Manchester United suffered the double embarrasment of losing 1-0 at home to rock-bottom West Bromwich Albion and handing Manchester City the title this afternoon.

West Brom are 12 points adrift of safety and winless in the league since January but could have taken a shock lead had they made the most of two early chances.

Jake Livermore did not generate enough power behind his shot to trouble David de Gea, after he had checked back onto his left foot in the box, while Salomon Rondon headed over from James McClean's cross.

The hosts struggled to cut through Albion's compact defence and when they did found an equal in former goalkeeper Ben Foster, who blocked from Romelu Lukaku at point-blank range and kept out Alexis Sanchez's follow-up with his legs.

Lukaku would have had another opportunity at a one-on-one with Foster on 36 minutes had his heavy first touch not allowed the Albion stopper to race off his line before the Belgian could get a shot away.

The McClean-Rondon combination continued to prove effective for the Baggies and it created them a chance either side of half time, but De Gea positioned himself well to make a comfortable save on each occasion.

Jose Mourinho hooked Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba for Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial before the hour mark and eventually United started to find a greater cutting edge. Lukaku's powerful and low 67th-minute header was denied by a diving save from Foster, while Lingard's 20-yard shot whistled past the post.

Just as the Red Devils were beginning to knock on the door, West Brom took a shock lead when Rodriguez converted a simple close-range header from a corner, having been inadvertently teed up by Nemanja Matic.

Fearing an embarrasing slip up that would crown their rivals champions, the hosts threw everything at Albion in the final 15 minutes but could not create a clear-cut chance to delay City's coronation as they did last week.

Newcastle beats Arsenal 2-1, virtually assures EPL status

Newcastle virtually assured its Premier League status for another season by coming from behind to beat a depleted Arsenal side 2-1 thanks to Matt Ritchie's second-half winner on Sunday.

Rafa Benitez's team passed the 40-point mark widely viewed as a guarantee against relegation and is 13 points clear of third-to-last Southampton with five games remaining.

Ritchie swept in a right-footed finish in the 68th minute to complete Newcastle's fightback after Alexandre Lacazette's 14th-minute opener for Arsenal.

Ayoze Perez equalized for Newcastle in the 29th.

The loss left Arsenal in danger of dropping below seventh-place Burnley with a month left of the season. Two points separate the teams and Arsenal's focus is now on winning the Europa League to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Arsenal plays Atletico Madrid in the semifinals.

With a nod perhaps to next season, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger paired Lacazette and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang up front and they combined for the goal, with Aubameyang clipping over a cross that Lacazette finished on the slide.

Perez delivered a fine finish for the goal, drifting in at the near post to glance home a right-wing cross from DeAndre Yedlin.

Ritchie scored the winner against Manchester United on Feb. 11 that kickstarted Newcastle's surge to safety and he did the same here, running onto Perez's flick off Islam Slimani's header to beat Petr Cech from 12 meters (yards).

Newcastle has only lost one of its last seven games, winning five of them.