Before round 38, Liverpool and Chelsea are still competing for a remaining spot in the top 4 of the Premier League. The 2-point gap between the two sides makes Liverpool not allowed to stumble at Anfield if they want to keep 4th place.
At home at Anfield, fielding the strongest squad, Liverpool dominated the game compared to visitors Brighton. After a few recent shorts, Salah found his scoring touch again with the opening goal in the 26th minute. A few minutes before the break, Liverpool doubled the gap with a shot from center back Dejan lovren.
Good form was maintained by coach Jurgen Klopp's students in the second half. Salah assisted Dominic Solanke to score his first Premier League goal for Liverpool in the 53rd minute.
Moreover, despite having the pillars down in the final minutes, Liverpool still scored more goals. The striker was Andrew Robertson. 4-0 was the final score of this match.
Despite having to win to keep their hopes of qualifying for next season's UEFA Champions League alive, Chelsea had a disappointing match at St James's Park. The better attacking team in this match was Newcastle.
Dwight gayle's close-range header opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. In the second half, Ayoze Perez scored twice in a few minutes to lead the Magpies to 3-0 when the match had gone nearly 20 minutes.
Coach Conte's late changes to the attack line have not brought any results. Chelsea had to accept a humiliating defeat on the closing day of the season.
Therefore, the place to participate in the UEFA Champions League finally belonged to Liverpool. In addition, their striker Mohamed Salah has won the "Golden Shoe" this season with 32 goals. This is the best scoring record by a player since the Premier League with 38 matches/season.
In the bottom group, Swansea still have some hope of staying in the Premier League when they are 3 points behind the 17th-placed team - Southampton before this round.
However, Swansea lost 1-2 at home to Liberty City against Stoke City. Andy King opened the scoring for the home team but Ndiaye and Peter Crouch brought victory to Stoke City. The "Gunners"' goal was also the 1,000th goal of the Premier League this season.
For that reason, the 0-1 loss to Man City did not affect Southampton's relegation. Swansea, Stoke City and West Brom are the three names that have to say goodbye to the Premier League after this season.
