Ilkay Gündogan delivered another final-day display to savour as Manchester City earned a 2–0 victory away to Fulham which secured a third-placed Premier League finish and Champions League qualification.
There was no title on the line this time, but Pep Guardiola’s side still needed a point to book a spot in Europe’s premier club competition. Fulham, by contrast, were guaranteed mid-table mediocrity, destined to finish somewhere between ninth and 12th regardless of the weekend’s result. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the relative incentives on offer, it was the visitors who made a blistering start to proceedings.
