Everton remain in the Premier League thanks to Abdoulaye Doucoure after his thunderbolt helped beat AFC Bournemouth on the final day of the season last month.
As a result, Leicester City and Leeds United tasted the bitter feeling of relegation to the Championship along with Southampton as their time in the English top-flight was ended. The Saints saw their fate sealed following their 2-0 defeat to Fulham, two weeks before the curtain came down on the campaign.
It was a second successive relegation battle for the Blues. Unlike the scenes after their win over Crystal Palace a year ago, the feeling was more subdued against the Cherries as focus quickly turned to ensuring that Evertonians do not find themselves in that precarious position again.
