Phil Foden scored twice to set Manchester City on the way to a 3-1 victory over West Ham which ensured they pipped Arsenal to the title
would suffer; it would be emotional, the nerves stretched taut because this is how it is supposed to go on the final day of the Premier League season when so much is at stake.
The more reliable narrative about the team that Guardiola has built is that when the title is in sight, they zero in on it remorselessly. They now have four-in-a-row – English football league history – and of their ten in total, Guardiola has six. He has collected them during just eight years in charge.
Moments before it was all over, with the fans lining up behind one of the goals for the pitch invasion, a few City players had to rush over to tell them to stay away. It was perhaps the clearest note of jeopardy. City knew that it did not matter if Arsenal won, if their rivals recorded an 89-point season with a 16The double-Double is on; City face Manchester United in next Saturday’s FA Cup final.
City were pumped up from the first whistle, bristling with intensity. Guardiola had started Jeremy Doku on the left wing, allowing Foden to play as a No 10 alongside Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva on the other flank. The quartet were in the mood. They were resolved not to allow West Ham so much as a breath.Foden’s second came after a marvellous piece of footwork by Josko Gvardiol, who picked his way through a bit of traffic and fed Erling Haaland.
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