Man City v West Ham LIVE: Premier League result and final score as Phil Foden inspires victory

And so, some 136 years after the muse of the Football League, England lastly has a group who’ve performed the quartet. Manchester City are the primary group to change into champions in 4 consecutive seasons. Pep Guardiola has a historic achievement; one other one, given the uncommon and distinctive distinctions he has engineered and amassed amid his personal observe file of unparalleled success.

There is a debate available if this City facet are the best England has seen however they will declare to be probably the most relentless. Since the Club World Cup, they’ve taken 57 factors from a doable 63. If Arsenal’s excellence left them with little room for error within the run-in, City made none, ending with 9 straight wins, every by not less than two objectives. They have turned successful right into a routine: throughout video games, months, seasons and an period.

While City have endured final-day drama earlier than, Guardiola’s prediction that this may be just like the nerve-shredding final recreation towards Aston Villa in 2022 proved very mistaken. Mohammed Kudus produced a late contender for purpose of the season, however solely when City had been already up.

A purpose forward inside 80 seconds, two to the nice inside 20 minutes, this was a saunter within the sunshine. City had been dominant, Foden rampant, his early double an additional illustration of his capability to score objectives which might be each essential and wonderful.

Read Richard Jolly’s full-time report from the Etihad:

“It feels as wonderful as the primary one. We labored so laborious for it. We batted so laborious with Liverpool and Arsenal. Doing one thing historic is so particular.

“Phil Foden’s purpose helped us. It was an excellent purpose and it has confirmed the season he’s had. It’s a superb second for him to determine this recreation for us. The objectives he has scored have been so decisive for us [this season].”

Manchester City have now gone 35 matches unbeaten in all competitions (W29 D6), the longest run ever by a Premier League group. In English top-flight historical past, the one group with an extended unbeaten run is Nottingham Forest between March and November 1978 (40)

Kyle Walker is the last as long as gather his medal and the membership captain takes his time earlier than lifting the Premier League trophy aloft.

Manchester City are champions once more!

Phil Foden collects his medal to very large applause from the stands and Rio Ferdinand.

“You have to respect it – the individuals there are fantastic. The top players have moments where you cement yourself as one of the club’s greats – I’m not going to go too early, but Foden has done that today,” the previous Man United centre-back says on TNT Sports.

“It’s hard to explain how difficult winning a title again is – to continually reboot and go again. The daily pressure to get up and go every day is a relentless pursuit of elite performance.”

“Pep Guardiola has designed a mode of soccer that’s being copied not simply round this nation, however throughout Europe.

“Most of all he’s a successful machine that instils that in everyone who works with him.”

Club legend Pau Dickov brings out the trophy and is adopted quickly after by the medical group and backroom workers.

And right here comes the gamers, led out by Guardiola, to a rapturous reception within the Manchester sunshine. The Spaniard the primary to obtain his medal.

City followers stormed onto the pitch in celebration however are again within the stands now as we prepare for the trophy elevate

As the Arsenal followers sang joyously, you wouldn’t essentially have thought they’d simply completed second. That might as a substitute be seen on the dejected faces of the gamers, who didn’t even have a good time the Kai Havertz purpose that gave them a 2-1 victory over Everton.

Arsenal had performed what they wanted, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient. For their half, the one cause the followers had been responding as they did was due to the lengthy acceptance this had been the case, and satisfaction within the group.

It symbolised how there was solely ever the phantasm of rigidity to this, and many of the title race. City have been too robust, successful too many matches of this run-in with ease. Arsenal simply hold having to attempt to inch nearer, as arduous as that’s. They are regularly getting there.

The surprise is whether or not City, underneath Pep Guardiola on this idealised surroundings, will at all times have that bit extra.

Miguel Delaney reviews from a disappointing day for Arsenal followers on the Emirates:

Captain Martin Odegaard addresses the group: “We have changed the club. I think you all believe in us now. I can’t wait to come back from the break. We’re on a good way. We’re stronger than last year and we have to come back even stronger and push all the way and win everything.”

Mikel Arteta additionally says a number of phrases: “All that is occurring since you began believing, you began to be affected person, you began to see what we had been attempting to do. All credit score to the gamers, this was powerful, unbelievable.

“It’s time to have a break, suppose, mirror. Please hold pushing and inspiring this group. Don’t be glad. We need far more and we’re going to get it. Thank you a lot.”