Man City vs Chelsea: Party mood at the Etihad as Pep's men swat Blues aside to lift PL trophy

Manchester City were supposed to win the league after defeating Chelsea but Arsenal's defeat on Saturday evening against Nottingham Forest made sure City won the league without kicking a ball.

Guardiola's men still got the job done though, Julain Alvarez who started in place of Erling Haaland, registered the only goal of the game.

In spite of the numerous changes made by Pep Guardiola, it took the Citizens less than 15 minutes to take the lead.

Cole Palmer’s deft ball found Julián Álvarez, who made no mistake when firing beyond Kepa Arrizabalaga and into the corner.

Chelsea came close when they struck the post through Conor Gallagher’s header, but City still had their noses in front at the interval.

City thought they had doubled their lead when Riyad Mahrez ghosted in behind and squared for Álvarez to tap home his second of the afternoon, a brief VAR check showed the Algerian had controlled the ball with his arm.

 The decision proved to be immaterial in the grand scheme of things, however, as City comfortably held on to secure a 12th successive PL victory.