Manchester City celebrate Premier League title with 1-0 win over Chelsea

Manchester: Manchester City celebrated its Premier League title in style with a 1-0 win against Chelsea on Sunday.

Julian Alvarez’s 12th-minute goal secured a 12th straight win in the league for Pep Guardiola’s team as the fans toasted victory by invading the pitch after the final whistle.

It is a third successive title for City and a fifth in six seasons for a team that is dominating English soccer. And it could be just the start of a historic treble of trophies this term, with the finals of the Champions League and FA Cup still to come.

“We always believed we could do this. This group of lads are professionals and winners,” defender Kyle Walker said.

“Rest assured we are not finished. We have the FA Cup against our bitter rivals (Manchester United) and then the Champions League.

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“We will celebrate tonight and then move on to try and create history.”

Arsenal’s 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest on Saturday meant City was confirmed champion even before its final home match of the campaign.

It meant Guardiola could afford to name Erling Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, John Stones and Ederson on the bench. But even in their absence, City still secured the win with World Cup winner Alvarez scoring the decisive goal.