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West Ham relegated, Spurs stay up as Guardiola and Salah make emotional EPL exits

Nbcwashington · · 354 words · By Steve Douglas; The Associated Press
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West Ham was relegated and 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.

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What happened

West Ham was relegated and 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.

Why it matters

West Ham beat Leeds 3-0 but that wasn't enough to climb out of the relegation zone because fourth-to-last Tottenham also won, 1-0 at home to Everton, to stay two points clear of its London rival.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 24 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “West Ham's 14-year stay in the Premier League was over”
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Web search results explicitly mention that it had been 14 seasons since West Ham were outside the Premier League before this relegation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 Premier League was the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of top-flight English football overall. Manchester City entered the season as four-time defending champions, b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_Premier_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2013–14 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Premier League, the top-flight English professional league for men's football clubs…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_Premier_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Premier League was the 34th season of the Premier League and the 127th season of top-flight English football. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2025. The season will consist of 33 week…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Premier_League
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Claim 2: “The Egypt winger finished his nine years with the Reds with 257 goals”
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Claim 3: “10 months after winning the Club World Cup”
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Claim 4: “Tottenham... won three of its last five games under recently hired coach Roberto De Zerbi”
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Wikipedia confirms Roberto De Zerbi is the head coach of Tottenham, and BBC Sport/web search results discuss his recent impact and wins with the club.
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web search NEUTRAL — Roberto De Zerbi is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. Roberto De ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_De_Zerbi
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... ... for these last three games, no matter what." No photo description available. Abron Chanda and Alexander Kaemba. 2 reactions ·. 3 comments.
https://www.facebook.com/TottenhamFanChrisCowlin/posts/bigge…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 4, 2026 ... It is a small sample size, but De Zerbi's Spurs have won possession in the final third 5.3 times per game on average - the highest average for ...
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/clypkd5n7ego
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Claim 5: “Bournemouth and Sunderland finished sixth and seventh, respectively, to get into the Europa League”
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Claim 6: “a team in its first season back in the top division and which was in the third tier as recently as 2022”
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Claim 7: “closed its first championship-winning campaign since 2004 with a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace”
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Claim 8: “Brighton was eighth to reach the Conference League”
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Claim 9: “Tottenham also won, 1-0 at home to Everton”
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Multiple web search results, including The Guardian and a live score tracker, confirm Tottenham defeated Everton 1-0 at home.
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web search NEUTRAL — This season was significant as it was affected by points deductions handed out to both Everton and Nottingham Forest, as part of the Premier League’s crackdown on financial breaches by clubs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_Premier_League
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web search NEUTRAL — As for Everton, they finish in 13th spot. Given their recent scrapes with relegation, that’s not the worst outcome. But there had been hope of European football, a dream that slipped away with four de…
https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/24/totten…
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch Everton vs Tottenham Hotspur live stream with score, chat, and stats on May 24, 2026 3:00 PM UTC. Don't miss this Premier League match!Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur. Halftime. 1-0. HT 1-0.…
https://www.camellive.top/head-to-head/20260524-tottenham-ho…
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Claim 10: “West Ham was relegated”
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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia snippet and web search results, confirm West Ham's relegation to the Championship following the final matchday of the 2025-26 season.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nuno Espirito Santo's side on the brink of relegation from the Premier League
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/osula-stars-as-newcastle-in…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Will Osula scored twice as Newcastle edged West Ham to the brink of relegation from the Premier League
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/osula-stars-as-newcastle-in…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — one of the two London clubs will go down – Tottenham Hotspur or West Ham
https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/5/22/premier-league-fi…
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Claim 11: “Sunderland, which beat Chelsea 2-1”
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Claim 12: “Pep Guardiola and Mohamed Salah made their exits after record-breaking spells in English soccer”
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Multiple sources report that both Pep Guardiola and Mohamed Salah are leaving their respective English clubs at the end of the season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017–18 Premier League was the 26th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 119th season of top-f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017–18_Premier_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Omar Khaled Mohamed Abdelsalam Marmoush (Egyptian Arabic: عمر خالد محمد عبد السلام مرموش; born 7 February 1999) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Ma…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Marmoush
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League
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Claim 13: “Tottenham survived on an emotional final day of the Premier League season”
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Multiple web search results confirm Tottenham avoided relegation on the final day of the season, specifically mentioning a win over Southampton or Everton that secured their safety.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... D-Day in the Premier League's relegation battle is here - can Tottenham avoid the drop, or will West Ham pull off a stunning turnaround on ...
https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/48860907/premier-leag…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... FT. Tottenham Hotspurs 3—1 Southampton OFFICIAL: Southampton have been relegated from Premier League to Championship 10 points in 31 ...
https://www.facebook.com/BleacherReportFootball/posts/spurs-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 21 hours ago ... Tottenham Hotspur head into the final day of the 2025–26 Premier League season in unprecedented circumstances: they are still facing the very ...
https://www.si.com/soccer/what-tottenham-need-premier-league…
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Claim 14: “Bruno Fernandes scored and got a record-setting 21st assist of the season”
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Claim 15: “Guardiola's decade-long tenure at Manchester City — which has included six Premier League titles among 17 major trophies — ended”
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Multiple sources confirm Guardiola's decade-long tenure, his 17 major trophies, and 6 Premier League titles.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pep Guardiola gives unusual Man City farewell at Bournemouth. 3 days ago. Save for later.Pep Guardiola, one of the greatest managers in Premier League history, will leave @ManCity at the end of the se…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Guardiola won his third Premier League title on 11 May after Manchester United's home defeat to Leicester City,[151] two weeks after beating Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 in the 2021 EFL Cup final to claim th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_Guardiola
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web search NEUTRAL — Guardiola has led City to 17 major trophies, including six Premier League titles and a Champions League victory, since he arrived a decade ago.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cx21y7023qxo
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Claim 16: “Salah... in his 442nd and last game for Liverpool”
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Claim 17: “Chelsea... missed out on European competition entirely after finishing in 10th place”
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Claim 18: “Tottenham... will be in the top division for a 49th straight season”
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While sources confirm Tottenham survived the 2025-26 season, no specific source provided in the evidence explicitly confirms the '49th straight season' count.
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web search NEUTRAL — After its inception, Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901, the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888. Tottenham was the first club in the 20th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C.
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome to the official Tottenham Hotspur website. Explore the site, discover the latest Spurs news & matches and check out our player profiles.
https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · As one of the biggest and richest clubs in England, it is a shock that Tottenham Hotspur have been embroiled in a relegation battle down the stretch run of the 2025/26 season.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/soccer/tottenham-hotspur/new…
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Claim 19: “Brighton lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United”
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Claim 20: “Arsenal has already clinched the title”
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Claim 21: “West Ham beat Leeds 3-0”
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Web search results explicitly state West Ham beat Leeds 3-0, though they were still relegated due to other results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system, but…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2002–03 FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Premier League, the top division in English football. The first matches were …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002–03_FA_Premier_League
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 Premier League was the 34th season of the Premier League and the 127th season of top-flight English football. The fixtures were released on 18 June 2025. The season will consist of 33 week…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Premier_League
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Claim 22: “he grabbed an assist in a 1-1 draw with Brentford”
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Claim 23: “will be in Europe for the first time in 53 years”
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Claim 24: “ended with a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the specific score of Guardiola's final game against Aston Villa.
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