Manchester City is champion of the Premier League

• Manchester City wins the Premier League.
• They raise the trophy for the sixth time in 11 years.
• They are already a benchmark in football and England.

Manchester City had already had the experience of playing at home and losing the title, now they are champions for the sixth time in 11 years and defeated Aston Villa 2-0 to reign in the Premier League in England, according to the AP and Sin embargo.

Were the leaders going to crumble like never before in the Premier League? It was exciting when they ended up 2-0 to Aston Villa on Sunday, silencing their fans at the Etihad Stadium, while pursuers Liverpool beat Wolverhampton.

HOW WAS CITY’S COMEBACK?

Like the 2012 comeback to win their first Premier League title with two added-time scores, City had another vibrant reaction. City grabbed their sixth English top division title in 11 seasons by scoring three times in five minutes to turn the score around and beat Aston Villa 3-2, thus avoiding being displaced on the last day by Liverpool.

When the 2-0 against Villa seemed grim, Ilkay Gündoğan started the comeback after 76 minutes. Rodri leveled two minutes later and Gündoğan put City ahead in the 81st. For a moment, despite losing, City looked set to retain the title, with Liverpool drawing 1-1 with Wolverhampton, and the news that Manchester City became champion shocked everyone.

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE OTHER MATCHES?

But Mohamed Salah turned the game around in the 84th minute, and that could have catapulted Liverpool to the top. City, however, knew how to react and Etihad Andy Robertson sentenced Liverpool to a 3-1 victory.

«We have risen and we won,» said captain Fernandinho after his last game for City. «It’s a fantastic feeling.» Relief, and ecstasy. If City had conceded a goal in agony, Liverpool could have kept the trophy. But Pep Guardiola’s team resisted in an exciting final.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED IN THE LEAGUE?

Also on Sunday, Tottenham qualified for the next Champions League after beating bottom club Norwich 5-0. Heung-min and Dejan Kulusevski scored twice and Harry Kane scored the other as Spurs moved into fourth, two points above Arsenal, who beat Everton 5-1.

Manchester United will join Arsenal in the Europa League under new manager Erik ten Hag, despite losing 1-0 to Crystal Palace. West Ham squandered the chance to dislodge United from sixth place by losing 3-1 at Brighton, leaving last season’s Europa League semi-finalists in the Conference League.

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