United still has Chelsea and Fulham to play at home.Ĭasemiro scored from an acrobatic overhead kick in the eighth minute for the only goal at Bournemouth.Ī Brazilian was Liverpool's scorer, too. Newcastle could get over the line as early as Monday in a home game against Leicester, before finishing at Chelsea. While Liverpool has only one game to play - at already-relegated Southampton - Newcastle and United have two and need only a point each to secure top-four finishes.
That left fifth-placed Liverpool three points behind both Newcastle in third and United in fourth. The race for the final two Champions League qualification places behind Man City and Arsenal is nearly over after United beat Bournemouth 1-0 away and Liverpool could only draw 1-1 at home to Aston Villa. Manchester United is on the brink of a return to the Champions League. We were in a position to win those games.”įorest was safe from relegation after its win. “But it was our own doing, individual errors in games we should have won. “One team in six seasons has beaten Manchester City to the title," Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale said. While City has finished like a train by winning 11 straight games, Arsenal - owning the youngest squad in the league under inexperienced coach Mikel Arteta - has buckled with a first top-flight title since 2004 in sight, losing three of its last five games.Īrteta congratulated City and said his team “didn’t have enough” to compete with the defending champion. What isn’t up for debate is the quality City has produced in its now-familiar end-of-season burst of victories that piled the pressure on Arsenal, which has the unwanted distinction this season of being the team to have led the league for a record number of days without eventually winning it (248 days). Those charges - 115 in total - cast a shadow over City’s achievements under its Abu Dhabi ownership, though it could be years before a verdict is reached by an independent disciplinary commission. It’s the first time City has won three leagues in a row and comes while the Abu Dhabi-owned club is facing an unprecedented slew of charges from the Premier League for allegedly breaking financial rules from 2009-18 and a subsequent failure to co-operate with an investigation. “That quality and consistency helps sum up what Manchester City stand for and ensures the club will continue to strive for success going forward.” “The Premier League is without doubt the most demanding and competitive league in the world," City captain Ilkay Gundogan said, “so that tells you everything about what an achievement this is.
Under Guardiola, City has raised the standards in the Premier League to such an extent that rivals need to reach at least 90 points just to challenge them. That’s five league titles in six years - a feat last achieved in England by United from 1996-2001 - and seven in a 12-season spell that began with Sergio Aguero’s storied stoppage-time goal to win the league in 2012. Luton Town-Coventry to Decide Final Premier League Promotion in 2023-24Ĭity is enjoying a period of domestic dominance rarely seen in English soccer.
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