And with that it was done. A title race that had promised so much came to its formal and premature end in bright spring sunshine as Arsenal’s defeat by Nottingham Forest ensured that, for the fifth time in six seasons, the Premier League was won by Manchester City, who have three games still to play.
But if that side of the equation was ultimately anticlimactic, for Forest there was ecstasy: they will be playing Premier League football again next season.
