Newcastle managed to cling on to their Champions League dream by the skin of their teeth despite Charly Alcaraz heading Everton to Premier League victory at St James' Park on the final day of the season.
Alcaraz’s 65th-minute strike secured a 1-0 win on Tyneside and that, coupled with Chelsea’s win at Nottingham Forest and 10-man Aston Villa’s 2-0 defeat at Manchester United, left the Magpies in fifth place on goal difference.
Chelsea booked their return to the Champions League with a 1-0 win at Forest, who fell heartbreakingly short in their own quest for the promised land but will compete in the Conference League.
Levi Colwill's goal early in the second half decided what was effectively a Premier League top-five shoot-out at the City Ground, meaning the Blues will be back in the top tier of European football again after two seasons away.
They could complete a historic season in Enzo Maresca’s first year in charge if they can beat Real Betis in Wednesday’s Europa Conference League final, where they are aiming to become the first team to win all three UEFA competitions.
Chelsea won at Forest to secure a place in the top five
Ilkay Gundogan's stunning overhead kick and Erling Haaland's second-half penalty fired Manchester City to a 2-0 win against Fulham and qualification for next season’s Champions League.
City required just one point at Craven Cottage to guarantee a top-five finish, and Gundogan put them in the driving seat with his sensational opener after 21 minutes.
Fulham created a series of good chances, but Haaland made sure of the victory with 18 minutes remaining as City secured a third-placed finish with Fulham dropping one spot to 11th.
Manchester United's worst season in 51 years ended with a 2-0 win against 10-man Villa, who saw their Champions League hopes go up in smoke in controversial fashion at Old Trafford.
Wednesday’s meek Europa League final loss to Tottenham in Bilbao compounded the Red Devils’ wretched campaign, ending their hopes of silverware and European qualification in the process.
United returned to action with the bit between their teeth and dominated for the most part against Villa, with Amad Diallo’s header and the departing Christian Eriksen’s spot-kick sealing a 2-0 victory.
Their 11th win of a woeful Premier League campaign means the hosts finish 15th, while Unai Emery’s men have to settle for sixth and Europa League football next term.
They will be joined in that competition by FA Cup winners Crystal Palace, who gave Liverpool a guard of honour and were given one back before drawing 1-1 ahead of the Merseysiders being presented with the Premier League trophy.
Europa League winners Tottenham were brought back down to earth with a 4-1 home loss to Brighton on the final day of the season.
Dominic Solanke put Spurs ahead after 17 minutes to continue the feel-good factor after Wednesday's 1-0 win over Manchester United in Bilbao ended a 17-year wait for silverware.
With uncertainty over the future of Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou, the Australian would have been eager to end a horrid domestic campaign with one final victory, but Jack Hinshelwood struck twice in quick succession after the break for the visitors.
It was followed by a late third by Matt O’Riley’s penalty before Diego Gomez struck a superb fourth in stoppage time to help Brighton finish eighth, but that was not enough to secure European football.
Defeat for Spurs meant they recorded a lowest ever Premier League finish of 17th, but the full-time whistle was blown with home supporters waving flags and singing for the team following their European triumph.
Kieran Tierney signed off from his six-year stay at Arsenal with a goal in a 2-1 win against Southampton at St Mary's as relegated Saints set a new record for Premier League defeats.
No side in the competition had ever lost 30 in a season but Martin Odegaard’s drilled finish into the corner in the 89th minute sent them back to the Championship with a final humiliation to go with their meagre 12-point tally, on the day that new boss Will Still was unveiled to home fans.
The outgoing manager of Lens in Ligue 1 watched his new team from the stands and will have been encouraged when Ross Stewart scored his first goal for the club to equalise against the side that a for a third year in a row finished second.
For Mikel Arteta, seated nearby as he served a one-match ban, he was left to reflect on a campaign in which his side fell 17 points short of last season’s tally.
It will not have escaped Arteta that the 89 points the Gunners finished with 12 months ago would have been comfortably enough to win this season's title.
West Ham saw off Ipswich 3-1 with goals from Jarrod Bowen and Mohammed Kudus after Nathan Broadhead had cancelled out James Ward-Prowse's first goal in 12 months, while a second-half brace from Antoine Semenyo saw Bournemouth beat relegated Leicester 2-0.
Marshall Munetsi hit a 75th-minute equaliser for Wolves in a 1-1 draw at home to Brentford.