English Premier League Manchester City win the championship and Salah shares the Golden Boot with Son
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English Premier League Manchester City win the championship and Salah shares the Golden Boot with Son |
Manchester City won the Premier League title this season, after beating Aston Villa 3-2 on Sunday.
The first half of the meeting, which was held at the Etihad Stadium, ended with a goal in favor of Aston Villa, who scored a second goal in the first minutes of the second half. City opened minutes later, scoring goals and scoring 3 consecutive goals in less than 10 minutes.
The Etihad Stadium was filled with cheers in celebration of Manchester City's title victory, and City were set to celebrate their victory with fans with a parade on an open bus in central Manchester on Monday 23 May.
Although his rival Liverpool won its match with Wolverhampton 3-1, City maintained its lead over the Reds by one point.
Wolverhampton opened the match with a goal against Liverpool, but the Liverpool winger, Senegalese Sadio Mane, managed after a few minutes to equalize the result, ending the first half with a tie. In the last minutes of the match, Liverpool star Mohamed Salah scored the second goal for his club, after which Roberto scored the third goal for the Reds.
Liverpool fans stayed in the stands to congratulate their players and coaching staff, and there was no sense of disappointment, Liverpool gave their best but Manchester City delivered a champions performance.
With Liverpool winning the FA and League Cup and their chance of winning the Champions League final this weekend, Liverpool fans know this season can still end with a very special trophy.
"It's an amazing football season. Congratulations to Man City, and congratulations to Liverpool," said former Manchester United defender Gary Neville.
He added, "You will not find a better season than this in the English Premier League. A frantic title race. You will not believe what you were watching on the field, Man City. For 75 minutes, I felt as if it was over, but suddenly they scored three goals."
And both Mohamed Salah and Son Heung-min from Tottenham shared the "Golden Boot" award, which is given to the tournament's top scorer. Both scored 23 goals, five more than Cristiano Ronaldo.
Son scored two goals against Norwich today to equalize with Salah, who scored once against Wolverhampton.
Salah also received the "Playmaker" award, which is given to the owner of the most decisive passes during the tournament.
Tottenham will participate in the Champions League after beating Norwich 5-0 and maintaining fourth place in the English Premier League.
Burnley were relegated from the Premier League after losing to Newcastle 2-1, and their fans looked sad as Newcastle celebrated with their fans. Without another fluctuation like the one we saw at West Ham."
And he confirmed before today's matches that winning will not be enough for the Reds to win the title unless Manchester City lose against Aston Villa, expressing his belief that the atmosphere will be hot at Anfield even if they lose, which is what actually happened.
With his victory today, City achieved their fourth league title with Spanish coach, Pep Guardiola, in six seasons. It is also the coach's ninth major trophy with City.
"We know what we have to do," Guardiola said in his last statement before the win. "I told the players: 'It's just a game, don't think about the consequences. We do what we have to do to beat Aston Villa.'"
"If we are better, we will win. It is just a football game and we will do nothing different," he added.
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Manchester Arena bombing, in which 23 people were killed in an explosion as they were leaving at the end of a concert.
Both Manchester City and Manchester United published pictures and publications in memory of those who died in the accident on their websites and social media accounts.
United players also wore shirts bearing the symbol of the working bee, which symbolizes the industrial revolution in England, specifically in Manchester, during their meeting with Crystal Palace today.