The season has come to an end, and the Premier League will usher in the final round of the league this weekend, with 10 league games going on at the same time at 23 o'clock on May 19 Beijing time; Manchester City and Arsenal are naturally the most eye-catching, with the two giants playing at home, Manchester City against West Ham and the Gunners meeting Everton. Manchester City are currently in the lead, and with all three points needed, Pep Guardiola's side will complete an unprecedented fourth consecutive Premier League title.
Compared with previous years, Manchester City's dominance in the league this season is not as strong as in the past, Liverpool and Arsenal have led the league many times, Manchester City because of last summer window to let go of Gundogan, Mahrez and other giants, plus the defending treble led to a sudden increase in pressure, for a while it was the role of a chaser. In the midweek make-up match, Manchester City staged a frightening moment, with a one-goal lead, Son Heung-min got a single chance in the 85th minute, but Ortega made a god-level save to help Manchester City escape; And Blue Moon also relied on the victory of this supplementary match to surpass Arsenal by 2 points in the standings and occupy the initiative to compete for the championship.
After entering 2024, Manchester City has not lost a game in the league, and the recent wave of eight consecutive wins has left other teams in the dust, which also reflects the stability of the blue moon. With such an excellent result, even if Arsenal wins 15 of the 17 rounds this year, they still can't catch up with Manchester City's results. Manchester City's final round opponent is West Ham, and the past league history between the two sides shows that Manchester City have won 11 and lost 1 of the last 12 times they have played West Ham United at home, with the only defeat coming back to September 2015, with the scores of the last two meetings being 3-0 and 3-1. Because they are ranked 9th and have already confirmed their place in Europe next season, it will be difficult for the Hammers to stop Manchester City from winning the title.
It should also be noted that Pep Guardiola has not dropped the chain in the final league title race since taking charge of Manchester City, and this has happened twice, the first time in 2018/19, when City were only one point ahead of Liverpool and had to beat Brighton in the final round to secure the title. Although Manchester City accidentally conceded a goal in that game, they then scored four goals in a row to complete the comeback and eventually beat Liverpool to win the title with 98 points, and the Reds also became the highest-ranking runners-up team in the Premier League history with 97 points.
The second time was in 2021/22, this time Manchester City were just one point ahead of Liverpool, and this time they were going to beat Villa at home. Manchester City was the first to concede the goal again, and at that time Manchester City was even 0-2 down in the 70th minute of the game, but Gundogan's brace and Rodri's goal helped Manchester City complete a thrilling 3-2 comeback, and once again beat Liverpool by one point to win the title.
City also experienced a similar thrill before Pep Guardiola's tenure, with the most memorable being the famous '9320' in 2011/12, when they were also two goals down to beat Queens Park Rangers 3-2 thanks to Sergio Aguero's stoppage-time winner to win the club's first Premier League title on goal difference. The other was in 2013/14, when they beat West Ham United 2-0 at home in the final round to win the title by two points over Liverpool. If Manchester City win the title again, it will be the first time since the beginning of the Premier League that there has been a quadruple title, even since the era of League One in 1967, there has been no team with four consecutive titles.