{"id":21381,"date":"2021-05-11T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21381"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:07:10","slug":"manchester-city-win-premier-league-after-uniteds-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21381","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City Win Premier League After United&#8217;s Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2.56690907.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2.56690907.png 570w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2.56690907-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2.56690907-410x260.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/>Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions once again after Manchester United were beaten 2-1 at home by Leicester on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>City missed the opportunity to secure a third league title under Pep Guardiola on Saturday when a missed penalty from Sergio Ag\u00fcero proved costly as Chelsea came from behind to win 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>United beat Aston Villa on Sunday and needed another victory to delay the celebrations once again \u2013 but a side showing 10 changes could not see off the Foxes, who took an early lead through a fine volley from teenager Luke Thomas which was cancelled out by Mason Greenwood\u2019s neat finish.<\/p>\n<p>Caglar Soyuncu headed in a corner midway through the second half to secure all three points, which left City as champions with three games still to play.<\/p>\n<p>Even if United, set for a rescheduled league match against Liverpool on Thursday as well as the Europa League final, could have produced the required performance, it would have only delayed City\u2019s seemingly inevitable march towards the title.<\/p>\n<p>Guardiola will now take his side to Newcastle on Friday safe in the knowledge of having delivered another major trophy back to the Etihad Stadium, reclaiming the league crown from Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>City, though, will also have European dominance firmly in their sights, with the chance to set the record straight when they tackle Chelsea in the Champions League final on May 29th.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-21381\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21381&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-21381\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21381&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-21381\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21381&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=21381\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions once again after Manchester United were beaten 2-1 at home by Leicester on Tuesday night. 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