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Striker Manchester City, Julian Alvarez, merayakan gol yang ia cetak pada laga melawan Chelsea di Stadion Etihad, Minggu (21/5/2023). |
Manchester City Beats Chelsea, Brighton Qualifies for Europe
BELIBOLI - Manchester City's victory in the Premier League was complete with a win over Chelsea, while Brighton and Hove Albion qualified for European club competition for the first time.
Manchester City has gone through Week 37 of the Premier League by guaranteeing their status as champions. The Citizens were confirmed to be champions in front of television after Arsenal were defeated by Nottingham, Saturday (20/5/2023).
Competing a day later by hosting Chelsea at the Etihad, Sunday (21/5/2023), Pep Guardiola's men won minimalist.
The 1-0 score was enough to make the celebration of the champions at home more lively. The 28th trippoint for Man City this season was determined by Julian Alvarez's single goal.
Usually being Erling Haaland's spare tire, the young Argentinian had the opportunity to play from the early minutes. He opened the scoring in the 12th minute after completing a Cole Palmer pass.
Alvarez actually scored again in the second half, but this time the referee disallowed his goal. Through VAR, Riyad Mahrez was confirmed to have committed a handball before releasing a bait that was poked by Alvarez by tapping into the enemy's goal.
This result made Pep Guardiola's fleet earn 88 points in 36 matches. As for Chelsea, they are still stuck in 12th place and are certain to fail to enter the top 10 of the final standings. Elsewhere, the two parties that played this Sunday produced an identical score of 3-1.
One of them gave birth to Brighton and Hove Albion as the winner against the team that had been relegated, Southampton. Thanks to these results, Brighton has ensured that they will qualify for European competition next season.
Ranked 6th with 61 points, Brighton can enter the Europa League or the 2023-2024 Conference League. His position can still be overtaken by Aston Villa, who pack 58 points in 7th place.
It was a major milestone in the club's 121 year history to qualify for the continental stage for the first time.
Premier League Results, Sunday (21/5/2023)
West Ham 3-1 Leeds (Declan Rice 31', Jarrod Bowen 72', Manuel Lanzini 94'; Rodrigo 17')
Brighton 3-1 Southampton (Evan Ferguson 29', 40', Pascal Gross 69'; Mohamed Elyounoussi 58')
Manchester City 1-0 Chelsea (Julian Alvarez 12')
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