Liverpool set up a dramatic final-day battle to qualify for the Champions League with a vital 3-0 win at Burnley, while Tottenham’s bid to reach the Europa League suffered a blow in a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa on Wednesday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side moved into fourth place in the Premier League thanks to goals from Roberto Firmino, Nathaniel Phillips and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Liverpool are above fifth-placed Leicester on goal difference, with the Reds on +24 and the Foxes on +20.
If Liverpool win their final game at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday, they should finish in the top four and salvage a difficult campaign that saw them tamely surrender the title to Manchester City.
Leicester host Tottenham on Sunday, while third-placed Chelsea, one point above Liverpool, travel to Aston Villa.
Firmino put Liverpool on course for their fourth consecutive victory with a clinical finish from Andy Robertson’s 43rd minute cross.
Phillips got the second goal in the 52nd minute with a header from Sadio Mane’s cross for his first goal for the club.
Oxlade-Chamberlain lashed in Liverpool’s third in the 88th minute.
“We had to win the ‘semi-final’ and we did. Nothing is decided yet but we improved our position and we have the final,” Klopp said.
“That’s what we needed. It’s what we deserve because this was a top performance.”
Fifth and sixth place finishes secure a spot in next season’s Europa League, while seventh place brings entry into a play-off for the new Europa Conference League.
Tottenham will have to wait until their last game of the season to discover their European destiny.
A second defeat in their last three games left them in seventh place, level on points with eighth-placed Everton and three points behind sixth-placed West Ham.
They will have to beat Leicester and hope West Ham lose to Southampton to pip their London rivals on goal difference.