How Arsenal beat Manchester City to the Premier League title
How Arsenal beat Manchester City to the Premier League title Manchester City’s draw at Bournemouth on Tuesday night confirmed Arsenal as Premier League champions for the first time since 2004. It brought to an end an enthralling Premier League title race, and while it has not always been straightforward for the Gunners, they have finally managed to get over the line. Here’s how they did it… AUGUST Arsenal kicked off with a narrow win at Manchester United before thrashing Leeds United 5-0 only to lose for the first time this season to a Dominik Szoboszlai wonder free-kick at Anfield at the end of the opening month of the season.
City, meanwhile, followed a thumping 4-0 opening day win at Wolves with a surprise home defeat by Tottenham and an away loss at Brighton. League position: Arsenal 3rd Man City 13th SEPTEMBER Mikel Arteta’s team started off September with a stormer of a game against Nottingham Forest, thrashing the away team with Martin Zubimendi putting not one but two goals in the back of the net. They then took on Manchester City at home, only to deliver a snoozefest of a draw.
Arsenal rounded the month off with a loss away at St James’ Park. City, on the other hand, made it through the month without a single defeat. Starting off with an impressive 3-0 win against United, followed by the draw with Arsenal, finishing off by slaughtering Burnley 5-0 at home.
League position: Arsenal 2nd Man City 7th OCTOBER Arsenal impressively made it through October without conceding. Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka both put the ball past Mads Hermansen to give the Gunners a 2-0 win against West Ham. A narrow win away at Craven Cottage paired with a another win by a small margin at home against Crystal Palace rounded out their month.
Pep Guardiola’s side kicked off with an 1-0 win against Brentford thanks to an early goal from Erling Haaland. Followed by a 2-0 win at home where Haaland once again stole the spotlight much to the Everton fans’ dismay. They then completed the month off with a 1-0 loss away at Villa Park.
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