Arsenal 4-2 Wigan: The Gunners bid farewell to Highbury in fine style, pipping Spurs to the final Champions League place Robert Pires smashes Arsenal in front from close range early on, but Paul Scharner levels for the Latics David Thompson briefly stuns Highbury with a 35-yard free-kick, but Thierry Henry equalises before the break And Henry takes advantage of a wayward backpass to score his second before completing his hat-trick with a penalty Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland: Gareth Barry puts Villa ahead, but sees a second-half penalty saved by Kelvin Davis But Liam Ridgewell adds a second for the home side, while Danny Collins scores Sunderland's consolation Blackburn 2-0 Man City: Zurab Khizanishvili capitalises on an error from City keeper David James as Rovers ease to victory Bolton 1-0 Birmingham: Ricardo Vaz Te scores the winner but Bolton miss out on a place in the Intertoto Cup Everton 2-2 West Brom: Relegated Albion take the lead through Zoltan Gera's sliding half volley at the back post Tomasz Kuszczak makes several outstanding saves to keep Albion in front before Williams Martinez doubles their lead Victor Anichebe pulls one back for Everton before Duncan Ferguson levels in what could be his last game for the club Fulham 1-0 Middlesbrough: Heidar Helguson's penalty ensures Steve McClaren's last league game as Boro boss is a defeat Man Utd 4-0 Charlton: Luis Saha heads United in front as they finish second and avoid Champions League qualification Cristiano Ronaldo adds a second before Jason Euell's own goal and Kieran Richardson's strike wrap up the victory Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea: Titus Bramble clinches a place in the Intertoto Cup as United beat the Premiership champions Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool: Robbie Fowler opens the scoring for the Reds after a goalless first half at Fratton Park Peter Crouch and Djibril Cisse score either side of Ognjen Koroman late on to wrap up victory and third place West Ham 2-1 Tottenham: Jermain Defoe fires in Spurs equaliser after Carl Fletcher put West Ham ahead Spurs hopes of securing a Champions League place are lifted when Paul Robinson saves Teddy Sheringham's penalty But Yossi Benayoun's late goal, coupled with Arsenal's victory, mean Spurs must settle for European football in the Uefa Cup
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