Premier League: Julián Álvarez’s Manchester City became champions without playing after Arsenal defeat

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He Manchester City he won his ninth this Saturday Premier Leaguefifth in the last six years, thanks to Arsenal’s defeat by Nottingham Forest. Giuliano Alvarez He won the Scudetto in his first season in England, in which he also won the World Cup with the Argentina national team and can also lift the Champions League as the Ciudadanos are in the final in Istanbul which will be played on June 10 against Inter Milan.

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City celebrated this victory from home, a day before facing Chelsea, a match in which they would go on to secure victory to seal victory in the league competition. However, the defeat of Arsenal’s main rivals “Blue sky” this season he hastened City’s coronation, virtually certifying the title a week ago, when they beat Everton 3-0 and Arsenal fell by the same score to Brighton & Hove Albion.

This is the first of three titles that City of Pep Guardiola I aspired in this season finale, together with the FA Cup, whose final will be played on June 3 against Manchester United at Wembley, and the Champions League, which will be played against Inter Milan on June 10 in Istanbul (Türkiye).

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The Sampedor manager has already won eleven league titles, three with Barcelona, ​​three with Bayern Munich and five with Manchester City, making him the sixth most successful manager in the history of the English league. Guardiola is level for five games with Tom Watson (Sunderland and Liverpool) and Matt Busby (Manchester United), and has only George Ramsay (Aston Villa) and Bob Paisley (Liverpool) ahead, with six titles, and Alex Ferguson, who he won thirteen league titles in his years at Manchester United.

Since the arrival of money from the UAE in 2008, City have won seven league titlesin 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023, to which must be added those they conquered in 1937 and 1968.

This is the most dominant period in the English league since Liverpool won five titles in six years between 1979 and 1984.

The ‘Sky Blues’ were eight points behind Arsenal this season, but a four-game winless run for the ‘Gunners’, including a 4-1 win at the Etihad between these two sides, ended up turning the tide classification. prevent Mikel Arteta’s team from winning their first championship in 19 years.

City have won this league title with three games to spare and will still have to play against Chelsea, Brighton (May 25) and Brentford (May 28).

Source: Clarin

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