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Arsenal beat Villa to snatch second place from Spurs

Manchester City drew 1-1 at Swansea City to finish fourth in the Premier League and Arsenal overhauled their arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur to come second on a dramatic final day of the season on Sunday.
After Manchester United’s game against Bournemouth was abandoned due to a security alert at Old Trafford, Arsenal crushed relegated Aston Villa 4-0 and Spurs capitulated 5-1 at 10-man Newcastle United to blow their chance of finishing above their neighbours for the first time since 1995.
Champions Leicester City drew 1-1 at Chelsea to end the campaign 10 points ahead of the chasing pack, another staggering achievement in a remarkable season for Claudio Ranieri’s team.
Manchester City needed a point to make sure of claiming the final Champions League qualifying spot but their game at Swansea started in a strange atmosphere caused by the events at Old Trafford. Two stands were evacuated 20 minutes before kickoff and the game was abandoned shortly before the scheduled 1400 GMT start. A controlled explosion was later carried out on a suspect package.
Manchester City made the perfect start when Kelechi Iheanacho fired them ahead after five minutes. Swansea equalised on the stroke of halftime through Andre Ayew’s deflected free kick and the visitors endured a few nervy moments in Manuel Pellegrini’s last match in charge before celebrating the point they needed.
Spurs, Leicester’s closest challengers in the last few weeks, endured a dismal afternoon at relegated Newcastle.
Georginio Wijnaldum and Aleksandar Mitrovic put the hosts 2-0 up at halftime before Erik Lamela pulled one back.
Mitrovic was shown a straight red card for a dangerous foul but Wijnaldum scored his second from the penalty spot and Rolando Aarons and Daryl Janmaat completed the scoring at St James’ Park.
Arsenal took an early lead against Villa through Olivier Giroud and the French striker added two late goals to complete his hat-trick before Mark Bunn’s stoppage-time own goal completed the rout.
Cesc Fabregas’s second-half penalty for Chelsea looked set to condemn Leicester to only their fourth defeat of the season but Danny Drinkwater rescued a point for the champions with a stunning long-distance strike.
Southampton climbed to fifth with a 4-1 victory over FA Cup finalists Crystal Palace and West Ham United’s hopes of a top-six finish ended following a 2-1 loss at Stoke City.
TOP SCORERS
25 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)          
24 Jamie Vardy (Leicester City), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)         
18 Romelu Lukaku (Everton)
17 Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)           
16 Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)                
15 Jermain Defoe (Sunderland), Odion Ighalo (Watford)
13 Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal), Troy Deeney (Watford)
12 Diego Costa (Chelsea), Andre Ayew (Swansea City)               
11 Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United), Sadio Mane (Southampton), Graziano Pelle (Southampton), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea City)
10 Roberto Firmino (Liverpool), Shane Long (Southampton), Dele Alli
(Tottenham Hotspur)

I want to stay at Chelsea: Terry
Captain John Terry told Chelsea’s fans he wanted to stay at the club during an emotional address following their 1-1 draw with Premier League champions Leicester City. Terry, 35, announced in January that he would be leaving at the end of the season due to the club’s failure to offer him a new contract.
But Chelsea performed a U-turn this week by announcing that Terry has been offered a new one-year deal and while he stopped short of saying that he would accept it, he suggested that he saw his immediate future at Stamford Bridge.
“We all want the same thing,” Terry told fans during an on-pitch speech. “I’ve said that. I want to stay. The club knows that, the fans know that.” Terry has made 703 appearances for Chelsea, putting him third in the club’s all-time list, and is their most successful captain, having won four league titles, five FA Cups, three League Cups, the Champions League and the Europa League during his 18 years in the first team. The former England captain missed Chelsea’s last two games of the season through suspension, but he was present at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as fans chanted “John Terry, we want you to stay!” and held up signs showing “26”, his squad number. In his speech, he paid tribute to Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri, his former boss at Chelsea, and Guus Hiddink, who has come to the end of his second stint as the London club’s interim manager. “First and foremost I’d like to wish Claudio Ranieri and Leicester congratulations. I’m delighted that Leicester have won it and Tottenham haven’t,” Terry said, to roars from the home fans. “This has been a difficult season and we are where we deserve to be in the league (10th). The fans have stuck with us. Thank you. “I can assure you we’ll be back fighting for this title next year. On a personal note this has been tough for me, very emotional.”

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