Guardiola's City closes its perfect week with its fifth Premier League

He did not even have to jump onto the pitch because Arsenal resigned from the Premier after their defeat and defeat against Pep Guardiola's team on matchday 33. That 4-1 in the Etihad was a blow to the morale of the gunner squad. And today, he has ended up throwing out a title that was very difficult for him.

Keylor Navas saved a cross from Bukayo Saka and, with him, all the hopes of Arsenal to overcome a championship in which he bled to death in the second round ended. It was an emergency match also for Nottingham Forest. The victory kept them in the Premier League for another year. And, of course, Forest's urgency was greater and the team led by Steve Cooper scored Taiwo's goal well.

Thus, Arteta has not been able to overcome his teacher despite having made an impressive first part of the championship. “If they had kept the same pace of the first lap, it would not have been possible to catch them, but they lost some points… and we were there”, Guardiola told in the preview of his match against Chelsea.

The summary is that the City wanted it more than the Arsenal. The figures do not lie: the skyblue team has won the last 11 games while the gunners have only won two of their last eight games.

There are four points less than those that Arsenal has with only three to play. Nine remain for Guardiola's team, even if he doesn't need them. “Now comes the hard part.. I compare it to tennis players, who say that serving to win Wimbledon is the most difficult point they face. We the same, we have to close the League title”, he said before learning that 'his tennis player' had withdrawn from the match.

This is the citizen's fifth Premier League out of the last six, the third in a row. A historic streak only equaled by its neighbor. Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United achieved it from 1995/96 to 2000/01.

triplet

With the achievement of the league championship and the elimination last Wednesday of Real Madrid, Guardiola now aspires to achieve the treble with Manchester City. In less than a week, the FA Cup final will be played against Manchester United (June 3) and the Champions League against Inter Milan (June 10).

If he succeeded, he would also match Manchester United in the 1998-99 season. That year, Alex Ferguson's team also won the three most important titles to which an English team can aspire.

haaland beast

One of the keys to this Guardiola City is, without a doubt, the arrival of the Norwegian, Erling Haaland. Indisputable top scorer of this Premier, the former Borussia Dormundt player has broken an all-time record with 36 goals in the English league. The previous record was held by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer with 35. He also has 52 in all competitions.

Another record he equaled was the number of goals in a Champions League match. He scored five in City’s win over RB Leipzig and with them became the youngest player to reach 30 goals in this competition. Although he did not score in the last tie against Real Madrid, the Norwegian was a constant threat to the white defense and worked hard in attack to open holes for his teammates to exploit.