Chelsea squeezed into the top four spots despite losing 2-1 at Aston Villa, helped by London rivals Tottenham, who beat Leicester on a dramatic final day
Chelsea jumped in and out of the Champions League places over a topsy-turvy 90 minutes at Villa Park, despite being haunted by their former player Bertrand Traore on Sunday
Chelsea dominated the early stages as they camped in Villa's defensive third, but the hosts eventually took the sting out and went ahead through former Chelsea man Bertrand Traore's near-post effort from a low, well-worked corner (43)
With Leicester and Liverpool also winning at the time, Chelsea were already fifth by the time Anwar El Ghazi converted a penalty to make it 2-0 after Traore had been tripped by Jorginho (52)
Ben Chilwell clawed one back for Chelsea with a far-post finish (70), but Spurs equalised at Leicester to move the Blues back into fourth, and then took the lead to cement their spot, eventually winning 4-2
Cesar Azpilicueta was dismissed late on for striking Jack Grealish in the face, but the final placing is another mark of progress for Chelsea under Thomas Tuchel
 Villa, finishing 11th, have ended a fine season with back-to-back wins over so-called 'big six' sides
Up against 10,000 returning home fans and a Villa side looking bright again with Grealish back, the visitors looked for an early blitz and piled on the pressure
They had nine shots on Villa's goal in the first half an hour, going closest through Timo Werner's glanced header wide, and Mason Mount's skewed effort from 10 yards as the ball felt kindly to him from Azpilicueta's centre
With Leicester ahead against Spurs, and Liverpool beating Crystal Palace, Chelsea were momentarily fifth and goalless, with Villa fighting back to get a foothold in what had been a one-sided contest
John McGinn went close, winning the ball high up the pitch and curling just wide from 20 yards, and while Chelsea had good news from their London rivals Tottenham equalising at Leicester to move them fourth, Villa soon went ahead via a familiar face
Traore, who made just 16 appearances for Chelsea between 2014 and 2017, put the hosts ahead from a clever corner routine; although he didn't connect properly with Matt Targett's low corner, Traore's weak effort squeezed in off the underside of the bar
Chelsea were still fourth, now relying on results elsewhere, but things got worse early in the second half
 Moments after Christian Pulisic's mis-hit at the back post deflected off Matt Targett and dropped agonisingly wide, Villa had a chance to double their lead as Traore was brought down in the box attempting to skip past Jorginho
With Leicester now 2-1 up against Spurs, Chelsea were already fifth by the time El Ghazi stepped up to send half-time sub Kepa Arrizabalaga the wrong way for his 10th of the season, and the visitors needed a miracle
The chances didn't stop coming for them, however
 Mount struck just wide moments later, Timo Werner had a goal disallowed for an Azpilicueta offside, and sub Kai Havertz diverted over at the far post from Chilwell's wicked cross
Chelsea then halved the deficit through Chilwell's far-post finish from Pulisic's cross, despite Martinez's best attempts to claw it off the line, and with Spurs equalising at Leicester, Chelsea were fourth
They huffed and puffed for a leveller - Azpilicueta fired just high and wide, while Martinez pulled off a brilliant save from Chilwell - but Chelsea couldn't find the second and ended the game with 10 men as Azpilicueta struck Grealish in the face after being challenged by the Villa man
It was messy and nervy, but it was all smiles from both sides in the end as a bizarre helping hand from Spurs gave their bitter rivals a leg-up into the top four
Villa boss : "It was the ideal way to end the season, we came up against a very good team today and gave everything for the shirt
 Disappointed we did not get the record of clean sheets for Emiliano Martinez, who still holds it level with Brad Friedel
 He made some good saves and for all the possession Chelsea had, he made comfortable saves
 He has been a magnificent signing and is well respected in the dressing room
"We all have injuries, we lost Jack Grealish and we have had to deal with it
 I had an expected goals table of finishing ninth and we are there abouts
 Our target is to progress again and we have players here more than capable of competing with the best teams in the league
 When Grealish comes out of the team we have to be more creative
"Chelsea boss : "Today, it was the story of our season
 We needed many clean sheets to overcome a lack of composure and precision
 Today, we concede two goals out of nothing and from set-pieces
 We made it hard to come back
"Happy with top four? "Tomorrow a lot
 Today, a loss never feels good
 But we did the main target, there is nothing to worry about now, nothing to regret
 It was a very difficult objective to meet, we did it, so huge congratulations on the effort and performances and focus
"We are still a young team, still a lot of players fighting for the first trophy, fighting for the first time in big matches, you can see that, obviously
 This is the way, we need to learn and improve while we do it
 We did it, and we will arrive now in Porto with full confidence
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