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Manchester City's 7 most notable victories on way to Premier League title

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Manchester City have been crowned champions for a third time in seven seasons following their victory over rivals United The Premier League title is heading back to the Etihad. Manchester City have been crowned champions for a third time in seven seasons after bottom club West Brom's shock with over rivals United. It has been a dream season for City, who have suffered just one defeat so far this season. That came against Liverpool but City have won an incredible 29 of their 33 matches to date. Here, we take a look back at some of their most notable victories on the way to the Premier League title. September 5 - Man City 5-0 Liverpool Leroy Sane celebrates After opening their campaign with three successive wins, City then made a serious statement with this thrashing of one of their chief rivals. Sergio Aguero put them ahead and before Liverpool had Sadio Mane sent off following a collision with Ederson. Gabriel Jesus and Leroy Sane scored two each as...

Manchester City are PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!

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Manchester City won the English Premier League title on Sunday after rivals Manchester United stumbled to defeat against relegation-threatened West Bromwich Albion. Jose Mourinho's United team had needed to win against West Brom to keep the title race alive but surprisingly lost at home as Jay Rodriguez's header gave the league's bottom side a 1-0 win at Old Trafford. On Saturday, City had convincingly beaten Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 and manager Pep Guardiola said he was going to play golf with his son rather than watch United play West Brom. Guardiola's team has lost only two league games this season and if they win their remaining five games would end the campaign with 102 points. Guardiola's men clinched the league with 5 games to spare         City re-established a 16-point lead at the top of the table on Saturday when they ended a run of three successive defeats with a 3-1 victory away at Tottenham Hotspur. Because of goal difference, United real...

Champions League semifinal draw puts European giants and underdogs against each other..

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Champions League semi-final draw: Liverpool land Roma – as it happened. Liverpool have been handed a semi-final against Roma, while Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich face Real Madrid in the last four. Liverpool celebrate Liverpool will need to overcome Serie A side Roma over two legs if they are to prevail to the Champions League final in Kiev at the end of May. Jürgen Klopp’s side will play the first leg at Anfield, before making the trip to Stadio Olimpico at the start of next month. For Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool forward, it will be a return to Rome, where he scored 29 goals in 65 league appearances before moving on last summer. In the other tie, Real Madrid will take on Bayern Munich, who they knocked out of the quarter-finals last season. The first leg will take place at the Allianz Arena, with the second at the Bernabéu. Bayern, who, on Friday confirmed Niko Kovac will succeed manager Jupp Heynckes in the dugout in July, are targeting another treble under ...

City a win away from clinching their 5th Premier League title

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Manchester City  drew an emphatic line under a difficult week by moving to within one win of the Premier League title with a 3-1 victory over  Tottenham . Gabriel Jesus' opener and an Ilkay Gundogan penalty moved Pep Guardiola's men to the brink of the title in a majestic opening 25 minutes at Wembley. Pep Guardiola is on the brink of clinching the Premier League title after Manchester City’s magnificent victory at Wembley. City boss Guardiola’s champions elect now just need one more win and can even be crowned tomorrow in the unlikely event that Manchester United lose at home to bottom-of-the-table West Brom. This was a superb win as City recovered after three straight defeats - twice to Liverpool in the Chanpions League and to United in the Manchester derby - with a comprehensive victory to outclass Tottenham. Here is look at the match stats- http://www.espn.in/football/matchstats?gameId=480572 City were in command from the start and went ahead after just 22 mi...

City go to Spurs with one eye on the league

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On the back of two defeats,a Manchester derby loss followed by an exit from the Champions League,one can well and truly say,the last week has been the worst for City fans all around the world. On Saturday Manchester City face Totteham Hotspurs at the Wembley Stadium where a win would leave City needing just another win to win the league . Pochettino first pitted his wits against Guardiola in 2009 when Espanyol held Barcelona to a goalless draw in his debut game in management and there has been a simmering rivalry ever since. Manchester City would be looking to clinch their 5th Premier League title today. Here are some key facts to get you in the mood for an enthralling clash at Wembley- Tottenham have won their last two home league games against Man City. They last had a longer run against them between 2005 and 2009 (6).  Man City have only won one of their last five Premier League games against Spurs (D1 L3), though it was in the reverse fi...