This Saturday, Manchester City was proclaimed champion of English football for the ninth time, benefiting from Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at home against Nottingham Forest, in a game on the 37th and penultimate round of the English League.
With the defeat in Nottingham, with a solitary goal from Taiwo Awoniyi (19 minutes), Arsenal, who led the Premier League for much of the season and only has one game left to play, remains with 81 points, and about four unattainable for Manchester City, which is 85 and still has three games to go.
The team of Rúben Dias and Bernardo Silva, in addition to João Cancelo, who was loaned to Bayern Munich in January, added their ninth English title, the third consecutive and the fifth in the last six seasons, and could also win the Champions League this week. season and the FA Cup, competitions in which he is in the final.
The Citizens, led by the Spanish Pep Guardiola, achieved a streak of 11 consecutive games to win in the English League and reached the top of the competition, with the Gunners losing the advantage and unable to win a title that has eluded them since 2003. / 04 season.
On matchday 33, City, who had already beaten Arsenal (3-1) in the first round, received and beat the gunners 4-1 and left the game with two fewer points in the table, but also two points minus games played. and depending only on you.
When they beat West Ham 3-1, in a game postponed to matchday 28, played between matchdays 34 and 35, City reached the top of the Premier League with a point advantage, which they later increased to four, after the rout of Arsenal. home loss to Brighton, with the Citizens still a game down.
The end of the season for Arsenal was disastrous for the goals of the group led by the Spanish Mikel Arteta, who has three draws, three defeats and only two victories between days 30 and 37.
Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, signed from German Borussia Dortmund, has been one of Manchester City’s main figures and in his debut he did not disappoint expectations, becoming the top scorer in a single season in the Premier League, since the creation of the the competition in 1992, adding 36 goals in the championship.
Another of the main stars is the Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bryune, one of the team’s benchmarks, in a season marked by the affirmation of Jack Grealish, highly supported by players who have been working with Guardiola for some time, such as Gundogan, Rodri, Foden , Stones or the former Benfica Ederson.
Among the reinforcements, the defender Akanji, signed from Dortmund, and the striker Julián Álvarez, signed by River Plate, also fit fully into the coach’s scheme and were important players.
As for the Portuguese, the midfielder Bernardo Silva continues to be essential and an extension of the coach on the pitch, while the center back Rúben Dias went through some difficulties after the World Cup, due to an injury, but ends up ending the season on a positive note. good grade. Full-back João Cancelo started the season at the club, but ended up leaving for Bayern Munich in the middle of the season.
City still have a guaranteed place in the FA Cup final, where they will face United.
However, for City’s season, which even began with an FA Super Cup loss to Liverpool, to be considered a success, it is necessary for the club to beat Italian side Inter Milan in the Champions League final. .
The Champions League is the trophy that Manchester City is missing, after seasons of high investment in transfers and, after a final lost against Chelsea in 2020/21, Pep Guardiola’s men have a new opportunity to win the coveted cup.
Without the Champions League, no domestic title is enough to take Manchester City to Olympus.
Source: TSF
