In the final game of the Premier League, Manchester City defeated West Ham United 3-1 at home to win the 2023-2024 Premier League title.
It took Phil Foden just 78 seconds to give City the lead in the first half with a long-range shot before doubling City's advantage in the 17th minute with a pinpoint cross from Doku. West Ham's Juodus Kudus scored a brilliant inverted golden hook just before half-time to close the gap between the two teams.
Rodri's brilliant strike in the 58th minute of the second half helped restore a two-goal lead, and then in the 87th minute, although West Ham scored another goal, a VAR video replay confirmed that it was a handball goal, and the goal was disallowed. The final score was fixed at 3-1.
Manchester City won their 10th top-flight title in their history and their sixth in seven seasons, with Pep Guardiola's side ending the Premier League season unbeaten at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City also made history by becoming the first team in the history of the English top flight to win four consecutive titles.
'It's hard to put into words what we've done today,' Foden said in an interview, adding that at 23 years old, he is the youngest player to win six league titles. "No team has done it [four times in a row]. You understand what it means to the fans and to us, and we've been working hard all year for this moment. There's so much more to this Premier League than that. We were the first team to do so. ”
The Premier League trophy is Manchester City's third in the 2023-2024 season, following their UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup victories at the start of the season. In addition, Manchester City now have the chance to become the first team in English football history to win back-to-back Premier League and FA Cup doubles, taking on Manchester United at Wembley on 25 May.
Notably, Guardiola has won 17 trophies since joining Manchester City, including six Premier League titles, one Champions League, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one UEFA Super Cup, one Club World Cup and two Community Shields.
In the standings, Manchester City finished with 91 points, Arsenal are second with 89 points after their 2-1 win over Everton, Liverpool are third with 82 points, Aston Villa are fourth with 68 points, and Tottenham is fifth with 66 points. Chelsea, Newcastle United and Manchester United are sixth, seventh and eighth in the table. This season, the top four teams in the Premier League table have all qualified for next season's Champions League, while Tottenham have qualified for next season's Europa League. Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United, who were promoted to the Premier League at the beginning of this season, were relegated from the bottom of the table and will return to the Championship next season.
In the team standings, Manchester City ranks first with 96 goals this season, and concedes 34 goals to rank second in the list for the fewest goals conceded.
In the player list, Haaland ranks first with 27 goals and won the Premier League Golden Boot for the second consecutive season; Foden, who won the Player of the Season award, is fourth with 19 goals.
Looking back at the 136-year history of English football's top league, only five teams have won three consecutive titles six times; In the Premier League era, only Lord Ferguson has led Manchester United to two trebles, and Manchester City is the second team to achieve this feat. Last season, Manchester City became the fifth club in English football history to win three consecutive top-flight titles, the first four being Huddersfield Town (1924-1926), Arsenal (1933-1935), Liverpool (1982-1984) and Manchester United (1999-2001 and 2007-2009).
This season's success means City are now the only team to have won the English league four times in a row, the latest in history made by Pep Guardiola and his illustrious team.
Longest winning streak in the history of the English top flight: four.
1. Manchester City 2021-2024