Chelsea’s top-four hopes hit

All that is left to decide on the final day of the English Premier League is whether Liverpool or Chelsea take the final Champions League place.

And it is advantage Liverpool – by two points and a vastly superior goal difference.

Juergen Klopp has friend David Wagner to thank for Liverpool only requiring a draw against Brighton to hold onto a top-four finish on Monday when Chelsea are at Newcastle.

Wagner’s Huddersfield held dethroned champion Chelsea to a 1-1 draw yesterday, ensuring the northern English team will have a second season in the Premier League.

"This is the least you can do as a friend,’’ Wagner said of Klopp, ‘‘to do him a favour.’’

Since Brighton and Newcastle were already safe, all three promoted teams this season have avoided the drop.

‘‘It’s a bigger achievement than getting promoted,’’ Wagner said. ‘‘We were predicted as a team to get relegated.’’

Newcastle’s 1-0 loss at Tottenham allowed the north London club to complete its season at its temporary Wembley home by securing a place in the top four. Harry Kane curled a shot into the top corner to guarantee third-place Tottenham will open their new stadium in the Champions League for a third consecutive season.

The three teams going down are Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and, almost certainly, Swansea. Although the south Wales club can still catch Southampton on points on the final day, its goal difference is inferior by nine.

Monday will be the final time Arsene Wenger manages Arsenal after 22 years. The Frenchman’s penultimate game ended in a 3-1 loss at Leicester yesterday.

On a miserable night for Chelsea, three of their Premier League records were broken by Manchester City after the titlewinners beat Brighton 3-1.

City moved onto 97 points, two more than Chelsea’s final total from the 2004-05 season, and 105 goals, two more than Chelsea’s previous record haul from the 2009-10 season. Pep Guardiola’s team also now has 31 wins, surpassing the previous record of 30 set by Chelsea last season.