Manchester City champion was proclaimed Premier League for the fifth time in the last six seasons after the defeat ofl Arsenal (2º) on the field of Nottingham Forest (1-0), this Saturday in the 37th date of the English championship.
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With four points less and a single game to play, the ‘Gunners’ will no longer be able to catch up with City, who will face Chelsea on Sunday.
Even with a draw or a win, their chances of preventing Pep Guardiola’s ‘Citizens’ from winning the title would have been slim.
The London team led by Mikel Arteta At no time did he seem determined to defy fate, against a Forest with a dynamic and demanding game that helped him ensure his permanence in the top flight.
With second place secured and with it a ticket to the next Champions League, which they last played in 2016-2017, Arsenal has experienced an end that has overshadowed a season most of which was lived at the top of the table. .
But City’s run of 11 consecutive Championship victories since early March, while the Londoners have won only two games in the last eight rounds, tipped the title to the team led by their scoring machine. Erling Haaland.
This new domestic title adds luster to an increasingly sumptuous list of winners, although Guardiola’s team still has two dates with history ahead of them; the FA Cup final on June 3 and the Champions League final a week later, which could allow them to match a feat accomplished only by Manchester United in Alex Fergusonthe last team to show such overwhelming dominance, in 1999.
Precisely the Red Devils will be City’s rival in Wembleybefore he Inter de Milan in Istanbul is the last obstacle for the first ‘Orejona’ of the ‘Citizen’ group.
And after drawing this Saturday at Anfield against Aston Villa (1-1), el Liverpool saw their chances of being in the next Champions League almost completely evaporate.
With 66 points and one game to play, Liverpool, 5th, will need a miracle to get past Manchester United (4th) or Newcastle (3rd), who have three more points and one game less.
The ‘Villains’ (7th) of Unai EmeryFor their part, they add a point that brings them closer to the Europa League Conference. Jacob Ramsey he scored in the 22nd minute the goal that put the Birmingham team ahead against some ‘Reds’ who had won seven consecutive victories.
And a superb action by the Brazilian Casemiro allowedl Manchester United win 1-0 at Bournemouth (14th) and get even closer to the Champions League.
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With 69 points, the ‘Red Devils’ only need one more to seal their ticket, and they have two games left at home, against Chelsea and Fulham, two teams that do not play anything.
After losing their fifth game in the last seven days, 3-1 against Brentford (9th), Tottenham (8th) have not only been left out of the fight to get into the next Champions League, but also one day away from end of the championship, he is not even sure about his participation in European competitions.
2023-05-21 03:01:08
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