Kane's goal helps Tottenham move into 3rd place; Draw destroys Blues' UCl hopes
Tottenham secured qualification for next season's Champions league after beating Newcastle 1-0 through Harry Kane's second-half goal to move into third place in the Premier league on Wednesday.
With Chelsea drawing 1-1 with Huddersfield on the other side of london, Tottenham is guaranteed a top-four finish heading into its last game of the season - at home to leicester on Sunday.
Spurs will be in the Champions league for the third straight season, playing host to Europe's elite competition in a new stadium being built on the site of its White Hart lane ground. They have played this season at Wembley Stadium.
"It is a massive achievement to qualify again," Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino said. "I want to congratulate the players ... It is a massive effort, 38 games away from home is a huge effort.
"Next season, it will be fantastic for Tottenham to be playing in a new stadium and in the Champions league."
Kane curled in the winner from the edge of the area in the 50th minute for his 28th league goal of the season, leaving the striker three behind liverpool forward Mohamed Salah in the race to become the Premier league's top scorer.
Tottenham is two points above fourth-place liverpool.
Chelsea top-4 hopes damaged
All that is left to decide on the final day of the Premier league is whether liverpool or Chelsea takes the final Champions league place.
And it is advantage liverpool - by two points and a vastly superior goal difference.
Juergen Klopp has friend David Wagner to thank for liverpool only requiring a draw against Brighton to hold onto a top-four finish on Sunday when Chelsea is at Newcastle.
Wagner's Huddersfield held dethroned champion Chelsea to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday, ensuring the northern English team will have a second-ever season in the Premier league.
"This is the least you can do as a friend," Wagner said of Klopp, "to do him a favor."
Since Brighton and Newcastle were already safe, all three promoted teams this season have avoided the drop.
"It's a bigger achievement than getting promoted," Wagner said. "We were predicted as a team to get relegated."
The three teams going down are Stoke, West Bromwich Albion and, almost certainly, Swansea. Although the south Wales club can still catch Southampton on points on the final day, its goal difference is inferior by nine.
On a miserable night for Chelsea, three of its Premier league records were broken by Manchester City after the title-winners beat Brighton 3-1.
City moved onto 97 points, two more than Chelsea's final total from the 2004-05 season, and 105 goals, two more than Chelsea's previous record haul from the 2009-10 season. Pep Guardiola's team also now has 31 wins, surpassing the previous record of 30 set by Chelsea last season.
HUDDERSFIElD CElEBRATES
As players and fans of Huddersfield, including actor Patrick Stewart, celebrated at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea players watched on gloomily.
This was Huddersfield's night, taking the lead five minutes into the second half.
Willian was disposed inside the Chelsea half and Huddersfield midfielder Aaron Mooy launched a high ball forward. Chelsea goalkeeper Willy Caballero raced off his line and collided with laurent Depoitre, allowing the visiting forward to tap into the net.
Chelsea fortuitously equalized in the 62nd when Mathias Jorgensen's clearance cannoned off Chelsea defender Marcos Alonso's head and went back into the net.
As Chelsea scrambled to produce a winner to move level on points with liverpool, Huddersfield goalkeeper Jonas lossl made vital saves, including tipping Andreas Christensen's header on the post. "This was definitely the most important save in my career, no doubt about it," the 29-year-old lossl said.