LONDON: Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions for the 3rd successive season following title rivals Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest. The Gunners are four points behind Manchester City with only one game left to play following being beaten 1-0 on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s team have won the title in 5 of the past 6 campaigns. They have a chance to claim the Treble, with FA Cup and Champions League finals to come in upcoming month.
Manchester City Win Premier League Title as Arsenal Lose
Only Manchester United, in 1998-99, have before achieved that achievement and it is their derby rivals whom Manchester City will meet at Wembley on 3rd June, before confronting Inter Milan a week later in Istanbul, where they will hunt a 1st Champions League victory. Manchester City will lift the title after they play Chelsea on Sunday.
Captain Ilkay Gundogan said: “The Premier League is the most demanding and competitive league across the world, so that tells you everything regarding what a success this is.
“To have won this title 3 times in a row and 5 times in six years is unbelievable. That quality and uniformity helps sum up what City stand for and ensures it (City) will continue to strive for the achievement going forward”.
Manchester City, champions for a 9th time in its history, had trailed Arsenal by 8 points on 7 April, although the team had played one match fewer than Mikel Arteta’s leaders at that point.
