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For the fourth time in the last five seasons, Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions. A dramatic 3-2 win over Aston Villa on Sunday saw Manchester City finish a point ahead of second-place Liverpool in the final game of the season.  Manchester City were down 2-0 when they scored three goals in five second-half minutes to secure victory, sending the Etihad stadium into delirium. Aston Villa's goals were scored by Matty Cash and former Liverpool star Philippe Coutinho. City substitute Ilkay Gundogan scored twice, either side of Rodri's goal in an epic five-minute comeback, with only 15 minutes left to the end of the game. Gundogan scored the first in the 76th minute, Rodri scored the second closely after, and the winning goal came from Gundogan in the 81st minute. Had City failed to win, Liverpool would have been champions. The 2021/22 Premier League title is Guardiola's 11th trophy in six years since coming to England. "We are legends. We will ...

In assessing Eden Hazard's performance for Chelsea in their 2-1 victory at Watford, Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri brought up Barcelona ace Lionel Messi. Hazard crossed a century of Chelsea goals in the Blue's triumph at Watford, being the lone goalscorer for Chelsea in the game. The 27-year-old forward is looked upon as a talisman in Chelsea, and has been directly involved in 19 Premier league goals in 18 games this season, the most for any player in the league. Given Hazard's crucial importance to Chelsea, Sarri qualifies Hazard's importance to that of Messi and Ronaldo to their respective teams. "He is very important for us. Messi is very important for Barcelona," said Sarri. "Hazard scored twice today. He is very able to open space for his team-mates." "Maybe we played with quality against Leicester, but today we had much better application for the 90 minutes," he added. Still talking of Hazard, he said, "It is difficu...

Belgium national team manager Roberto Martinez recently claimed Chelsea star Eden Hazard is the most decisive player in the world after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. The talismanic Stamford Bridge figure starred for Chelsea and Belgium in 2018, positioning himself at the top of the Premier League ranks. Martinez told  The Times ,  “At international level, I have only seen a player playing at the very top consistently. “If you take Ronaldo and Messi away, I don’t think you can find another player as decisive.  “Eden has won the league at Lille, a team that didn’t have the right to win it. “And he has won the league at Chelsea in two different projects.  “The consistency is there, and he is at the best moment of his career right now.” Hazard has scored eight goals and made nine assists for Chelsea this season. Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson believes Hazard is much more able than his peers at Manchester United, given his ability to single-handedl...