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Manchester fans City invade the field after the team beat Aston Villa 3-2.
Manchester City had already lived the experience of playing at home and They were going to let the title slip away.
Were the leaders going to crumble like never before in the Premier League?
That was the throbbing when they fell 2-0 down on Sunday against Aston Villa, silencing their fans at the Etihad Stadium, while their pursuers Liverpool beat Wolverhampton.
Like the comeback that was forged in 2012 to win his first Premier title with two goals in stoppage time, City completed their first Premier League title. another vibrant reaction.
City caught on. clinched their sixth English top-flight title in 11 seasons thanks to a flurry of three goals in five minutes to turn the score around and beat Aston Villa 3-2, thus avoiding a victory. be displaced on the last day by Liverpool.
When the 2-0 draw against Villa seemed lapidary, Ilkay Gúndogan started the match. the comeback after 76 minutes. Rodri leveled two minutes later and Gúndogan moved ahead. He joined City in the 81st.
For a moment, despite losing, City looked set to retain the title as Liverpool were drawing 1-1 with Wolverhampton.
But Mohamed Salah put the second in the table ahead in the 84th minute, and that could have catapulted Liverpool to the top. The City, however, knew how to react in his fiefdom of the Etihad Andy Robertson sentenced Liverpool won 3-1.
“We have risen and won,” captain Fernandinho said after his last game for City. “It’s a fantastic feeling.”
Relief, and ecstasy.
If City had conceded a goal in their agony, Liverpool could have stayed with the trophy. But Pep Guardiola’s team resisted. in an exciting finale.
For something thousands of City fans stormed the field of play at the final whistle, defying warnings against pitch invasions. The stadium was covered by blue smoke.
It was not until the crowd was cleared that the Premier trophy could be handed over to City.
“It was a crazy game”, Gündogan said. “We are human, and by losing 2-0, we are almost out of options. But we did the essentials and scored two goals quickly and then we had 10 minutes to score the third.”
Liverpool— the only team that has interfered with City’s run of titles since 2018 by devoting themselves in 2020 — had to settle for second place. Champions of the two domestic cup tournaments, Jürgen Klopp’s team can still complete a hat-trick if they beat Real Madrid in the Champions League final next Saturday.
Also on Sunday, Tottenham certified. They qualified for the next Champions League after beating bottom club Norwich 5-0. Son Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski each had braces and Harry Kane scored. the other as Spurs moved into fourth, two points clear of Arsenal, who won 1-0. 5-1 to Everton.
Manchester United will accompany Arsenal in the Europa League under the direction of the new manager Erik ten Hag, despite losing. 1-0 against Crystal Palace. West Ham wasted the opportunity to displace United from sixth place by losing 3-1 in Brighton, leaving the semi-finalists of the last edition of the Europa League in the Conference League.
In the bidding by the permanence, Leeds will continue in the Premier after a long-suffering 2-1 victory against Brentford that condemned Burnley to relegation for the first time after six seasons in the Premier.
Leeds came forward through a penalty executed by Raphinha at 56. Sergi Canós leveled. He saved for local Brentford in the 78th minute, but the Spanish player was sent off shortly after receiving two bookings in quick succession. Jack Harrison scored. the winning goal for Leeds in stoppage time. Leeds would have been relegated had Burnley managed to beat Newcastle at home, but in the end they lost 2-1.
Egyptian Salah and South Korea’s Son Heung-min were tied for top scorers with 23 wins. Salah has won the Golden Boot three times, and it is the first time that Son has finished first in the scoring charts.
The defense of the title by City, crystallized in the u last day, it turned out They suffered more than expected, since in January they managed to take a 14-point lead.
City’s fourth championship in five seasons marked their victory. a milestone for Guardiola. It was the first time that City sealed the deal. the title in front of his fans.