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Defeat for Newcastle at Arsenal, coupled with wins for teams below them, means there's just one point separating third from seventh - and that will remain the case if Manchester City fail to win their game in hand on Tuesday.

Three of those teams currently between third and seventh will join Liverpool and Arsenal in taking a seat at Europe's top table next season.

They will be joined by one of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, who sit in the bottom half but will face off in the Europa League final.

For some of those clubs, this summer's transfer business will hinge on which European competition they find themselves in next season.

And that final isn't the only potential winner-take-all tie, with the fixture computer throwing up a final-day league game between Nottingham Forest - currently seventh - and a Chelsea side just a point above them.

In contrast to the league uncertainty, Crystal Palace know they will play in the Europa League next season.

The Eagles surprised Manchester City to reach the FA Cup final, though the fall-out from that game continues - especially concerning a particular red card decision.

Weekend reaction and transfer talk dominate the headlines as we enter the final week of the season.

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“To win the FA Cup you always need a bit of luck too, and perhaps they got that with the decision not to send off goalkeeper Dean Henderson for his handball outside his box when Erling Haaland ran through in the first half," former England star Shearer said.

"They got away with one there, because if I am a City player then I want that to be a red card and it probably should have been, but there was no luck about the saves Henderson made, including Omar Marmoush's penalty, and he was another of their heroes."

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