Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Philip Rivers stalked the sideline, yelling. Under pressure all day, the San Diego Chargers quarterback spent too much time on the ground to lead his team back into the playoffs. The Kansas City Chiefs and their sack-hungry defense wouldnt let that happen for a second year in a row. The Chiefs sacked Rivers seven times in a 19-7 win on Sunday that eliminated the Chargers from playoff contention on the final day of the regular season. It came almost a year to the day that San Diego clinched a berth with an overtime win against Kansas City at home and some help from the rest of the league. It was simple this year: The Chargers (9-7) controlled their own fate after a comeback win over San Francisco in overtime last Saturday. Needing only a win, they never even had a lead, their only points coming on Branden Olivers 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to get them within 10-7. Shoot, said Rivers, its a tough league. Last Saturday night, we were as fired up as you can imagine and then even more fired up Sunday when Baltimore lost knowing we control our own (fate) coming to Arrowhead, a great place to play, great fans, a good team, and we win and get in. And then we dont win. Its just tough. Its a humbling game. Its one that can, shoot, build you up and put you right back down. But theres nothing to hang our heads about in that locker room, Rivers said. Shoot, were a team that fought until the end, all 16 of them, and we came up one short of getting a 17th game. Linebacker Justin Houston dropped Rivers four times by himself, breaking Hall of Famer Derrick Thomas single-season franchise record with 22 sacks, just a half-sack from Michael Strahans NFL mark. Rivers finished 20-of-34 for 291 yards with two interceptions and a fumble in the third quarter that was caused by Houston and led to one of Cairo Santos four field goals. The Chiefs (9-7) were in position to steal a playoff berth with a win before Baltimore and Houston both came back to win their games. The Ravens ended up with the AFCs final wild-card berth by beating Cleveland. Chase Daniel made his second NFL start, completing 16-of-27 passes for 157 yards with Alex Smith sidelined because of a lacerated spleen he suffered last week against Pittsburgh, but that was only diagnosed after he had practiced twice, leading Daniel with less time to prepare. For (having) one day of practice, my hats off to him, said Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Thats a tough thing to do at the top level of football. The Chargers missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five years and havent reached 10 wins since going 13-3 in 2009. TV cameras showed Rivers walking the sideline in the third quarter, grimacing and yelling toward the field. Emotionally, its just tough when it ends, the quarterback said. You never expect for it to end. And its tough when we didnt play our best. ... But they beat us both times (this season) and you have to give them a lot of credit. They had a touchdown overturned with 8:42 remaining in the game when a replay review determined the ball touched the ground as Eddie Royal slid for a catch in the back of the end zone. They went for it on fourth down from the 3-yard line, but Rivers pass to Antonio Gates was broken up by Husain Abdullah. Abdullah then stuffed Donald Brown up the middle on a 4th-and-1 play on San Diegos next possession and Rivers was intercepted for the second time at the end of the game. Earlier, Houston set the Chiefs record on his third sack of the game, fighting through D.J. Fluker to strip Rivers early in the third quarter. The turnover led to Santos 31-yard field goal for a 19-7 Kansas City lead. Protection was a problem all game long against a very good pass rush, said Chargers coach Mike McCoy. That was nowhere close to where we needed it to be. After Chargers kicker Nick Novak was wide-left on a 52-yard field goal attempt near the end of the third quarter, Santos missed a 50-yard attempt after the Chiefs moved within range on DeAnthony Thomas 30-yard catch. Santos kicked a 43-yard field goal at the end of Kansas Citys first drive of the game and the Chiefs took a 10-0 lead when tight end Travis Kelce recovered Dwayne Bowes fumble in the end zone early in the second quarter. Bowe was a half-yard from scoring the first touchdown by a Kansas City wide receiver this season when he was hit helmet-first by safety Jahleel Addae and lost the ball. Rivers 44-yard completion to Royal set up San Diegos touchdown at the other end, where Oliver went untouched through the right side of the line. Later, Thomas had punt returns of 41 and 22 yards for Kansas City to set up two Santos field goals for a 16-7 lead with 33 seconds left in the first half. Game Notes Rivers went over 4,000 yards passing for the sixth time, tying Hall of Famers Dan Marino and Brett Favre for fourth-most in NFL history ... Gates had four catches for 67 yards and became the fourth tight end in league history with 10,000 receiving yards ... Jamaal Charles rushed 13 times for 54 yards for the Chiefs ... Oliver had 14 carries for 71 yards ... Thomas had 20 sacks for the Chiefs in 1990. He died in 2000 following a car accident. Los Angeles Clippers Shirts .Ryan Anderson had 14 points for the Pelicans, who trailed 78-63 after three periods before trimming the deficit to 86-83. Jrue Holiday had 13 points and Eric Gordon added 12 for New Orleans.Mike Scott and Jeff Teague each had 11 points for Atlanta. Amir Coffey Jersey . 5 Trade Deadline is drawing closer and teams will be deciding on whether to buy or sell. https://www.cheapclippersonline.com/1440h-ivica-zubac-jersey-clippers.html . Team officials travelled to Los Angeles on Thursday night to meet with the free agent, a person with knowledge of the plans said. Terry Cummings Jersey . on the 15-day disabled Monday list because of a strained right hamstring. Johnathan Motley Jersey . On Saturday, the paths of Drew Tate and Kevin Glenn cross again as opposing quarterbacks.Liverpool take on Sevilla in the Europa League final in Basel on Wednesday night with a place in the group stage of next seasons Champions League up for grabs for the winners. Jurgen Klopps side have endured an indifferent campaign in the Premier League, finishing eighth in the table, their lowest position since 2012.As a result, the Reds will miss out on European football altogether next season if they fail to beat a Sevilla team that has won the competition in each of the past two years. Klopp insists, however, that Sevillas 2014 and 2015 triumphs mean nothing ahead of this years final at St Jakob Park.The German also believes Sevillas Copa del Rey final against Barcelona on Sunday could make a big difference to the outcome of the game. Kolo Toure had this message for Liverpools younger players ahead of their Europa League final against Sevilla in Basel Sevilla, who are at least assured of a Europa League place next season courtesy of their seventh-place finish in La Liga, travel to Switzerland looking to make history by becoming the first club to win Europes second-tier competition three times in a row.Meanwhile, a fifth triumph overall for Sevilla - all within just 10 years - would also extend the record it holds over the likes of Liverpool, Juventus and Inter Milan, who have all won the competition on three occasions. Ticket-less Liverpool fans travelling to Basel for their Europa League final with Sevilla were given this warning by police At the same time, victory for the Merseysiders at St Jakob Park would see them draw level with the Spaniards as the joint-most successful team in the UEFA Cup/Europa Leagues 45-year history.But one perfect record has to end on Wednesday: Sevilla and Liverpool have won all seven UEFA Cup and Europa League finals they have played in.Unai Emerys holders, though, have not won outside Spain all season long, a run that started back in August in Tbilisi when Barcelona won the UEFA Super Cup 5-4 after extra time. Basel Police Match Commander urges Liverpool fans to have a party, but to stay away from the stadium if you dont have a ticket Emery is banking on his players mental resilience to become the first coach to win three consecutive Europa League trophies.The fact that this is our third consecutive final demonstrates how focused and hungry we have been to do well in the Europa League, and win it, he told Uefa.com. Simon Mignolet explains why Liverpools run in the Europa League is extra special That means competing - standing up to be counted throughout the 90 minutes.dddddddddddd Team newsLiverpool have no new injury problems to worry about from the weekend, with Klopp having virtually a fully-fit squad to pick from, apart from suspended France centre-back Mamadou Sakho.That means he must make a late decision on whether to start captain Jordan Henderson after the 25-year-old made his comeback following a five-week layoff with a knee injury with a 25-minute appearance against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Divock Origi has been passed fit to take his place on the subs bench against Sevilla after being carried off against Everton in April with an ankle injury However, the midfielder is more likely to take his place on the substitutes bench alongside Belgian forward Divock Origi, who is back ahead of schedule after damaging ankle ligaments in Aprils Merseyside derby.No 2 goalkeeper Danny Ward, meanwhile, will also be on the bench after recovering from a knee problem.Sevilla, meanwhile, arrive in Switzerland with no fresh injury concerns to contend with.Opta statsThis is the first ever meeting between Liverpool and Sevilla.It will be Liverpools 12th major European final, having previously reached seven Champions League/European Cup finals, three Europa League/UEFA Cup finals and one in the Cup Winners Cup. They have won eight of them (73 per cent).Liverpool have won each of their two European finals against Spanish opposition, beating Real Madrid in the 1981 European Cup and Alaves in the 2001 UEFA Cup.Liverpool have never scored more than one goal away from Anfield in the Europa League this season. Ahead of Livepools final in the Europa League, we look at Sevillas danger man Kevin Gameiro from La Liga this season Liverpool have had 11 different scorers in this seasons Europa League, more than any other team.Only one of the last 10 finals in the Europa League/UEFA Cup has seen the team scoring first not lift the trophy (Dnipro, against Sevilla in 2015).In fact, Spanish clubs have won seven of the last 12 editions of the Europa League/UEFA Cup (Sevilla 4, Atlético Madrid 2, Valencia 1).Sevilla have won three of their eight European games against English opposition (D2 L3), including a 4-0 win over Middlesbrough in the 2006 UEFA Cup final. Sevilla have won 13 of their last 18 games in the Europa League (D3 L2). Jurgen Klopp has lost his past four finals, the most recent of which was in February on penalties to Man City in the Capital One Cup Sevilla played at St. Jakob Park earlier this campaign in the Europa League against Basel, drawing 0-0 in March.Kevin Gameiro has had a hand in nine (seven goals, two assists) of Sevillas 14 goals in this seasons Europa League, including eight in his last five games (six goals, two assists).Emre Can has attempted (41) and completed (34) more tackles than any other player in this seasons Europa League.Klopp has lost his last four finals: the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund in 2013 (v Bayern Munich), the German Cup in 2014 (v Bayern Munich) and 2015 (v Wolfsburg); the League Cup with Liverpool in 2016 (v Manchester City).BettingLiverpool are Sky Bets 13/10 favourites ahead of their Europa League final showdown with holders Sevilla (21/10) and the draw, in 90 minutes, is a 23/10 shot.Daniel Sturridge to score and Liverpool to win in normal time is now 7/2, one of nine Price Boosts.Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit Phil Thompson is backing Sturridge to net first in a 3-1 win for the Reds at 30/1, while Charlie Nicholas is going for Sturridge in a 3-2 win at 110/1.See all the big match odds and bet here. 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