Man City Win Historic Fourth Straight Premier League Title

Manchester City created English football history on Sunday, beating West Ham 3-1 to win their fourth straight Premier League title and break Arsenal's hearts as Jurgen Klopp made an emotional Liverpool exit.

Phil Foden scored two early goals at an expectant Etihad to lay the foundations for the victory.

West Ham's Mohammed Kudus pulled one back with a spectacular overhead kick to give Arsenal renewed hope but Rodri struck just before the hour to effectively wrap up the title.

Arsenal started the day two points behind their rivals and praying for a miracle to deny City their coronation, knowing that a win against Everton would not be enough if the champions prevailed on home turf.

The Gunners, without a Premier League title since 2004, came from a goal down to beat Everton 2-1 but had to content themselves with second in the table for a second straight season.

City, who have now won six titles in seven years, stand alone as the only English team to have won four straight top-flight titles, eclipsing the achievements of the great Liverpool and Manchester United teams of the past.

"When I moved here, if someone had said I would win six leagues in seven seasons I would say you're insane -- no way," said City manager Pep Guardiola.

"All these players for Manchester United and Liverpool and Chelsea, all these teams. Now is our period. We are part of that."

Elsewhere on the final day of the Premier League season, Luton's relegation was confirmed with a 4-2 loss at home to Fulham. They will join Burnley and Sheffield United in the Championship next season.

Tottenham beat Sheffield United 3-0 to seal fifth spot and a place in next season's Europa League while Chelsea guaranteed a sixth-place finish and European football with a 2-1 win against Bournemouth.

Newcastle's 4-2 win at Brentford condemned Manchester United to an eighth-place finish -- their lowest since 1990.

Erik ten Hag's men, who beat Brighton 2-0 in Roberto De Zerbi's last game in charge of the south coast club, have a chance to salvage something from a disastrous season in next week's FA Cup final against City but if they lose that they will miss out on European football.

Foden, 23, has enjoyed his most impressive season yet for City, taking his tally to 27 goals in all competitions on Sunday, together with 11 assists.

The England man opened the scoring on Sunday after just 79 seconds with a vicious left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, settling nerves among the home fans. He then stroked the ball into the net in the 18th minute after an assist from Jeremy Doku.

City appeared to have one hand on the trophy and news then filtered through that Everton had taken the lead at Arsenal, leaving Mikel Arteta's men needing an unlikely sequence of events to come out on top.

But the title race came alive again within the space of a few minutes when Takehiro Tomiyasu side-footed home to level at the Emirates before Kudus pulled one back for West Ham.

The atmosphere became more subdued at the Etihad but the visitors rarely threatened again in David Moyes's final game in charge and Rodri's goal in the 59th minute ultimately made the game safe.

Kai Havertz scored a late winner for Arsenal to take them to 89 points, two behind City after 38 games.

Arteta gave a rousing speech to the fans in the immediate aftermath of the match, urging them to crave more.

"All this is happening because you started believing, you started to be patient and started to understand what we tried to do," he said.

"All the credit has to go to the players and the staff. Don't be satisfied. We want much more than that and we're going to get it."

Klopp ended his Liverpool reign with a 2-0 win against Wolves but the match was merely a sideshow as the fans paid a warm tribute to a manager who has transformed the club since arriving in 2015.

"It doesn't feel like an end," the German told the crowd. "It just feels like a start. Today I saw a football team play full of talent, youth, creativity, desire, greed. That's one part of development, that's what you need, obviously."

He added: "We have this wonderful stadium, training centre and you -- the superpower of world football. Wow."