Manchester City wins second straight English Premier League title
There was no miracle for Liverpool this weekend.
Manchester City on Sunday captured it's second consecutive English Premier League crown after defeating Brighton & Hove Albion, 4-1. Liverpool, fresh off a thrilling comeback to defeat Barcelona in the Champions League semifinals, won their Sunday match, as well, beating Wolverhampton, 2-0. But they fell one point shy of the title.
It looked like there was some hope for Liverpool, who needed some combination of a win and a Manchester City loss or tie to leapfrog their competitor in the standings, early on in the day, when Manchester City fell behind Brighton, 1-0. But, in the end, City's talent won out and they cruised to victory in the second half.
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
Liverpool and Manchester City had been neck and neck all season long in what ended up being a two-team race, with City finishing with 98 points to Liverpool's 97. The next closest club in the standings was Chelsea who tallied 72 points on the year.
Liverpool, one of the most storied clubs in England — and the world — have never won the Premier League, which was founded in 1992. The club's last English championship came in 1990. The side will have a chance for redemption soon, though, when they take on Tottenham in the continent-wide Champions League final on June 1.
Create an account with the same email registered to your subscription to unlock access.
Sign up for Today's Best Articles in your inbox
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com
Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
-
'Musk's reliance on China draws rising scrutiny'
Today's Newspapers A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages
By The Week Staff Published
-
Biba: the story of a 'legendary emporium'
The Week Recommends Brand's 60th anniversary is being marked with retrospective celebrating the 'iconic shop's cultural importance'
By Adrienne Wyper, The Week UK Published
-
How the Russia-Ukraine conflict has spread to Africa
The Explainer Ukraine is attempting to strengthen its alliances on the continent to counter Russia's growing presence
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
-
Puffed rice and yoga: inside the collapsed tunnel where Indian workers await rescue
Speed Read Workers trapped in collapsed tunnel are suffering from dysentery and anxiety over their rescue
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
-
More than 2,000 dead following massive earthquake in Morocco
Speed Read
By Justin Klawans Published
-
Mexico's next president will almost certainly be its 1st female president
Speed Read
By Peter Weber Published
-
North Korea's Kim to visit Putin in eastern Russia to discuss arms sales for Ukraine war, U.S. says
Speed Read
By Peter Weber Published
-
Gabon's military leader sworn in following coup in latest African uprising
Speed Read
By Justin Klawans Published
-
Nobody seems surprised Wagner's Prigozhin died under suspicious circumstances
Speed Read
By Peter Weber Published
-
Western mountain climbers allegedly left Pakistani porter to die on K2
Speed Read
By Justin Klawans Published
-
'Circular saw blades' divide controversial Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas governor
Speed Read
By Peter Weber Published