Manchester City, champion of the Premier League

2023-05-20 20:30:05

BarcelonaFive Premier Leagues in seven seasons in England. This is Manchester City’s record in the English league since Pep Guardiola arrived in the 2016-2017 season. This Saturday, the team led by the Catalan coach closes a busy week: after eliminating Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League, Arsenal’s defeat (1-0) at home to Nottingham Forest turns the citizens in champions mathematically when they still have three matches to play.

In this way, Guardiola accumulates three consecutive Premier Leagues in the most competitive league on the planet. With the coach from Santpedor on the bench, City won the competition in the 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. Arsenal, who have been leading for most of the season, have dropped their arms in recent games and, instead, the team skyblue she is being a real picker.

If Manchester City win the FA Cup final at Wembley on June 3 against city rivals Manchester United and the Champions League final against Inter Milan on June 10, Pep Guardiola will his second treble as a coach. The first was with Barça, in an unforgettable 2008-09 season for all Barça fans. In total, the citizens they have won nine Premier Leagues in their entire history, five with the Catalan coach. Guardiola is the revolutionary thinker who has found his ideal habitat in Manchester.

All the titles of Pep Guardiola as a coach

• FC Barcelona (2008-12): 14 titles
  

  3 Leagues (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11)

  2 Cups of the King (2008-09, 2011-12)

  3 Spanish Super Cups (2009, 2010, 2011)

  2 Champions Leagues (2008-09, 2010-11)

  2 European Super Cups (2009, 2011)

  2 Club World Cup (2009, 2011)

• Bayern Munich (2013-16): 7 titles
  

  3 in the Bundesliga (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16)

  2 German Cups (2013-14, 2015-16)

  1 European Super Cup (2013)

  1 Club World Cup (2013)

• Manchester City (since 2016): 12 titles
  

  5 Premier Leagues (2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22 i 2022-23)

  4 League Cups (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)

  2 Community Shields (2018, 2019)

  1 FA Cup (2019)