West Brom beat Spurs as Stoke relegated

Jake Livermore kept alive West Bromwich Albion's slender hope of avoiding relegation as his last-gasp strike clinched a dramatic 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur, while Stoke City were relegated after a 2-1 defeat against Crystal Palace Saturday. Albion knew only three points at the Hawthorns would be enough to stave off relegation for a few hours at least. With Darren Moore's side just minutes away from dropping into the Championship, Livermore sparked wild celebration when the midfielder prodded home after a goal-mouth scramble two minutes into stoppage time. Incredibly, Albion were on the brink of relegation again just hours later when fellow struggler Southampton took a second-half lead through Nathan Redmond at Everton. But, with just seconds left in stoppage time, Tom Davies' deflected strike rescued a 1-1 draw for Everton and saved West Brom from being relegated for now. West Brom, owned by Chinese entrepreneur are two points from safety with one game left as they fight to extend their eight-season stay in the Premier League.

Normally I like to celebrate when I score but I’d like to apologise to Stoke City and their fans, I wish my goal didn’t relegate you, but you’ll be back soon! Great club with great fans ??

— Patrick van Aanholt (@pvanaanholt) May 5, 2018

Albion's last game of the season is at Palace next Sunday, but they will go down if there is a winner between third-bottom Swansea City and fourth-bottom Southampton at the Liberty Stadium Tuesday. A draw would take the relegation battle down to the last weekend. Since replacing the sacked Alan Pardew in early April, Moore has masterminded a significant improvement in Albion's form. Wins over Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham, as well as a draw against Champions League finalist Liverpool, have kept them dreaming of an epic escape act. Southampton, who had Japanese defender Maya Yoshida sent off in the 86th minute, were crushed by Davies' late intervention. But Mark Hughes' side do climb out of the relegation zone, sitting above Swansea on goal difference heading into that crunch clash in midweek.

BREAKING: Stoke City are relegated from the Premier League pic.twitter.com/K4AJCqEF5Q

— B/R Football (@brfootball) May 5, 2018

Huddersfield Town, two points above the bottom three, are also in trouble as they prepare to face champion Manchester City Sunday. Fourth-placed Tottenham's defeat leaves them five points ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea, who can close the gap in the race to qualify for the Champions League if they beat Liverpool Sunday. At the bet365 Stadium, Stoke had hope of staying up when Xherdan Shaqiri scored with a 43rd-minute free-kick. But James McArthur equalised in the 68th minute and Patrick van Aanholt slotted in Palace's winner with four minutes left. Paul Lambert's side are bottom, three points from safety, with only one game remaining. Stoke have spent 10 seasons in the Premier League, but a run of 13 games without a victory ensured that streak will come to an end.

And that extraordinary finish means that West Bromwich Albion still retain hopes of #PL survival

— Premier League (@premierleague) May 5, 2018

Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland was in tears at the final whistle and City fans were just as emotional as the realisation of their team's relegation sank in. Hundreds left in the closing minutes before those that remained sang "City till I die" in a defiant rallying cry. The blame for Stoke's predicament lies jointly with Lambert and Hughes, who was sacked in January after a wretched run culminated with an embarrassing FA Cup third round defeat against fourth-tier Coventry City. Hughes could suffer the indignity of having a role in two relegations in one season as his Southampton side are in trouble themselves. Swansea missed a chance to boost their survival bid as Bournemouth won 1-0 at Dean Court. Ryan Fraser blasted home with a quick free-kick from the edge of the area in the 37th minute.

2⃣5⃣0⃣ Spurs appearances for @JanVertonghen! ? ?? pic.twitter.com/U6NyKqSpk1

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) May 5, 2018

Carlos Carvalhal's side have gone seven games without a win. West Ham United won 2-0 at Leicester City, while Watford beat Newcastle 2-1.RESULTSBournemouth 1 (Fraser 37) Swansea 0Everton 1 (Davies 90+5) Southampton 1 (Redmond 56)Leicester 0 West Ham 2 (Mario 34, Noble 64)Stoke 1 (Shaqiri 43) Palace 2 (McArthur 68, Van Aanholt 86)Watford 2 (Pereyra 2, Gray 28) Newcastle 1 (Perez 55)West Brom 1 (Livermore 90+2) Tottenham 0 SUNDAY'S MATCHESMan City v Huddersfield, Arsenal v Burnley and Chelsea v Liverpool POINTS TABLETeams P W D L GD PtsMan City 35 30 3 2 76 93 Man Utd 36 24 5 7 39 77Liverpool 36 20 12 4 43 72Tottenham 36 21 8 7 36 71Chelsea 35 20 6 9 26 66Arsenal 35 17 6 12 19 57