Nottingham Forest beat Arsenal 1–0 in a match that was important to both of them.
Taiwo Awoniyi sank Arsenal’s remaining championship dreams with his goal. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Manchester City can start celebrating.
The club already won the Premier League championship for the fifth time in the last six seasons. It’s the manager Pep Guardiola’s 11th league title as a coach, and the first part of City’s pursuit of the treble.
The title was secured in Nottingham, where the local Forest overthrew the only threat, Arsenal, 1–0 Taiwo Awoniyi on the finish line.
The Nigerian got to enjoy himself By Morgan Gibbs-White foreplay in the 19th minute after Arsenal’s playmaker Martin Ødegaard had fallen into a rare stray pass for him.
Of course, the Gunners had already destroyed their own championship seams a little earlier, and Saturday’s defeat was nothing more than a seal on their already decaying championship hopes.
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For Nottingham, the three-point pot guaranteed the retention of the league place for the next season as well. In other words, it left the relegation battle as a running race between Everton, Leeds and Leicester.
Southampton’s relegation to the Championship is already confirmed.
However, Manchester City’s championship celebration will only take place after the FA Cup final (against Manchester United) and the Champions League final (against Inter).
If Guardiola managed to win both, he would repeat the trick of his first coaching season. In the 2008–09 season, he also coached Barcelona to a triple champion.