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SOC:West Ham down, Spurs survive on dramatic EPL final day

West Ham United have been relegated while Tottenham survived on an emotional final day of the Premier League season when Pep Guardiola and Mohamed Salah made their exits after record-breaking spells in English soccer.

West Ham beat Leeds 3-0 but that wasn't enough to climb out of the relegation zone because fourth-from-bottom Tottenham also won, 1-0 at home to Everton, which meant they stayed two points clear of their London rivals.

That meant West Ham's 14-year stay in the Premier League was over and Spurs, who won three of their last five games under recently-hired boss Roberto De Zerbi, will be in the top division for a 49th straight season.

Meanwhile, Guardiola's decade-long tenure at Manchester City — which has included six Premier League titles among 17 major trophies — ended with a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa which featured a mid-match guard of honour for first Bernardo Silva and then John Stones, two of Guardiola's stalwarts.

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