The Premier League season reaches its crescendo on Sunday with all 10 matches kicking off simultaneously in a final act packed with jeopardy at the bottom \u2060end of the table and nearer the top in a European race tangled in permutations.<\/p>\n
The title has already been decided and four Champions League places have gone to league winners Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Aston Villa.<\/p>\n
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So attention now shifts to the \u2060final European berths \u2013 and a relegation scrap few would have predicted when the season kicked off.<\/p>\n
There is also a good number of big-name farewells. Al Jazeera Sport looks at the five biggest talking points on the final day.<\/p>\n
When will Arsenal lift the Premier League trophy?<\/p>\n
Arsenal\u2019s first Premier League title in 22 years will result in a trophy lift after the game at Crystal Palace on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The Gunners\u2019 victory was confirmed on Tuesday<\/a> when Manchester City failed to win at Bournemouth \u2013 a result that would have kept the title in the balance on the final day.<\/p>\n Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted ahead of the trip to Palace that he did not even watch City\u2019s match, instead opting to set up a barbeque in his garden for his family.<\/p>\n His son, Gabriel, part of the Arsenal youth set-up, relayed news of the team\u2019s first title since 2004.<\/p>\n \u201cI was supposed to be at Colney (the training ground), watching the game with the boys and certain staff because that\u2019s what they wanted \u2013 but I couldn\u2019t,\u201d Arteta said.<\/p>\n \u201cI think 20 minutes later, before the game, I had to leave. I couldn\u2019t bring the energy that I wanted, and ultimately it was their moment as well to watch it together, to be themselves and just see what the outcome would be.<\/p>\n \u201cMy oldest son opened the garden door, he started to run towards me, he started to cry, he gave me a hug and said: \u2018We are champions, daddy\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Arteta added that winning the trophy after six-and-a-half years at the helm was \u201cone of the best feelings that I have ever had\u201d.<\/p>\n An emotion that will be amplified when the trophy is eventually lifted at Selhurst Park, and elevated even further should his side beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final in Budapest on May 30.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to prepare for that game with the intention to win and write a new story in the club\u2019s history,\u201d said Arteta.<\/p>\n Who can be relegated on the final day of the Premier League?<\/p>\n The drama is stark and simple at the bottom: one of the two London clubs will go down \u2013 Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham.<\/p>\n Spurs are in the better position, 17th on 38 points, two ahead of West Ham who are 18th and in the third relegation spot. Only one combination of results \u200csends Spurs down: defeat at home to Everton plus a victory for West Ham who host Leeds.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you fight for the relegation, you have to stay inside of the league until the last minute of the last game of the season,\u201d Spurs manager Roberto de Zerbi said. \u201cWe have to stay alive. It is a big day for us.<\/p>\n \u201cThe most important is to keep the dignity, to keep the pride, to go on holiday like this (head up) and not like this (head down).\u201d<\/p>\n Victory for West Ham is essential and even that may not suffice, with their inferior goal difference leaving them reliant on help \u2060from Everton in north London.<\/p>\n Which Premier League clubs can qualify for Europe?<\/p>\n The other major storyline is the battle for the \u2060final one or two Champions League places.<\/p>\n Liverpool are in pole position as they host Brentford, knowing a point will be enough to secure fifth. Bournemouth, who clinched some form of European qualification with their 1-1 draw against Man City on Tuesday, are three points back, but well behind Liverpool in goal difference.<\/p>\n Bournemouth\u2019s \u2060surge has been one of the stories of the season. They arrive at Nottingham Forest\u2019s City Ground on a 17-game unbeaten run, their consistency propelling them into sixth and firmly into the \u2060European picture.<\/p>\n The stakes may extend beyond a single Champions League slot. Aston \u2060Villa\u2019s Europa League triumph on Wednesday has created the possibility of a sixth English entrant into next season\u2019s competition, but only if Villa finish fifth in the league. That would require a Liverpool win in what will be talisman Mohamed Salah\u2019s final appearance as a Red at Anfield, and a Villa loss at City, which \u200cis expected to be an emotional farewell to manager Pep Guardiola after a trophy-laden decade with the club.<\/p>\n If Villa finish fourth, the extended route closes and sixth drops into the Europa League, the continent\u2019s second-most prestigious club competition. Brighton & Hove Albion, \u200cwho \u200chost Manchester United, remain the most realistic side capable of breaking into sixth \u2013 they are three points behind Bournemouth in seventh \u2013 while a broader group, including Chelsea, Brentford and Sunderland, are chasing Europa League and Conference League spots in a congested mid-table fight.<\/p>\n Will Salah have a Premier League farewell for Liverpool?<\/p>\n Mohamed Salah will say goodbye to Liverpool on Sunday, but in what manner remains unclear after manager Arne Slot wouldn\u2019t commit to the Egypt star playing against Brentford at Anfield.<\/p>\n Salah, one of the club\u2019s greatest-ever scorers, forced the question with his public criticism of Liverpool\u2019s style of play after a 4-2 loss to Aston Villa last Friday. He called for a return to the \u201cheavy metal attacking\u201d that struck fear in opponents.<\/p>\n The outburst \u2013 Salah\u2019s second public rift with Slot this season \u2013 adds extra drama as the team is also trying to secure Champions League qualification.<\/p>\n Slot was asked on Friday if Salah will definitely be involved against Brentford.<\/p>\n \u201cI never say anything about team selection,\u201d Slot responded. \u201cIt would be a surprise to you if I did this right now, I think\u201d.<\/p>\n In March, 33-year-old Salah announced he\u2019d be leaving at the end of the season after reaching an agreement with the club to end his contract one year early.<\/p>\n Salah\u2019s production has dipped in his ninth year at Anfield to such an extent that he was dropped for a stretch of games late last year \u2014 leading to the winger telling reporters that the club \u201chas thrown me under the bus\u201d.<\/p>\n Why is Pep Guardiola leaving Manchester City?<\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t ask me the reasons I\u2019m leaving. There is no reason, but \u2060deep inside, I know it\u2019s my time,\u201d Guardiola said in a statement when confirming what City fans had been fearing.<\/p>\n