The Last Day of the Premier League, ManCity & Salah Ukir Rekor

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Two records broke down on the final day of the English Premier League season on Sunday when Manchester City won 1-0 over Southampton to make them the first team to score 100 points, and Mohamed Salah carved out a new English Premier League record as Liverpool secured a top four spot.

Despite the defeat by conceding a goal ahead of the game, Southampton can still celebrate their survival in the Premier League where Swansea City, who lost 2-1 at Stoke City, were relegated, while Tottenham Hotspur won 5-4 over Leicester City.

On a day of separation, where more than half of the managers leave or have questions about their future and some players end their careers with their respective clubs, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger closed his season with a 1-0 victory at Hudersfield headquarters.

Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, who is expected to leave after the FA Cup final next week, sees his team fall 0-3 at Newcastle United headquarters.
Manchester City's season looks to end with an unbelievable achievement after they failed to register a single shot on goal in the first half at St. Mary's.
Not many chances are created but City's glorious season ends with another brilliant individual pieces of action, in which Gabriel Jesus packs a mere puppet goal in the 94th minute to spark a massive celebration.

In addition to carving out new records as the all-time highest points collector in the Premier League, City also incised a new milestone for goals in the English League (106), victory (32), and points advantage of second-ranked team (19).
At Anfield, they also wrote a record book after Salah opened his team's lead at home to Brighton and Hove Albion with his 32nd goal of the season.
It was a new engraving for a player who underwent a season with 38 matches, surpassing Alan Shearer's record of 31 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suarez.

Dejan Lovren added a second before Dominco Solanke and Andy Robertson recorded their first goals for the club in a 4-0 win earned by the Reds.
There was another good news for Liverpool and England when Adam Lallana came on for 20 minutes, his first appearance since the end of March.

Kane's two-goal Kane made his best effort to catch Salah in the Premier League scorers list, scoring twice as the Spurs defeated Leicester, a game where they twice missed. The victory confirmed Spurs finished in third place.
At the bottom of the league, Swansea grabbed a lead over Stoke despite their late afternoon turning grimly as their seven-year stint in the English Premier League ended in a game that was expected to be the last match of manager Carlos Carvalhal at the club.

Badou Ndiaye and Peter Crouch are goalscorers for Stoke, who will join "The Swans" in next season's Championship.
Angel Rangel and Leon Britten made their farewell after a respectable career for Swansea, and there were more emotions at Huddersfield headquarters where Arsenal manager Wenger finished his job after his 1.235 match.
The home side gave the Frenchman a special shirt at the celebration and, fortunately, Pierre-Emerick Aubaeyang scored to end Arsenal's penultimate away record which left them victorious for a year.

Manchester United player Michael Carrick became another figure who completed his career at Old Trafford, where the hosts won 1-0 at Watford to cement their second place.
Elsewhere, Everton and former West Ham manager Sam Allardyce, whose position is unsafe, reached themselves ridiculed by the fans when The Hammers sealed the season with a 3-1 win.
Burnley lost 1-2 from Bournemouth, where the West Bromwich Albion season ended in a 0-2 defeat at the mark