Man City vs Chelsea LIVE: Premier League trophy presentation follows pitch invasion
City have won the Premier League for a third consecutive year after Arsenal failed to beat Nottingham Forest
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Manchester City celebrated their latest Premier League title triumph with a straightforward 1-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday.
Pep Guardiola’s treble-chasing side had already been confirmed as champions for a fifth time in six seasons after Arsenal’s loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
That meant the Etihad Stadium was in celebratory mood for the visit of the Blues and a much-changed side gave the fans another success to cheer courtesy of an early Julian Alvarez goal.
Chelsea had a few bright moments but City, without getting anywhere near the intensity with which they crushed Real Madrid in midweek, always seemed in control.
Follow all the action as Man City host Chelsea in the Premier League:
Manchester City's trophy presentation
Pep Guardiola has now won 11 league titles in 14 seasons as a manager between Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.
Enzo Fernandez is Chelsea’s sole shining light to take into next season
The end of the 2022/23 season cannot come quickly enough for Chelsea, more so than for any other Premier League club.
A pair of transfer windows have yielded a huge turnover in the playing staff and more is to come this summer, while the eventual appointment of Mauricio Pochettino has to bring an end to months of farcical decision-making within the coaching structure.
There’s so much to fix that even interim boss Frank Lampard cannot be held hugely accountable for their impending bottom-half finish - though what is now an 11 per cent win rate, following this 1-0 defeat to re-crowned champions Manchester City, certainly bears plenty of scrutiny in itself. All in all, it’s far worse than one which can be passed off as just a season to forget; lessons have to be learned, errors rectified, the few positives which do exist taken forward as cornerstones for next season and beyond.
Enzo Fernandez is Chelsea’s sole shining light to take into next season
Man City 1-0 Chelsea: Frank Lampard has given the Argentina World Cup-winner a platform in a bad team, but in 23/24 a new manager must put in place those around him to let Fernandez’s talents shine fully.
Manchester City's trophy presentation
Manchester City's trophy presentation
Manchester City’s club captain, Ilkay Gundogan is the final player to receive his Premier League winners medal.
He also picks up the the trophy, walks over to his teammates and hoists it into the air as the confetti goes off and the celebrations begin!
Manchester City's trophy presentation
Phil Foden now has five Premier League winners medals and he’s just 22 years old. Ryan Giggs who has a record 13 of them was 25 when he earned his fifth one.
Foden is on track to beat him if City can keep their dominance going.
Manchester City's trophy presentation
Pep Guardiola collects his Premier League winners medal first with the players following him as usual.
For quite a few of them this is the fifth time they have won the trophy, for others like Sergio Gomez, Manuel Akanji and Erling Haaland it is the first one they’ve won.
18-year-old Rico Lewis collects his Premier League winners medal too.
Manchester City's trophy presentation
Pep Guardiola comes out first and takes in the applaused of the supporters and the staff. The players follow, they’re all wearing City shirts with ‘Champions 23’ printed in gold on the back.
Jack Grealish is hugging all the support staff in celebration, Erling Haaland has a huge smile on his face.
Manchester City's trophy presentation
With 17 goals this season Julian Alvarez is Manchester City’s second-highest goalscorer in all competitions this season, behind only Erling Haaland (52).
At the Etihad, the Argentine has been directly involved in 15 goals across his 12 starts.
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