Manchester City have retained their title as Premier League champions after a frenzied feud with Liverpool until the last 38th of the season, beating Brighton 4-1 on Saturday.
With the results of the 38th stage, the one-point difference remained unchanged between City led by Spanish coach Josep Guardiola and Liverpool led by German Jürgen Klopp. The first season ended with 98 points versus 97 for the second win over Wolverhampton 2-0 at the end of the tournament saw the competition of the strongest in the history of the ball English.
The Blues have been crowned the second time in the first eight seasons, with Twalia (the first team to retain the title since Manchester United in 2008 and 2009) and fourth in the last eight seasons, while Liverpool will need to wait again for the title they have been looking for since their last trophy in 1990.
The match between City and Brighton began with a sudden and unexpected scenario that saw the host advance, before the Northern team reacted strongly and scored four goals.
With a solid defense, Brighton managed to contain the attacking power of Citi, who was initially adopted in particular by Sergio Aguero, Algeria's Ryad Mehrez, Rahim Sterling and Bernardo Silva, while Belgian Kevin De Bruin and German Leroy Sanih remained on the bench.
After a first attempt by Silva in the fourth minute, Brighton took the initiative and was the most dangerous to City keeper Ederson, especially in the wake of repeated mistakes at the start of the game by City defender Kyle Walker.
Bahrain international Ali Reza Jahanbakhsh took advantage of one of Walker's errors in the ninth minute and sent a powerful shot from outside the area past Ederson's right-hand post.
With a great defense of Brighton, City suffered from a break in the home side and tried to rely on a long-distance strike, including a 15-minute attempt to reach the hands of Australian goalkeeper Matthew Ryan.
In the 27th minute, when Glenn Murray headed his corner into the net, a powerful cross against City in a shock to fans at the American Express Community Stadium, who were following through their phones, made Liverpool their home against Wolverhampton.
But the goal was to do the magic to sound the alarm for City players and threaten to lose the title from their hands, rushed to attack, and their approach varied from hasty passes and long shots, to breakthroughs well.
The goal seemed to have a quick effect on Citi, who managed to equalize the score after just a minute. The ball reached Aguero with a neat pass from Spain's David Silva inside the area. The Argentinian striker hit the ball with a left foot from close range between Ryan's legs.
City tried again after the goal and became a greater threat to the goal of Ryan, through several attempts including the head Bernardo Silva from close range (30), before the goal came to strengthen the result with the head of defender Emeric Laporte, who headed a corner from a corner by Mehrez.
Mehrz threatened himself with a shot from the right by the Australian goalkeeper 42 minutes before Ederson took the lead in the stoppage time (45 + 2).
In the second half, City dominated and did not leave a chance to Brighton and scored two great goals, the first through Mehrez, who deflected the defense of Brighton and shot the ball with a strong right foot penetrated the left corner of the goal of Ryan 63, and the second through German Elkay Gundogan free kick, The human wall broke through the left-hand corner of the Australian goalkeeper (72).
Salah, Obamyang and Mani .. African top for «Golden Shoe»
Manchester United star Mohamed Salah has been awarded the Golden Boot award for the English Premiership this season with Senegalese player Sadio Mani and Gabon's Pierre Emeric Obamyang to become the top scorer of the competition. Africa is pure.
Salah, Obamyang and Mani were the top goalscorers with 22 goals each, with a goal ahead of their nearest Manchester United forward Sergio Aguero.
The FA regulations stipulate that the prize should be shared when two or more players are equal in the number of goals scored, regardless of the number of goals scored or the percentage of participation in matches.
Chelsea and Tottenham in the «Champions»
Chelsea and Tottenham finished third and fourth in the top two, with two Champions League tickets, while Arsenal (fifth) will have the opportunity to participate in the Champions League in the event that they qualify for the Europa League title and Manchester United sixth.
6 amazing figures from City »
■ The first team to retain the title since Manchester United in 2008 and 2009.
■ Won the title for the fourth time in the last eight seasons.
■ Chelsea and Sunderland equalized in 6 Premier League titles.
■ Riyad Mehrez became the first Arab player to win the English Premier League twice.
■ Mehrez is the first Arab player to crown the title with two different teams - Leicester City and Manchester City.
■ Pep Guardiola has been promoted to eight different tournaments (three Spanish league championships, three league titles and two Premier League tournaments).