Then, it was over.
Nine months after kicking off with fans and pundits alike wondering how a campaign punctuated by a mid-season World Cup would work, the 2022-23 Premier League season has finished.
Unsurprisingly, Manchester City are champions, Pep Guardiola's men too good for the rest once more, fired to the title by the record-breaking exploits of their absurd No.9 Erling Haaland. Surprisingly, all three promoted clubs, Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest, avoided relegation, while Leeds United, Southampton and Leicester City all drop into the Championship after going through eight managers between them.