- Manchester City won their fourth consecutive Premier League title
- Pep Guardiola’s team won the title by beating West Ham 3-1.
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Manchester City have become the first English team in history to win four league titles in a row after beating West Ham 3-1 at the Etihad.
Pep Guardiola’s side have won six of the last seven Premier League titles and topped the table with 91 points, while Arsenal fell short for the second year in a row.
Phil Foden’s double and Rodri’s third allowed City to a convincing victory, putting the icing on the cake on a historic day for the club and English football.
Even though Mikel Arteta’s team beat Everton, it was not enough to stop Guardiola’s team, who clinched the league title by just two points.
City and Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United were the only teams in Premier League history to win three games in a row; the Red Devils did it between 1998-99 and 2000-01 and then again in 2006-07 and 2008-09. Before the start of the Premier League, only Huddersfield Town, Arsenal and Liverpool had won three games in a row.
City equaled the record of three last season as part of their campaign to win the treble, and have now walked away with only their fourth crown.
Manchester City have won four games in a row, becoming the first team in the history of the English top flight to do so.
Phil Foden gave City a run for their money against West Ham, scoring a great goal inside two minutes.
Rodri marked his name on a big day for the champions at the Etihad
Erling Haaland scored 27 goals on his way to the Premier League Golden Boot
Phil Foden (centre) has played a big part in their success this season winning the Football Writers’ Player of the Year award as well as the Premier League Player of the Year.
A vital role in City’s season was played by Erling Haaland, who scored 27 goals to win the Premier League Golden Boot for the second year in a row, after scoring 36 goals in a record-breaking season last year.
However, the star of the season was City fan Phil Foden, who won the Football Writers’ Association Player of the Year and Premier League Player of the Year awards for his 19 goals and eight assists in the shirt. of the City.
Manchester City have lost only three games all season, compared to Arsenal’s five.
The Gunners will look back on their defeat to former boss Unai Emery’s Aston Villa at the Emirates, which saw two late goals from Leon Bailey and Ollie Watkins in April, as the key moment in which they lost the title.
While a 0-0 draw with City in March at the Etihad was considered a positive result at the time, a win that day would have given them the title today.
In the first half of the season, Arsenal lost games against Newcastle, Aston Villa, West Ham and Fulham, with consecutive defeats against the bottom two, making it three wins in a row after they also drew against Liverpool.
Arsenal will have to rue Son Heung-min’s missed chance against Man City in midweek
Arsenal squandered three points in a costly 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa last month.
Ilkay Gundogan lifted the trophy as part of his Treble success last season.
The goalless draw at the Etihad also contributed to Arsenal’s failure to win the league title.
City put a hand on the trophy with their 2-0 victory at Tottenham, where Guardiola’s City have lost six Premier League games, more than against any other rival.
Arsenal will have to rue the miss of Son Heung-min, who saw his one-on-one chance saved by Stefan Ortega that could have tied the game, as perhaps the decisive moment for the title.
City always finish the season strong, as Liverpool have twice previously missed out on the title by one point, remaining undefeated since their 1-0 loss to Aston Villa on December 6.
City will now look to complete the domestic double on May 25, when they face Manchester United at Wembley in the FA Cup final for the second successive time.
Guardiola won last year by beating Erik ten Hag 2-1 and taking another step towards his treble.
