Manchester City have become champions of England for the eighth time on Sunday. Coach Josep Guardiola’s team turned a 0-2 deficit against Aston Villa on a blistering last day of play in the Premier League: 3-2. Competitor Liverpool won at home with difficulty 3-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Manchester City started the final round with one point ahead of Liverpool and therefore needed a victory. On the final day, both teams were virtually on ninety points for a long time, although City had also become champion based on goal difference.
However, in the last game against Aston Villa, Manchester City fell 0-2 behind thanks to goals from Matty Cash and former Liverpool striker Philippe Coutinho. It looked equally bad for City, but within twelve minutes the home side turned the deficit around with two goals from Ilkay Gundogan and a goal from Rodri.
Liverpool fell behind Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third minute with a goal from Pedro Neto. Twenty minutes later, Sadio Mané equalized and in the final phase Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson gave ‘The Reds’ the win.
Manchester City left competitor Liverpool one point behind in the ranking and extended the league title. Previously, the club from Manchester also became champion in 1937, 1968, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2019. City mate Manchester United is still the record holder with twenty titles.
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The last day of play in the Premier League resulted in a blistering apotheosis. Manchester City had it in their own hands, but surprisingly fell behind Aston Villa eight minutes before half-time. Cash’s header from a pass from Lucas Digne.
At that time, Liverpool were 1-1 against Wolverhampton Wanderers. The Champions League finalist had a disaster start and faced a deficit early on due to a goal from Neto, who simply found the goal on a pass from Raúl Jiménez. Halfway through the first half, Mané scored the equalizer after a beautiful heel by Thiago.
At that standings, both teams were virtually on ninety points, but the goal difference was in City’s favor. With a lead Liverpool would come to the top of the virtual ranking and five minutes after the break Mané also scored, but this time his goal was rejected on the advice of the VAR for offside.
It became even more exciting when Coutinho made the 0-2 for Aston Villa more than twenty minutes before the end with a slider in the left corner. Twelve minutes later things looked completely different for City. Gündogan headed in the 1-2, Rodri made the 2-2 with a long shot and Gündogan made the 3-2 after a wonderful action by Kevin De Bruyne.
Liverpool, where Virgil van Dijk remained on the bench, took the lead six minutes before the end via substitute Salah (from a scrimmage after a corner), but now had to hope for a goal from Villa. That did not come, so City extended the league title. Robertson made the 3-1 for Liverpool just before time with a tapper.