Manchester City celebrated their Premier League title in model with a 1-0 win in opposition to Chelsea on Sunday. Julian Alvarez’s Twelfth-minute objective secured a Twelfth straight win within the league for Pep Guardiola’s staff because the followers toasted victory by invading the pitch after the ultimate whistle.
It is a 3rd successive title for City and a fifth in six seasons for a staff that’s dominating English soccer. And it might be simply the beginning of a historic treble of trophies this time period, with the finals of the Champions League and FA Cup nonetheless to come back. “We always believed we could do this. This group of lads are professionals and winners,” defender Kyle Walker said. “Rest assured we are not finished. We have the FA Cup against our bitter rivals (Manchester United) and then the Champions League. We will celebrate tonight and then move on to try and create history.”
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Arsenal’s 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday meant City was confirmed champion even earlier than its last house match of the marketing campaign. It meant Guardiola might afford to call Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, John Stones and Ederson on the bench. But even of their absence, City nonetheless secured the win with World Cup winner Alvarez scoring the decisive objective.
The Argentina worldwide has been overshadowed by the record-breaking exploits of Haaland, however he confirmed his high quality with a medical end after controlling the go of Cole Palmer. City by no means regarded like hitting the heights of current routs of Liverpool, Arsenal and Real Madrid — however didn’t have to after Alvarez’s objective put it on track for victory early on.
Chelsea had a bunch of possibilities via Raheem Sterling, specifically, and Conor Gallagher might have evened the rating when hitting the publish with a first-half header. Kalvin Phillips additionally hit the woodwork for City after the break and Alvarez noticed a second objective dominated out by VAR after Riyad Mahrez dealt with within the buildup.
Haaland and De Bruyne got here on within the second half, however couldn’t add to City’s lead. Not that the followers complained on a day that was at all times going to be concerning the post-match celebration they usually couldn’t wait to mob their heroes as the ultimate whistle blew.
Supporters instantly flooded onto the sector after the ultimate whistle, carrying celebratory banners and letting off canisters of blue smoke. City’s gamers had been later recorded singing, “We are the Champions” within the locker room earlier than popping out for the trophy presentation to explosions of ticker tape.
