2023-05-20 18:48:32
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The ‘Sky Blues’ were eight points behind Arsenal this season, but a losing streak paved the way to the title.
He Manchester City won his ninth Premier Leaguefifth in the last six years, thanks to the defeat of the Arsenal once morest him Nottingham Forest.
City celebrated this triumph from home, one day before facing the Chelsea, a match in which they would have won the victory to sign the victory in the league competition. However, the defeat of Arsenal, the ‘Sky Blues’ main rival this season, has accelerated the coronation of City, which practically certified the title a week ago, when they defeated the Everton and the Arsenal fell by the same result once morest the Brighton & Hove Albion.
This is the first of the three titles that Pep Guardiola’s City aspired to at the end of the season, along with the FA Cup, whose final will be played on June 3 once morest Manchester United at Wembley, and the Champions League, which will be played on June 10 once morest Inter Milan in Istanbul (Turkey).
The Sampedor coach already has eleven league titles, three with the Barcelona, three with Bayern Munich and five with Manchester City, and becomes the sixth most successful coach in the history of the English league. Guardiola is tied at five with Tom Watson (Sunderland and Liverpool) y Matt Busby (Manchester United)and only has in front of George Ramsay (Aston Villa) y Bob Paisley (Liverpool)with six titles, already Alex Fergusonwho won thirteen leagues in his years at Manchester United.
Since the arrival of the money from the United Arab Emirates in 2008, City have won seven league titles, in 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023, to which must be added those they won in 1937 and 1968.
This is the most dominant period in the English league since Liverpool won five titles in six years between 1979 and 1984.
The ‘Sky Blues’ were eight points behind Arsenal this season, but a run of four games without a win for the ‘Gunners’, including a 4-1 victory at the Etihad between these two teams, ended up tipping the table. scale and prevent the set of Mikel Arteta won their first league in 19 years.
He City They have won this league three games early and will still have to play once morest Chelsea, Brighton (May 25) and Brentford (May 28).
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