On Sunday, the Premier League race officially ended. Although Man City already had one hand on the title, they were officially crowned as champion over the weekend.
Guardiola’s men beat Tottenham 3-1 on Saturday but had to wait an extra time for the confirmation, which came courtesy of Man United’s shock 1-0 loss at home to West Brom. It was an unexpected result given that the Baggies are in last place in the standings.
Elsewhere, Arsenal’s misery away from home continued. The Gunners lost 2-1 at Newcastle despite taking an early 1-0 lead, leaving them only two points above seventh-placed Burnley. Here are the standout stats from the recent round.
Guardiola won his seventh top-flight title in nine seasons
Pep also added another record
1 - Pep Guardiola is the first Spanish manager to win the English top-flight title. Pioneer. pic.twitter.com/9Br1HQZxyt
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 15, 2018
And so did his Man City side
5 - Man City have won the Premier League title with five games remaining; equalling the English top-flight record. They have equalled the efforts of Manchester United (1907-08 and 2000-01) and Everton (1984-85) who all won the top-flight title with five games to spare. Cruise. pic.twitter.com/SbeV1CXB0u
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) April 15, 2018
Unfortunately, Mourinho lost this record of his
This is the first time Jose Mourinho has failed to win the league title in his second season at a club.
— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) April 15, 2018
Arsenal’s abysmal away record in 2018 is alarming
@Arsenal’s Away Form In 2018:
— SPORF (@Sporf) April 15, 2018
2-1 vs Bournemouth
3-1 vs Swansea
1-0 vs Tottenham
2-1 vs Brighton
2-1 vs Newcastle
The only side in England's top four leagues to NOT win an away point this year. pic.twitter.com/YdGAe0sxJb
The Gunners’ away run is the worst since…
Arsenal lose 5 PL away games in a row for the first time since 1984. #afc pic.twitter.com/m9NXa7Ut5I
— afcstuff (@afcstuff) April 15, 2018
Salah goes down in Premier League history
Another record...
— Liverpool FC News (@LivEchoLFC) April 14, 2018
Mo Salah is the first African player to score 30 goals in the Premier League.
One better than Didier Drogba.
pic.twitter.com/5OxAzDhLV5
But the Egyptian wasn’t the only Liverpool attacker to set a record in the Bournemouth victory
Mo Salah became the highest scoring African player yesterday in a single season
— DaveOCKOP (@DaveOCKOP) April 15, 2018
Sadio Mane became the highest scoring Senegalese player yesterday in a single season
Roberto Firmino became the highest scoring Brazilian player yesterday in a single season