It was a celebratory weekend as clubs celebrated silverware, players, and moments, while some celebrated their stadium as they played there for the final time.

Barcelona, PSG Paris Saint-Germain, PSV Eindhoven, Sporting CP, and Celtic were all crowned champions in their respective leagues during the weekend, while Crystal Palace won their first-ever silverware by beating Manchester City in the Emirates FA Cup final on Saturday.

Arsenal avoided a record low of fourth defeats to the same team in a single campaign by beating Newcastle United at the Emirates, a result that confirmed their progression to the UEFA Champions League, leaving Manchester City, Newcastle United, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest in the chase.

Thomas Muller, Alexandre Lacazette, Angel Di Maria, Rayan Cherki, and a few other players also played their final league games for their respective clubs before an imminent exit in the summer.

The race for the Scudetto continues to heat up as both Napoli and Inter dropped points in dramatic games, while Juventus hold tight on fourth spot with a win against Udinese.

Amidst the excitement of the weekend, we bring you the latest edition of top performers of the weekend in each of Europe's top five leagues, with the league now concluded in two of the three.

Top Performers In Europe's Top 5 Leagues 

English Premier League: David Raya of Arsenal 

After winning their first three meetings, Newcastle United were looking to become the first team to beat Arsenal four times in a single season in history.

A lot was also at stake ahead kickoff, because Arsenal would surrender their second spot to the visitors should they lose the contest, and their hopes of reaching the Champions League would rely on beating Southampton on the final day in the Saint Mary's Park.

David Raya, having watched Matz Sels concede to Jarrod Bowen's spectacular strike in the London Olympic Stadium, knew he had to keep a clean sheet to stand a chance of retaining his golden glove award.

It was a challenging task as the Gunners had not kept a clean sheet in five games ahead of Sunday's game and, even so, had conceded in their last five meetings with Newcastle United.

Eddie Howe's side did not make it easy in the first quarter and already produced five shots on target, already the most Arsenal have faced in a Premier League game since a 2-2 draw with Manchester City in September (nine).

But David Raya was equal to all their attempts, denying Bruno Guimaraes, Harvey Barnes, Tino Livramento, Fabian Schar, and Dan Burn to keep the score level at 0-0.

Declan Rice scored a stunning strike five minutes before the hour mark for the only goal of the game to secure a massive win for Arsenal which ensured their status as the Premier League runner-up as well as qualify for the next season's UEFA Champions League.

Raya, who finished the match with his 13th Premier League clean sheet of the season, is now level with Matz Sels, and both will head into the final weekend intending to win it outrightly or hopefully share the prize.

Spanish LaLiga: Julian Alvarez of Atlético Madrid

On his return from suspension, the Argentine inspired the Rojiblancos to a huge win over Real Betis, to secure third spot in the LaLiga with one more game to the end of the season.

Looking to respond after a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Osasuna in midweek, Diego Simeone's charge entertained Betis, who were on a run of eight games without a loss.

Julian Alvarez opened the scoring with an astonishing free-kick goal in the tenth minute from a foul won by Rodrigo de Paul. His curling striker sailed into the back of the net from an angle of 90, giving the goalkeeper no chance.

He completed his brace 15 minutes from time to help the host reestablish their two-goal cushion, eight minutes after Pablo Fornals had pulled one back for Betis to half the deficit — Robin Le Normand had doubled Atléti's lead just before half-time.

The goal was all about Antoine Griezmann, who started and finished off the move by setting home Julian Alvarez to tap home a simple cutback from close range.

The 4-1 win was sealed six minutes into added time as Julian Alvarez set up Angel Correa for his 88th Atlético Madrid goal on his final home game for the club before a potential departure in the summer.

Julian Alvarez, with a brace of goals and one assist, is our nominee as La Liga's best performer during the weekend, ultimately taking his goal contributions to 20 in his debut season in the Spanish topflight.

Italian Serie A: Kenan Yildiz of Juventus

In their quest to reach the UEFA Champions League next season, the Bianconneri knew they could not afford to drop further points with AS Roma breathing down their necks.

Their visitors for the weekend, Udinese, had lost all and failed to score in each of their previous six meetings with Juventus, and also headed into the game on a run of five defeats in their previous seven games, winning just one.

Juventus also have their own shortcomings, with managerial instabilities and back-to-back draws against Bologna and Lazio that left their Champions League qualification in jeopardy—but brought back alive thanks to Atalanta's win over Roma in the previous gameweek.

After a fruitless first 45 minutes, Juventus takes a deserved lead a minute after the hour mark. Oumar Solet was robbed off possession in his own penalty area and Kenan Yildiz picked up the loose ball.

The Turkish youngster rounded the helpless defender before passing the ball to Nicolas Gonzalez, who fired into the top corner from the center of the box.

The lead was doubled with two minutes of normal time left to play. Yildiz, at the heart of things again, picked up possession in his own half and drove some 50 yards before setting up Dusan Vlahovic, who fired into the far corner for his tenth Serie A goal of the campaign.

The brace of assists sees Yildiz achieve double digits of goal contributions in the league for the first time, while he also gives Juventus the edge over Roma in the race to reach the Champions League next season as they head into the final weekend of the season.

German Bundesliga: Michael Olise of Bayern Munich

It is a sensational end to his debut season at Bayern Munich, and the French superstar rightfully claims his spot in our nomination as the Bundesliga season ends.

With the championship already wrapped up, Bayern Munich traveled to Hoffenheim looking to give the traveling fans a spectacle as Thomas Muller was set to make his final Bundesliga appearance for the club before leaving after the FIFA Club World Cup in the summer.

The host showed resistance earlier but was eventually broken three minutes after the half-hour thanks to questionable goalkeeping by Oliver Baumann, who was beaten by a Michael Olise free-kick when he should have done better.

Olise was involved again as Bayern Munich doubled their lead eight minutes after the restart through Joshua Kimmich, who was spotted in the area by Olise, received the pass, and gracefully fired past Baumann, aided by a slight deflection.

Olise in the process became the first Bayern Munich player to score and assist in four consecutive Bundesliga games since Mario Mandzukic in 2014.

He finished the season as Bundesliga playmaker of the season with 15 assists, voted rookie of the season, and remains a strong contender for the player of the season ahead the of announcement.

French Ligue 1: Neil El Aynaoui of RC Lens

Racing Club Lens had nothing but their pride to fight for on the final day of the season as they'd already secured a top-ten finish, but it was a meeting with AS Monaco, whom they've not beaten in two years.

With their manager Will Still, set to say his goodbyes full-time, the players were eager to give him a proper sending-off. Even though they failed to finish in a European place, a win would see them to 52 points and surpass their total of 51 last campaign.

Lens, who had also won just six league home games ahead of kickoff, were looking to avoid setting a new low of fewest wins since their return to the top-flight in 2020-21 and knew a win would be enough to just avoid that.

Their previous two games at home have left them with neither goals nor points but only six goals conceded, as well as the end to their European dreams.

However, they got off to a Monaco side who had not lost in five but maybe got too excited after picking up the ticket to the UEFA Champions League next season thanks to their win over Lyon in the penultimate gameweek.

Neil El Aynaoui opened the scoring at the end of the first quarter, heading home from Nampalys Mendy's cross to score in back-to-back games and taking his tally for the season to seven.

Soungoutou Magassa was sent off for the visitors seven minutes after the restart, and four minutes later, El Aynaoui completed his brace by firing home from inside the box after Mendy's shot was blocked by Wilfred Singo.

Lens were already on their way to victory, but the Nancy-born midfielder has not had enough. His corner kick caused panic in the Monaco penalty box, and Adrien Thomasson eventually found the back of the net to finally take the game beyond the visitors.

There was time left for Anas Zanoury to add a fourth before El Aynaoui's withdrawal two minutes before the end of normal time as Lens inflicted Monaco's joint heaviest loss since a 5-1 defeat to Strasbourg in January 2019.

Brace hero El Aynaoui is our biggest star of Ligue 1 in the final edition of the season. His courageous performance led to a celebratory ending to the season for the host in the Stade Bollaerts-Delelis in Lens.

Ultimate Player of the Weekend

Atlético Madrid hero Julian Alvarez is the ultimate player of the weekend. He does not only standout as the player with most direct goal involvement, but they come against a formidable opponent and also sealed Atleti's third spot in LaLiga.

The Argentine has now been directly involved in 35 Atlético Madrid goals, host most in a single club campaign since moving to Europe in the summer of 2022.