It was going to arrive, the doubt for weeks was when. And it's here: Manchester City is mathematical champion of the Premier League with three games to go before the end of the championship, although he has been counting the days to reach this moment for almost a month. On Christmas Day, Pep Guardiola's team was 8th in the standings and was eight points behind Liverpool. An uneven start to five wins in 12 games made City stagger, which when it picked up speed was unrivaled. For the history of this 2020-21 there have been 15 consecutive wins that accumulated the citizens and that they allowed them to reach the lead and not let go of it again in order to face the final stretch of the championship with some relaxation against their rivals. Historically, only three teams were in a worse position at Christmas and ended up winning the title: one of them, the 1937 City (12th).
For Pep Guardiola it is the third Premier League, equaling technicians such as Wenger (3) and Mourinho (3), all of them very far from the 13 that Sir Alex Ferguson adds.. At the same time, he equates his league achievements in the three clubs he has managed: three leagues with Barcelona, three with Bayern and another three with Manchester City to a total of 31 titles.
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The third in England has been achieved from the living room, caused by the defeat of Manchester United against Leicester City at Old Trafford (1-2). But it tastes just as good. It is the fifth Premier League title for the citizens, thus equaling Chelsea in second place and remaining eight behind Manchester United (13). All of them have been in the last decade, where only Chelsea have won more than one. In total there are seven league titles for the citizens after those harvested in 1937 and 1968, for which they occupy the fifth historical position of England equaled Aston Villa and only behind Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Everton.
After the Carabao Cup and the Premier League, the next goal is the Champions League. City have never conquered Europe and are just days away from their first elite final: the chance to confirm themselves as the best team on the continent, something that they have already demonstrated numerous times in English territory throughout these years.
This title also makes Pep Guardiola the third coach with the most titles in football history. Adding the 14 titles he achieved with Barça, the 7 with Bayern Munich and the 10 he already has with Manchester City, he reaches 31 winches and surpasses the mythical Valeri Lobanovski, who achieved 30 in his long career with Dynamo Kiev . He only has Mircea Lucescu (33) and Sir Alex Ferguson (49) ahead.