Rasmus Hojlund broke his 10-game scoring drought to seal victory for Manchester United in a thrilling Old Trafford encounter with Newcastle.
Anything other than a win for Erik ten Hag’s side would have condemned them to their lowest league finish in 34 years.
Instead, with their victory over Newcastle, they go into the final day needing to better Newcastle’s result and claim a place in next season’s UEFA Conference League, though they will qualify for the Europa League if they beat Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley on 25 May.
Erik Ten Hag fielded a very young attacking lineup and they cause Eddie Howe’s Newcastle problems from the opening half.
The goalscoring would however begin with Kobbie Mainoo, as the young Englishman put the home side in front after 31 minutes when he applied a cool finish from 10 yards after being played onside by Kieran Trippier.
Another young Englishman, Anthony Gordon, levelled four minutes after the restart and Manchester United needed a brilliant tackle from Sofyan Amrabat to stop them from going behind as Alexander Isak failed to finish a three-on-one counter.
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Newcastle failed to clear a corner just before the hour mark and Amad Diallo was able to take advantage of this error and put Manchester United back in front, this was also his first premier league goal.
It was left to Hojlund to settle home nerves, stepping to his right before sending a low finish into the bottom corner for his 15th goal of the season.
However those nerves still jangled a bit, as Newcastle left-back Lewis Hall fired home from the edge of the box in the second minute of stoppage time but the home side held on.
Newcastle need a final-day win at Brentford to be certain of a top-seven finish
Whereas for United, the overall outcome means Manchester United have something to play for on the final day.
As Ten Hag pointed out at the start of his side’s lap of appreciation, his side finish their season at Wembley in the FA Cup final against Manchester City, when he promised it unfailingly “will give everything“.
