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2019 Manchester City Are

15th,

May

| Champions After Come From
EXAMINER Behind Win At The Amex

IRISH PREMIER LEAGUE RESULTS anchester City overcame an incredible City side. utes of it, was fun while it lasted.

early fright to roar past
The football gods have had a
in it Brighton had a puncher’s
MBrighton and wrap up the busy week, and they took Sunday Yet all the time there was one goal
Sunday May 12th
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-4 Manchester City PremierLeaguetitle. off. Liverpool, it seems, had used chance, and Liverpool still had
Murray 27 Agüero 28 Pep Guardiola’s side recovered up their quota of miracles against some hope.
Laporte 38 from going behind to a Glenn Barcelona in the Champions That hope was extinguished
Mahrez 63
Gündogan 72 Murray header to run out 4-1 win- League semi-finals. when Mahrez, who was not having
Att: 30,662 H/T: 1-2 ners and pip Liverpool to the Brighton, safe from relegation as the best of games, popped up on
crown. of last week but in dismal form, the edge of the area, effortlessly
Burnley 1-3 Arsenal
Barnes 65 Aubameyang 52, 63 Any title jitters were eased with- always looked like being compliant slipped past the sliding Dunk and
Nketiah 94+ in 83 seconds of Murray’s 27th- opponents for City. slammed the ball home.
Att: 21,461 H/T: 0-0
minute opener as Sergio Agüero, Yet an early snap-shot from Gundogan sent a brilliant free-
Crystal Palace 5-3 AFC Bournemouth scorer of the dramatic clincher in Alireza Jahanbakhsh, which fizzed kick nestling into the top corner to
Batshuayi 24, 32 Lerma 45 2012, reprised that famous strike narrowly wide, had Guardiola seal the deal in the 72nd minute.
Simpson 37 (og) Ibe 56 with an instant equalizer. down on his haunches, as if the It was ultimately a seaside stroll,
van Aanholt 65 King 73
Townsend 80 Further goals from Aymeric Spaniard sensed all was not entirely the routine coronation Liverpool
Att: 25,433 H/T: 3-1 Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay as it should be. feared.
Gundogan then started the party in Word then arrived, via But City’s triumph will be
Fulham 0-4 Newcastle United
Shelvey 9 the away end as Liverpool were Brighton’s fans, that Liverpool defined not by swatting aside
Pérez 11 forced to settle for a valiant second. were ahead against Wolves at Brighton, but by Vincent
Schär 61 It was a remarkable title race Anfield when Murray stunned the Kompany’s winner against
Rondón 90
Att: 24,979 H/T: 0-2 which lasted until the final day, yet visitors, heading in at the near post Leicester, or Kyle Walker’s stunner
was oddly bereft of twists and turns from a Pascal Gross corner. against Newcastle, or inflicting
Leicester City 0-0 Chelsea as City and Liverpool relentlessly The lead lasted less than a Liverpool’s only league defeat of
Att: 32,140 H/T: 0-0
racked up win after win after win. minute and a half, though. David the season with the help of a gap on
Liverpool 2-0 Wolves As it turned out Liverpool won Silva slipped the ball through to the goal-line of 1.12 centimeters.
Mané 17, 81 their last nine but City’s 14-match Aguero, who was being played In claiming the club’s sixth title,
Att: 53,331 H/T: 1-0
winning streak, a record end to a onside by Lewis Dunk. and a fourth in the last eight sea-
Manchester United 0-2 Cardiff City top-flight season, ensured the Reds’ The Argentinian duly obliged sons, Guardiola’s side also became
Mendéz-Laing 23 (pen), 54
Att: 74,457 H/T: 0-1 wait for the title will tick into a 30th with his 32nd goal of the season in the first to retain the Premier
year. all competitions, blasting the ball League trophy since Manchester
Southampton 1-1 Huddersfield Town Over nine months and 38 games through the legs of Maty Ryan. United 10 years ago.
Redmond 41 Pritchard 55
Att: 30,367 H/T: 1-0 each, the two juggernauts clocked At this stage Liverpool still sat A 32nd win of the season also
up 195 points between them as on top of the ‘as it stands’ table, but equaled the top-flight record, set by
Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Everton they disappeared over the horizon. not for long. City last season.
Dier 3 Walcott 69
Eriksen 75 Tosun 72 Liverpool’s final total of 97 After Brighton keeper Ryan Now only Watford, in next
Att: 60,124 H/T: 1-0 would have seen them take the title saved from Mahrez at his near post, weekend’s FA Cup final, stand in
at a canter in every other Premier Murray left Laporte all alone at the the way of an unprecedented
Watford 1-4 West Ham United
Deulofeu 46 Noble 15, 78 (pen) League season, barring the last. Yet corner to nod home. domestic treble for this incredible
Lanzini 39 they still could not catch this The jeopardy, all 10 or so min- side. C
Arnautovic 71
Red Card: Holebas (Watford) 48 min
Att: 20,067 H/T: 0-2
PREMIER LEAGUE TABLE

Team P W D L F A GD Pts.
Manchester City 38 32 2 4 95 23 72 98
Liverpool 38 30 7 1 89 22 67 97
Chelsea 38 21 9 8 63 39 24 72
Tottenham 38 23 2 13 67 39 28 71
Arsenal 38 21 7 10 73 51 22 70
Manchester United 38 19 9 10 65 54 11 66
Wolves 38 16 9 13 47 46 1 57
Everton 38 15 9 14 54 46 8 54
Leicester City 38 15 7 16 51 48 3 52
West Ham United 38 15 7 16 52 55 -3 52
Watford 38 14 8 16 52 59 -7 50
Crystal Palace 38 14 7 17 51 53 -2 49
Newcastle United 38 12 9 17 42 48 -6 45
Bournemouth 38 13 6 19 56 70 -14 45
Burnley 38 11 7 20 45 68 -23 40
Southampton 38 9 12 17 45 65 -20 39
Brighton 38 9 9 20 35 60 -25 36
(R)Cardiff City 38 10 4 24 34 69 -35 34
(R)Fulham 38 7 5 26 34 81 -47 26
(R)Huddersfield Tn 38 3 7 28 22 76 -54 16
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany lifts the Premier League Trophy