West Ham United have been relegated while Tottenham survived on an emotional final day of the Premier League season when Pep Guardiola and Mohamed Salah made their exits after record-breaking spells in English football.<\/p>\n
West Ham beat Leeds 3-0 but that wasn\u2019t enough to climb out of the relegation zone because fourth-from-bottom Tottenham also won, 1-0 at home to Everton, which meant they stayed two points clear of their London rivals.<\/p>\n
Joao Palhinha scored Tottenham\u2019s winner in the 43rd minute and Spurs defended stoutly to stop Everton scoring the two goals that would have kept West Ham up. A brilliant diving save in stoppage time by goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was met with huge sighs of relief around Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, as it basically guaranteed Spurs\u2019 Premier League status for another year.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter a bad season like this one, we showed up as a collective and had amazing support from the fans,\u201d Palhinha said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club will grow up with this season and we know what we have to do in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Passion from the boss \ud83d\ude4c pic.twitter.com\/hubjKJPNQI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n While there were huge celebrations from the Tottenham players and coaching stuff, the cold hard truth is that the club has now finished 17th for consecutive seasons, something that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.<\/p>\n Recently-hired manager Roberto De Zerbi suggested a mass cleanout could be on the cards, saying<\/a>, \u201cFrom tonight, we have to start to organise and to build a new team. I think we have not to change too many players.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have 10, 11, 12 players good enough to stay. And then we have to complete the squad with first level of players.<\/p>\n \u201cMy target is to start the pre-season with the team I have in my dream, in my head.\u201d<\/p>\n COYS \ud83d\udcaa pic.twitter.com\/XFgaPC4NSB<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n That could spell trouble for many of the players who underperformed so much this season, but Premier League legend Gary Neville preferred to put a microscope on those who run Tottenham, not mincing words as he witnessed the celebrations after full-time.<\/p>\n \u201cIs it too far to say that they\u2019ve been pathetic? That they should be ashamed of themselves? Probably not,\u201d Neville said, per Sky Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s got to be a massive reset; there\u2019s got to be an autopsy that goes really deep right the way through the club.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re owners of a football club \u2013 and I\u2019m an owner of a football club \u2013 sometimes you have to start by looking in the mirror yourself.<\/p>\n \u201cSuccess sometimes doesn\u2019t come in a football club because of the decisions that you [the owner] make, because of what you do. Not because of what the fans, what the players, or what the coaches do.\u201d<\/p>\n Regardless, Tottenham\u2019s win over Everton meant West Ham\u2019s 14-year stay in the Premier League was over and Spurs, who won three of their last five games under De Zerbi, will be in the top division for a 49th straight season.<\/p>\n Words from Jarrod after full-time. pic.twitter.com\/DRADfULfk9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 West Ham United (@WestHam) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be in the position we\u2019re in but we\u2019ve found ourselves in it and we\u2019ve not done enough to stay up,\u201d West Ham captain Jarrod Bowen admitted.<\/p>\n \u201cHurt is the only thing.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis club deserves to be in the Premier League. Our aim now is to get this club back into the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Guardiola\u2019s decade-long tenure at Manchester City \u2013 which has included six Premier League titles among 17 major trophies \u2013 ended with a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa which featured a mid-match guard of honour for first Bernardo Silva and then John Stones, two of Guardiola\u2019s stalwarts.<\/p>\n And Salah was given a standing ovation \u2013 before he kissed the Anfield turf \u2013 during his second-half substitution in his 442nd and last game for Liverpool, in which he grabbed an assist in a 1-1 draw with Brentford. The Egypt winger finished his nine years with the Reds with 257 goals.<\/p>\n An emotional Mohamed Salah takes in \u2018You\u2019ll Never Walk Alone\u2019 one last time alongside his kids \ud83d\ude2d\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n Liverpool legend \ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n \u21b3 Premier League. Live & On Demand with 4K on Football\u2019s New Home, Stan Sport. Stream now.#StanSportAU<\/a> #PremierLeague<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Y7mv4v4yJW<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stan Sport Football (@StanSportFC) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n Arsenal had already clinched the title and closed their first championship-winning campaign since 2004 with a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n For the first time in 22 years, @Arsenal<\/a> lift the Premier League trophy. \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udd34 \ud83d\udca5 pic.twitter.com\/9WmZWEK7SG<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Premier League (@premierleague) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Mikel Arteta gets lifted by his team during Arsenal’s celebrations! \ud83d\ude05 pic.twitter.com\/F77rRjYYif<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n In the final shake-up for European qualification, Bournemouth and Sunderland finished sixth and seventh, respectively, to get into the Europa League while Brighton ended eighth to reach the Conference League.<\/p>\n Brighton lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United, for whom Bruno Fernandes scored and bagged a record-setting 21st assist of the season.<\/p>\n Sunderland, who beat Chelsea 2-1, will be in Europe for the first time in 53 years \u2014 a remarkable achievement for a team in their first season back in the top division and which were in the third tier as recently as 2022.<\/p>\n Chelsea, on the contrary, missed out on European competition entirely after finishing in 10th place \u2014 10 months after winning the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n Manchester City striker Erling Haaland won the Golden Boot as top scorer in the Premier League on Sunday for the third time in his four seasons in English soccer.<\/p>\n Pep Guardiola couldn\u2019t hold back his tears as he substituted fan-favourite Bernardo Silva \ud83e\udd7a<\/p>\n The Manchester City legend left the pitch to a standing ovation.<\/p>\n \u21b3 Premier League. Live & On Demand with 4K on Football\u2019s New Home, Stan Sport. Stream now.#StanSportAU<\/a> #PremierLeague<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/e6lpZCOHgf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Stan Sport Football (@StanSportFC) May 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The Norway international didn\u2019t feature at all in City\u2019s final game of the campaign againsat Villa and finished on 27 goals, five more than Brentford striker Igor Thiago in the list of top scorers.<\/p>\n No other player in the league reached 20 goals.<\/p>\n