Editing Premier League (section)

===Manchester City dominance (2020s)===
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|+ Results of the 'Big Six' during the 2020s
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! Season !! {{abbr|[[Arsenal F.C.|ARS]]|Arsenal}} !! {{abbr|[[Chelsea F.C.|CHE]]|Chelsea}} !! {{abbr|[[Liverpool F.C.|LIV]]|Liverpool}} !! {{abbr|[[Manchester City F.C.|MCI]]|Manchester City}} !! {{abbr|[[Manchester United F.C.|MUN]]|Manchester United}} !! {{abbr|[[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|TOT]]|Tottenham Hotspur}}
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| [[2019–20 Premier League|2019–20]] ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 8 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 4 ||style="background:#FFE34D"| '''1''' ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 2 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 3 ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 6
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| [[2020–21 Premier League|2020–21]] || 8 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 4 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 3 ||style="background:#FFE34D"| '''1''' ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 2 ||style="background:#C39BD3"| 7
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| [[2021–22 Premier League|2021–22]] ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 5 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 3 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 2 ||style="background:#FFE34D"| '''1''' ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 6 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 4
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| [[2022–23 Premier League|2022–23]] ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 2 || 12 ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 5 ||style="background:#FFE34D"| '''1''' ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 3 || 8
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| [[2023–24 Premier League|2023–24]] ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 2 ||style="background:#C39BD3"| 6 ||style="background:#ACE1AF"| 3 ||style="background:#FFE34D"| '''1''' ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 8 ||style="background:#97DEFF"| 5
|- style="border-top:3px solid black" class="sortbottom"
| '''{{abbr|Top four|Number of times that each side finished in the top four}}''' || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 1
|- class="sortbottom"
| '''{{abbr|Top six|Number of times that each side finished in the top six}}''' || 3 || 4 || 5 || 5 || 4 || 3
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|colspan="7"| out of 5
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|colspan="7"| {{color box|#FFE34D}} League champions<br />{{color box|#ACE1AF}} Champions League<br />{{color box|#97DEFF}} Europa League <br />{{color box|#C39BD3}} Conference League
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From the [[2019–20 Premier League|2019–20 season]], [[video assistant referee]]s were used in the league.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/09/var-premier-league-season |title=VAR VAR voom! The Premier League gets set for video referees |last=MacInnes |first=Paul |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |issn=0261-3077 |date=9 August 2019 |access-date=16 November 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108003210/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/09/var-premier-league-season |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2019–20 season saw Liverpool win their first Premier League trophy, comfortably beating Mancherster City to gain their first top-flight trophy in 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Liverpool win Premier League: Reds' 30-year wait for top-flight title ends |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53183857 |website=BBC Sport |date=25 June 2020 |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501171751/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53183857 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Project Big Picture]] was announced in October 2020 that described a plan to reunite the top Premier League clubs with the [[English Football League]], proposed by Manchester United and Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=MacInnes|first1=Paul|last2=Hytner|first2=David|date=11 October 2020|title=Project Big Picture: leading clubs' plan to reshape game sparks anger|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/11/project-big-picture-premier-league-and-efl-plan-radical-reform-to-avoid-crisis|access-date=12 October 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012052144/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/11/project-big-picture-premier-league-and-efl-plan-radical-reform-to-avoid-crisis|url-status=live}}</ref> It has been criticised by the Premier League leadership and the UK government's [[Department for Culture, Media and Sport]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 October 2020|title='Project Big Picture' condemned by government as EFL chief launches defence of secret talks|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-project-big-picture-efl-rick-parry-liverpool-man-united-government-b967130.html|access-date=12 October 2020|last=de Menezes|first=Jack|work=[[The Independent]]|archive-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017180522/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news/premier-league-project-big-picture-efl-rick-parry-liverpool-man-united-government-b967130.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 26 April 2021, play was stopped during a match between Leicester City and Crystal Palace to allow Muslim players [[Wesley Fofana (footballer)|Wesley Fofana]] and [[Cheikhou Kouyaté]] to break [[Ramadan fast]]. It is believed to be the first time in Premier League history that a game was paused to allow Muslim players to eat and drink after the sun had set in accordance with the rules of the faith.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/12288322/wesley-fofana-leicester-defender-thanks-premier-league-after-being-allowed-to-break-ramadan-fast-mid-game |title=Wesley Fofana: Leicester defender thanks Premier League after being allowed to break Ramadan fast mid-game |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210427110446/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11706/12288322/wesley-fofana-leicester-defender-thanks-premier-league-after-being-allowed-to-break-ramadan-fast-mid-game |archive-date=27 April 2021 |date=26 April 2021 |publisher=Sky Sports |last1=Dorsett |first1=Rob |last2=Trehan |first2=Dev }}</ref>

The [[2022–23 Premier League|2022–23 season]] was the first to take a six-week break between November and December 2022 to allow for the [[2022 FIFA World Cup|first winter World Cup]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Premier League set for mid-season break |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59253994 |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59253994 |url-status=live }}</ref> with a return for the [[Boxing Day]] fixtures.<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2022 |title=How the 2022 World Cup will affect the 2022/23 Premier League season |url=https://talksport.com/football/924633/how-will-2022-world-cup-affect-premier-league-fixtures-schedules-qatar-boxing-day-start-end-date/ |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=talkSPORT |archive-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://talksport.com/football/924633/how-will-2022-world-cup-affect-premier-league-fixtures-schedules-qatar-boxing-day-start-end-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Premier League players decided to take the knee at selected "significant moments". They assured to "remain resolutely committed to eradicate racial prejudice".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/4712201/premier-league-players-agree-to-stop-taking-a-knee-before-every-game|title=Premier League players agree to stop taking a knee before every game|access-date=3 August 2022|publisher=ESPN|date=3 August 2022|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803103442/https://www.espn.com/soccer/english-premier-league/story/4712201/premier-league-players-agree-to-stop-taking-a-knee-before-every-game|url-status=live}}</ref> That season was notable for [[Newcastle United]] and [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] breaking the traditional "Big Six" as they finished fourth and sixth, respectively, whilst "Big Six" teams [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham]] and Chelsea finished eighth and twelfth.<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas-Humphreys |first=Harry |date=23 May 2023 |title=The last time Newcastle United played in the Champions League |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/22/when-was-the-last-time-newcastle-played-in-the-champions-league-18824401/ |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=Metro |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528224923/https://metro.co.uk/2023/05/22/when-was-the-last-time-newcastle-played-in-the-champions-league-18824401/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65704321 |title=Brighton qualify for Europa League: 'Special times at a club on the rise' |publisher=BBC Sport |date=24 May 2023 |access-date=29 May 2023 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601060431/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65704321 |url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, 2015–16 champions Leicester City were relegated, becoming the second league-winning club to suffer relegation since 1992, after [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in the [[2010–11 Premier League|2011–12 season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65622943|title=What went wrong for Leicester City?|first=Shamoon|last=Hafez|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 May 2023|access-date=30 May 2023|archive-date=29 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529084253/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65622943|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the [[2023–24 Premier League|2023–24 season]], Manchester City won the Premier League for the sixth time in seven years to become the first top-flight team to win four consecutive league titles in English football history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Man City take greatness to new heights with fourth straight Premier League title |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40178380/manchester-city-make-history-fourth-straight-premier-league-title |website=ESPN.com |date=19 May 2024}}</ref> Meanwhile, non-Big Six club [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] finished fourth and qualified for the [[2024–25 UEFA Champions League]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aston Villa qualify for Champions League: Unai Emery leads side into competition for first time since 1983 |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/13135404/aston-villa-qualify-for-champions-league-unai-emery-leads-side-into-competition-for-first-time-since-1983 |website=Sky Sports |access-date=19 May 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519002011/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/13135404/aston-villa-qualify-for-champions-league-unai-emery-leads-side-into-competition-for-first-time-since-1983 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:300px; float:right;"
|+ Number of top 6 finishes during 2020s
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! Club !! Top 6 finishes
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| Liverpool ||align="center"| 5
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| Manchester City ||align="center"| 5
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| Manchester United ||align="center"| 4
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| Chelsea ||align="center"| 4
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| Arsenal ||align="center"| 3
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| Tottenham Hotspur ||align="center"| 3
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| Leicester City ||align="center"| 2
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| Aston Villa ||align="center"| 1
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| Brighton & Hove Albion ||align="center"| 1
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| Newcastle United ||align="center"| 1
|-
| West Ham United ||align="center"| 1
|}