Manchester City win thrilling title race, break Liverpool heart

Manchester City retained the Premier League title in style on Sunday, holding their nerve to come from behind and thrash Brighton to hold off a charging Liverpool after a nailbiting campaign.

A day of drama on England’s south coast was in keeping with an astonishing season in which the lead switched hands time after time. Ten minutes later, the unmarked Aymeric Laporte rose to head in Riyad Mahrez’s corner to complete the turnaround for City and second-half goals from Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan put the result beyond doubt.“We have to say congratulations to Liverpool and thank you so much –- they pushed us to increase our standards,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.

Players took it in turns to hoist the Premier League trophy, with club captain Vincent Kompany and Guardiola last to lift it, together.“This team is amazing. We’re able to fill this place at this time of night. Thank you so much.” “They have 198 points in two years, that’s special. We made such big steps. It’s only the first step. Always after a good year we lost key players but we won’t so we’ll be there again.”

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