Zaha	Crystal Palace
March	Mikel Arteta	Arsenal	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United
April	Mike Jackson	Burnley	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Miguel Almirón	Newcastle United

Annual awards

<table><thead><tr><th>Award</th><th>Winner</th><th>Club</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Premier League Manager of the Season</td><td>Jürgen Klopp</td><td>Liverpool</td></tr><tr><td>Premier League Player of the Season</td><td>Kevin De Bruyne</td><td>Manchester City</td></tr><tr><td>Premier League Young Player of the Season</td><td>Phil Foden</td><td>Manchester City</td></tr><tr><td>Premier League Goal of the Season</td><td>Mohamed Salah</td><td>Liverpool</td></tr><tr><td>Premier League Save of the Season</td><td>Jordan Pickford</td><td>Everton</td></tr><tr><td>Premier League Game Changer of the Season</td><td>İlkay Gündoğan</td><td>Manchester City</td></tr><tr><td>Premier League Most Powerful Goal</td><td>Fernandinho</td><td>Manchester City</td></tr><tr><td>PFA Players' Player of the Year</td><td>Mohamed Salah</td><td>Liverpool</td></tr><tr><td>PFA Young Player of the Year</td><td>Phil Foden</td><td>Manchester City</td></tr><tr><td>FWA Footballer of the Year</td><td>Mohamed Salah</td><td>Liverpool</td></tr><tr><td>PFA Fans' Player of the Year</td><td>Mohamed Salah</td><td>Liverpool</td></tr></tbody></table>

PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Alisson (Liverpool)
Defenders	Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)	Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)	Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea)	João Cancelo (Manchester City)
Midfielders	Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)	Thiago (Liverpool)	Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)
Forwards	Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)	Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)	Sadio Mané (Liverpool)

Attendances

2021–22 Premier League

<table><thead><tr><th>#</th><th>Football club</th><th>Home games</th><th>Average attendance</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Manchester United</td><td>19</td><td>73,150</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Arsenal FC</td><td>19</td><td>59,776</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>West Ham United</td><td>19</td><td>58,894</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>19</td><td>56,428</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Liverpool FC</td><td>19</td><td>53,027</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Manchester City</td><td>19</td><td>52,774</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Newcastle United</td><td>19</td><td>51,487</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Aston Villa</td><td>19</td><td>41,681</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Everton FC</td><td>19</td><td>38,945</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Chelsea FC</td><td>19</td><td>37,810</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Leeds United</td><td>19</td><td>36,308</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Leicester City</td><td>19</td><td>32,061</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Brighton & Hove Albion</td><td>19</td><td>30,988</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>19</td><td>30,741</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Southampton FC</td><td>19</td><td>29,889</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Norwich City</td><td>19</td><td>26,836</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Crystal Palace FC</td><td>19</td><td>24,282</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Watford FC</td><td>19</td><td>20,614</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td>Burnley FC</td><td>19</td><td>19,399</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td>Brentford FC</td><td>19</td><td>16,912</td></tr></tbody></table>