Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions for a record fourth season in a row after beating West Ham on the final day thus setting up a new record. City clinched the victory they needed at the Etihad to pip Arsenal to the title by two points – their sixth Premier League triumph of the Guardiola era.
Pep Guardiola winning his sixth Premier League title has placed him among the few elites coaches who have mastered the games, thus making him the fourth manager to win six English top-flight titles, along with Sir Alex Ferguson (13), George Ramsay (6) and Bob Paisley (6).
Manchester City have now gone 35 matches unbeaten in all competitions, the longest run ever by a Premier League team.In English top-flight history, the only team with a longer unbeaten run is Nottingham Forest in 1978 (40 in a row).
Phil Foden has scored six goals from outside the box in the Premier League this season, the most by a player in the competition since 2018-19, after Christian Eriksen who scored six. Rodri has not lost a single match he’s played in the Premier League this season, with only five of Arsenal’s Invincibles from 2003-04 playing in more games without losing in a season.
Indeed, Rodri has now gone 50 consecutive Premier League appearances without losing, only the second player to achieve that along with Sol Campbell. Manchester City win sixth Premier League title in past seven seasons as final day win over West Ham ensured they finished ahead of title rivals Arsenal; City can complete a double by beating Manchester United at Wembley in the FA Cup final on Saturday 25th, May.
Mohammed Kudus’ overhead kick late in the first half shifted the momentum briefly but Rodri’s low strike early in the second half ended any hope that Arsenal supporters may have had that City would slip up on the final day and gift them the title.
City trailed Liverpool by three points and Arsenal by one when they drew at home to the Gunners on March 31 – but they went on to win their final nine league games to surge to the top of the standings.
The Premier League is the top tier of England’s football pyramid, with 20 teams battling it out for the honour of being crowned English champions. Home to some of the most famous clubs, players, managers and stadiums in world football, the Premier League is the most-watched league on the planet with one billion homes watching the action in 189 countries.
The league takes place between August and May and involves the teams playing each other home and away across the season, a total of 380 matches. The Premier League which began in 1992, has been opened to seven different winners: Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Liverpool.
Man Utd have had the most success with 13 titles in the 31 seasons so far. Man City have the Premier League record for the biggest winning margin, when they finished 19 points ahead of second-placed Manchester United in 2017/18.
The narrowest winning margin of +8 goal difference came in 2011/12 when Sergio Aguero’s goal, deep into stoppage time on the final day of the season, gave Man City the title in the most dramatic of Premier League finishes.
Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal are the only side to have gone the entire Premier League campaign unbeaten. That record season was achieved in 2003/04, when they won the title by 11 points from Chelsea.
Past winners of the Premier league from the latest downward…
2023/2024 Manchester City, 2022/23 Manchester City 2021/22, Manchester City, 2020/21 Manchester City, 2019/20 Liverpool, 2018/19 Manchester City, 2017/18 Manchester City, 2016/17 Chelsea, 2015/16 Leicester City, 2014/15 Chelsea, 2013/14 Manchester City, 2012/13 Manchester United, 2011/12 Manchester City, 2010/11 Manchester United, 2009/10 Chelsea, 2008/09 Manchester United, 2007/08 Manchester United, 2006/07 Manchester United, 2005/06 Chelsea, 2004/05 Chelsea, 2003/04 Arsenal, 2002/03 Manchester United, 2001/02 Arsenal, 2000/01 Manchester United, 1999/00 Manchester United, 1998/99 Manchester United, 1997/98 Arsenal, 1996/97 Manchester United, 1995/96 Manchester United, 1994/95 Blackburn Rovers, 1993/94 Manchester United, 1992/93 Manchester United
FACT:
Erling Haaland was named the highest goalscorer in the English top-flight with a total of 27 goals for the second time in his first 2 seasons.
Cole Palmer was named the player of the year after having the highest goal contribution as a player in the entire season; 24 goals and 11 assists
Phil foden was awarded the most valuable player of the season by the PFA body after his sterling contribution to City’s triumphant season.
