Business Day

Liverpool secure Euro league spot

- Agency Staff London /AFP, Reuters

Liverpool cruised back into the Champions League next season by easing past Brighton 4-0 on Sunday as Mohamed Salah set a Premier League record of 32 goals in a 38-game season.

Salah, Dejan Lovren, Dominic Solanke and Andy Robertson were on target at Anfield as Liverpool finished with a fivepoint advantage over fifthplace­d Chelsea, who were beaten 3-0 at Newcastle.

Arsene Wenger’s final match in charge of Arsenal ended in a 1-0 victory at Huddersfie­ld Town. The decisive goal came when striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang slid in at the back post to convert a low cross from Aaron Ramsey.

Arsenal ended the season in sixth place, their lowest finish during Wenger’s 22 years at the north London club.

Swansea City’s sevenseaso­n stay in the Premier League came to an end as the Welsh side joined West Brom and Stoke in being relegated to the Championsh­ip.

Needing to beat Stoke, Southampto­n to lose to Manchester City and a 10-goal swing in goal difference in their favour, Swansea were realistica­lly relegated when Huddersfie­ld guaranteed their survival by holding Chelsea on Wednesday.

However, a 2-1 home defeat to Stoke sealed their fate.

A 94th-minute winner from Gabriel Jesus gave Manchester City a 1-0 win over Southampto­n to ensure they became the first team to reach 100 points in a Premier League season.

A classic end-of-season sizzler saw Tottenham say farewell to their temporary Wembley home by coming back from 3-1 down to beat Leicester 5-4 and secure third place.

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