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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...

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...

Manchester is Red, but England is blue

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Last week went from bad to worse for Manchester City. After a humbling 3-0 defeat to Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League quarter finals, they had the chance to bounce back in a big way: a Manchester Derby face-off between them and 2nd-placed United, with the added stakes of a win, finally clinching the title. Pep Guardiola's side seemed to be cruising to the crown as they went in at the break with a 2-0 lead, but United conjured an extraordinary response led by two-goal Paul Pogba before Chris Smalling hit the winner. The home side were controlling the opening stages but United offered some threat when Pogba was fouled on the left only for Alexis Sanchez to waste the free kick. Back came City and, after 21 minutes, David Silva got onto the end of a loose ball after good work from Raheem Sterling but sent his effort high and wide. That was a warning for an increasingly stretched United, whose keeper David De Gea soon had to make a good save to thwart Berna...