Manchester City celebrated their Premier League title on Sunday, beating Chelsea 1-0 with an early goal by Julian Alvarez in the team’s home finale at the Etihad Stadium.
Treble-chasing City, who wrapped up the title when Arsenal were beaten by Nottingham Forest on Saturday, have won 12 successive games in the top flight.
City were crowned champions for the third season in a row and fifth in six years a day earlier than expected when Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat doused any hopes the Londoners had of catching them.
They have 88 points from 36 games, seven more than Arsenal who have played 37 games. Frank Lampard’s Chelsea are 12th with 43 points and one game remaining.
Despite Manchester City leaving out the majority of their stars from the XI, they took just 12 minutes to open the scoring. Wesley Fofana gave the ball away, which allowed Cole Palmer to slip in Julian Alvarez who slotted past Kepa. He had another goal chalked off for a handball in the build-up.
The mood on Sunday was festive. Chelsea sportingly gave the City players, who had watched the Arsenal game together the previous evening, a guard of honour before kickoff while thousands of fans rushed onto the field after the final whistle.
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