“It’s fair to say that this season’s Premier League campaign has lacked the dramatic final flourish many were hoping for. Liverpool were crowned runaway champions when they had four games left to play, while the relegation battle fizzled out as promoted trio Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton swiftly returned to the Championship with little resistance. This has fed into a wider conversation — often debated furiously online — about whether English top-flight football has become dull. This came to a head after a drab, goalless Manchester derby in April characterised by sterile, risk-averse possession, with both United and City generating chances deemed to be worth less than one expected goal. …”
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