Premier League

Man City ensured they won their fourth crown in five years after coming from two goals down to beat Aston Villa through an Ilkay Gundogan-inspired comeback.

But Liverpool needed just a minute to level in the second half thanks to an excellent finish from Sadio Mane. They needed to win to wrestle momentum completely from City, while the draw left Guardiola's men with a one-point lead. Instead, the Hammers were full strength and roared into a 2-0 lead. And Klopp's men were rampant under the floodlights at Anfield, sweeping them aside with an emphatic 6-0 victory. The day the title race looked over. We will give it a try.' 'Unfortunately we've been there and we had a gap out in front, and we gave it away. Again Liverpool led 2-0, and again they lost the lead. 'If we win all our games pretty much there will be a chance for us. 'When you get three points they can't get three points and it's one week less. We just have to get results. Sadio Mane doubled the advantage only 20 minutes later and Klopp's men were cruising.

There were 1,071 Premier League goals this season, just one shy of the record for a 38-game campaign in the competition which was set in 2018-19 (1,072). 2018- ...

That appearance would be Chesters’ only Premier League appearance of the season – as well as his only career appearance in the competition to date – with just three minutes and 33 seconds on the pitch (including injury time) and without making a single touch of the ball. The Nigerian attempted a mind-boggling 137 shots without scoring a single goal for Bolton Wanderers that season – only Thierry Henry attempted more shots (191) in the competition, and he scored with 30 of those. At the other end of the spectrum, West Ham introduced young midfielder Daniel Chesters in a 1-0 defeat at Anfield to Liverpool on March 5. Only in 2008-09 (24y, 225d) have Arsenal had a younger average starting XI age in a Premier League season than in 2021-22. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be, and they just had to settle for 65% of their points tally coming on the road. Of their 38 Premier League games, Chelsea found themselves ahead at half-time on 15 occasions and drawing in the other 23 matches. Overall, only champions Manchester City (nine) scored more goals in second-half injury time that Leeds across the season, but half (four) of Leeds’ tally ended as match-winners, including Harrison’s strike on the final day. Since our records began for this metric in 1996-97, this is the highest by a single player without a goal and is unlikely to ever be beaten. They dropped a league-high 29 points from leading positions – a tally that only four teams have ever dropped more than in a single Premier League season. Yes, Arsenal did miss out on the top four and subsequently won’t play Champions League football for a sixth successive season in 2022-23. Both Manchester City and Liverpool won maximum points (18/18) in these matches. Just for extra displeasure for Watford fans, their club decided to concede 46 goals at Vicarage Road this season – the most by any Premier League club in a season and the highest in a top-flight season at home since Chelsea (48) and Newcastle (49) in 1960-61.

Daniel Storey reflects on a thrilling Premier League season that witnessed a title race to remember, some breakthrough English stars and smaller clubs ...

The simplest award of the lot. The more attack-mindedJames Ward-Prowseand Kevin De Bruyne are best in class for free kicks and passing. According to Opta, Sa has saved his team (according to the number of goals conceded vs quality of chances faced) nine goals this season, seven more than any other goalkeeper. With De Bruyne taking the outright award, it seems only right to honour a defensive midfielder. With apologies to Son, who really has been superb throughout, we have to recognise at least one player from that brilliant Liverpool frontline. The signing of Christian Eriksen, using his history with him at Denmark age-group level, was a season-changing masterstroke.

Bookies have already priced up the odds on the 202223 Premier League title race and they cant see past a Manchester City repeat.

Leeds, meanwhile, off the back of their dramatic escape on the final day, can be backed at 500/1 to complete a remarkable turnaround by winning the Premier League next season under Jesse Marsch. The top two finished some way ahead of Chelsea in third and a repeat looks on the cards again next season, with the Blues priced up between 14/1 and 18/1 to win the title. Bookies have already priced up the odds for the 2022/23 season and City, with Erling Haaland already added to their ranks - are odds on to complete a hat-trick of titles.

Jürgen Klopp is happy to call his rival the world's best coach, and few would deny that Guardiola has revolutionised the game in Spain, Germany and now ...

Spending a record £100m of Saudi cash in the January transfer window undoubtedly helped as Howe’s team lifted the post-Mike Ashley gloom. He also has the straight-backed humility certain pundits look for in a future England manager. Even then, as Brentford finished in mid-table, some pointed to signing Christian Eriksen in January, when the team were struggling against relegation, as some form of cheat mode. The flaws add to the fascination with a football genius. The return of Virgil van Dijk helped, as did the forward line finding form again, and the flourishing of Thiago Alcântara in midfield. The accusation is that his players are unable to think for themselves in moments of pressure.

Fans thronged the streets of Manchester to party with their heroes for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

"I am the best dancer of my staff, we will do it tonight. "It is amazing, to do this for the fourth time. "The players have pushed me all the way.

It was a dramatic final day in the Premier League yesterday as Manchester City were crowned champions in sensational fashion as they overcame a two-goal ...

Odds-Comparison.com have compiled every result from the 2021/22 season to create an aggregate Premier League table, and it makes for interesting reading. Jurgen Klopp's side did their bit by defeating Wolves 3-1 but City turned their result around to take the title. Based on the results if the two results from same teams were put into one, cup kings Liverpool would indeed be crowned Premier League Champions as Man City’s aggregate defeats to Crystal Palace and Spurs would have cost them the title.

Manchester City were crowned Premier League champions after a dramatic 3-2 comeback victory against Aston Villa on the final day of the season.

Firstly, Fernandinho getting physically ousted by Ollie Watkins was out of the equation through his replacement. It wouldn’t come as a surprise to discover that the footballing gods may well have conjured up a game solely for the purpose of debunking a horrifically misguided theory, as Manchester City’s comeback sits on the same table as some of the best fight-backs in the division’s storied history. For a manager that is often on the receiving end of groans from a majority of Manchester City supporters for being economical with his substitutions, this was a mini-victory for the anti-narrative. For Rodri to not only be an insurmountable defensive presence as a lone number six, as well as being a faultless passing hub, his knack for standing tall in the biggest of moments from day one of the season is what possibly sets him apart from the rest. With Manchester City always being a Kyle Walker injury away from not having the best defensive right-back at their disposal, it may be a more astute plan of action for the club to target a player belonging to a similar profile to act as an understudy to the Englishman in the summer, considering ongoing links to Brighton’s Marc Cucurella. Unlike the callous Joao Cancelo - whose biggest weakness was on show in terms of being an excessive risk-taker in possession - the Ukrainian’s decision-making was dictated by the momentum of the contest, restoring a much-needed sense of control in to Manchester City’s build-up.

Thousands of Manchester City fans turn out for the Premier League winners' open-top bus parade.

The Club shared images of fans taking over the streets of the city ahead of the parade on social media with the simple message that "Manchester is blue". "There is something about this club and the spirit of it." "This is the toughest league and we have won four since we have been here," said Guardiola as City players and staff gathered on stage at the end of the parade on Deansgate.

Manchester City has played the whole season without an out-and-out striker, yet won the league and finished it as the top-scoring team with 99 goals.

City has played the whole season without an out-and-out striker, yet won the league and finished it as the top-scoring team with 99 goals. Also significant was City getting more breathing space in the calendar compared to Liverpool and Chelsea because of a rare early exit from the League Cup at the hands of West Ham on Oct. 27. He is building a strong case for being City’s greatest-ever player and should thrive even more next season when he has Haaland as a target for his imperious crosses. The goals have had to be shared around — De Bruyne leads the way on 15 — but that hasn’t been a problem. That City was pushed all the way by a resurgent Liverpool isn't a surprise, either. MANCHESTER: Manchester City winning the Premier League title hardly comes as a shock.

When does new Premier League season start? The 2022/23 EPL campaign will begin over the weekend of August 6 and 7. It will break for the World Cup in ...

When Will The Premier League Fixtures Be Released? The final round of Premier League fixtures in the 2022/23 season will all be played simultaneously on Sunday, May 28, 2023. When Does The New Premier League Season Start?

When will the Premier League season begin? When does the transfer window open? How does the winter World Cup in Qatar affect the 2022/23 calendar?

The winter World Cup has necessitated a shake up of the international match calendar. The World Cup final is scheduled for December 18. Group matches will be played on back-to-back weeks, rather than in two and three-week intervals, to ensure they are completed before the World Cup. The World Cup is one of the main events on the calendar in the upcoming season. When will the Premier League season begin? When does the transfer window open?

We select a few contenders for the Premier League's flop of the season – and invite you to have your say.

Sadly for Lukaku he has never looked like the striker Chelsea need to help them challenge Manchester City and Liverpool. He has started 16 Premier League matches and come off the bench 10 times, a sign of his status in the squad. Lukaku has 13 cup starts, making him very much a second-string option in a team without a prolific striker – Mason Mount is the top scorer in the league with 11, three ahead of Lukaku. If Lukaku stays, he or Chelsea will need to change, otherwise it could be another forgettable spell in England for the striker. We’ve got too many players who are happy to put it in for an hour, 70 minutes, but then probably fall off and happily let it go in the last 20 minutes.” When your manager and goalkeeper are happy to call you out for abject failure, maybe it is time to take a long hard look at yourself and soon realise why you are a Championship player. Can spending £25m on Chris Wood really make the world forget about the awful human rights record in the country or the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi? Could the supposed new away kit design that would invite Newcastle fans to splash out on a Saudi Arabia national team replica with a different badge really make the country seem more acceptable? “The Premier League has now received legally binding assurances that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will not control Newcastle United Football Club” is possibly the least reassuring sentence of the season. The summer recruits Jadon Sancho and Raphaël Varane have struggled to fit in, which is quite difficult in such a poor team.

A loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the opening fixture was one of two in the opening 10 games, with City also drawing twice against Southampton and Liverpool. But ...

But thanks to three wins in the final six games as well as the incompetence of the fellow relegation strugglers, Lampard steered the Toffees to safety with a 3-2 win over Crystal Palace in the penultimate game of the season. Losing 5-1 to rivals Manchester United in the first game of the season was perhaps a sign of what was to come, as Leeds conceded three goals or more on 10 occasions under Bielsa’s reign. With one of the thinnest squads in the league, a disastrous summer transfer window in which Leeds signed three players (one of which was turning a loan from last season into a permanent deal) put the club on the back foot from the get-go. But ultimately it was a downward spiral to conclude the season, as Ralph Hassenhuttl’s side lost nine of the final 12 games and conceded 30 goals in the process. The Dane arrived on a short-term deal until the end of the season, but his attacking qualities were instrumental as Brentford won seven of the final 11 games to ensure safety, with a 4-1 away to Chelsea included in that run. After winning just the solitary game in the first half of the season, Howe’s side won 12 of the last 18 games to rocket out of the relegation zone and into 11th place at the end of the season. Yes, Barkley still plays for Chelsea. However, with Spurs languishing in 8th spot after the loss, Conte worked his magic as they won 10 out of the last 14 games to lock in a spot in the Champions League next season. Despite a rocky patch towards the end of the season, four wins had the Gunners sitting in fourth and in pole position to bring Champions League football back to the Emirates for the first time since the 2016/17 season. Perhaps the issue that prevented the Reds from leaping ahead of City was the fact that in their first six draws of the season, they took the lead in five of the six games only to concede the equalising goals. But for the next 27 fixtures, City lost just once as they moved to the top of the ladder in December and stayed there until the end of the season. A loss to Tottenham Hotspur in the opening fixture was one of two in the opening 10 games, with City also drawing twice against Southampton and Liverpool.

Palace have thrown their hat in the ring once again, however, with Patrick Vieira among the nominees. Vieira is joined by Eddie Howe and Thomas Frank, who are ...

For a newly-promoted team, only Wigan in 2005-06 and Reading in 2006-07 have won more games than the Bees did this season (13). Over the course of the season, City were only beaten by two teams – Tottenham (twice) and Crystal Palace. Howe took over with Newcastle 19th in the table and winless. There were doubts about Howe’s suitability given his relegation with a memorably leaky Bournemouth, but he kept them up with two games to spare thanks to a run of six wins from their final eight matches. Palace have thrown their hat in the ring once again, however, with Patrick Vieira among the nominees. That was Tony Pulis after taking over from Ian Holloway in mid-November and guiding Crystal Palace to 11th.

In addition to the final-day drama involving the title race, top-four battle, relegation fight, Golden Boot and Golden Glove, the Sky Sports Power Rankings ...

Therefore, it comes as no surprise to see Liverpool, Manchester City and Brighton top the list this term. Manchester City dominated for two solid years until Liverpool hit peak form in 2018/19 and ran City to the wire before blasting them aside in the following campaign. That has only happened on nine occasions since the league was formed in 1992. Another factor is the sheer domination and growing muscle the clubs wield. Despite this, there is still no escaping the fact that home advantage remains generally on the wane and has been on a steady decline since 1888. Finally, we wrap this up with transfer-spending trends. It is perhaps no coincidence that all referenced clubs showed marked improvements this season. Well, the Canaries ran further than any other team this season - so their work ethic cannot be questioned. Want to know which team reclaimed possession most in the middle third? Conversely, older teams will cite that the most successful sides have averaged at around 27 years of age. Can we measure this? Or maybe who fired the most crosses into the opposition box?