Fulham bowed out of the Premier League with a 4-0 defeat to Newcastle at Craven Cottage on the final day of the season
The hosts suffered a double blow inside 11 minutes as Jonjo Shelvey volleyed a superb effort (9) before Ayoze Perez continued his fine scoring form just two minutes later
Fulham were seeing plenty of possession when Fabian Schar had a free header in the 61st minute for Newcastle's third and, although Scott Parker's side had the ball in the back of the net soon afterwards, it was incorrectly ruled out for offside
Salomon Rondon, whose Newcastle future remains uncertain, rounded off the victory in the 89th minute as the Magpies ended the season in 13th place
 Fulham ended in 19th place but have long known they will play in the Sky Bet Championship next season
It was a fast start from the visitors as they took the lead in the ninth minute
 Matt Ritchie's corner delivery picked out Shelvey at the edge of the area, with the midfielder taking one touch before volleying home into the top, far corner with a sensational finish
Two minutes later, and the visitors added their second
 Christian Atsu burst into the area, getting ahead of Cyrus Christie, but his shot was pushed away by Sergio Rico
 But Perez - who had scored five goals in his last four Premier League games ahead of Sunday's finale - was lurking to poke the ball home
Fulham saw the better of the attacking play for much of the half but could not create too much with it
 Their best effort came in the 23rd minute, when Aleksandar Mitrovic got just ahead of Paul Dummett to head a corner wide of the post
Fulham continued to dominate the possession at the start of the second half, but it was Newcastle who were the clinical ones again just after the hour mark
 Ritchie put another superb corner into the area and Schar was allowed a free header by the Fulham defence, powering home past Rico
Three minutes later, the hosts finally had the ball in the back of the net - but it was ruled out for offside
 Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa had the initial shot, which Floyd Ayite turned into the back of the net with an outstretched foot
 However, the linesman had his flag raised and the goal was chalked off
 Replays showed that this was an incorrect decision
Newcastle rounded off a wonderful away performance with a fourth goal late on
 Rondon was played through and his initial effort smacked into the body of Rico, but he managed to get back to his feet, round Alfie Mawson and poke home to seal an impressive final day victory
"It's disappointing really
 I don't think the scoreline reflects the game but saying that, I thought in both boxes, we didn't do well enough at times
"We had our chances or at least we got into those final third areas, but we lacked that cutting edge about us
 The game ran away from us a little bit and rather than taking a deep breath and getting some sort of control, there were some signs of the old us
""I think it was a great game
 At the end, like last season, we have played really well and we are pleased and really proud of this group of players and the fans were amazing as always
"This group of players, even in the bad times, they were not putting their heads down, they were always believing and working hard
"We have to enjoy now and we have finished a difficult season
 We did well today and we have a few days to enjoy it and we will see what happens
 I've said before, I can see the potential but for now, I think it is time to enjoy and that's it
"There were a few Newcastle players who could have been named man of the match, but it is two assists from Ritchie that sees him take the final accolade of the season
 His set-piece delivery was inch perfect and, although Newcastle were aided by some poor Fulham defending, he had a big hand in the victory
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