widespread reports that manager Pep Guardiola will depart after a decade in charge at the end of the season. <\/a><\/p>\nVictory at Wembley on Saturday secured a 20th trophy of Guardiola\u2019s glorious reign.<\/p>\n
But he cannot add to his six Premier League titles when Aston Villa visit the Etihad on Sunday for what is expected to behis final match in charge. <\/p>\n
City look disconsolate after handing Arsenal the title with one game to spare.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Guardiola had warned that fatigue could cost City against a highly motivated Bournemouth, who still have Champions League qualification in their sights for next season. <\/p>\n
As it stands, Bournemouth will be in the Europa League after ensuring they will finish no lower than seventh.<\/p>\n
Sixth could be good enough for a place in the Champions League if Aston Villa finish fifth and win Wednesday\u2019s Europa League final. <\/p>\n
City fans forlornly chanted \u201cOne more year, Guardiola\u201d in the early stages at the Vitality Stadium in a bid to convince their decorated coach to see out the final season of his contract. <\/p>\n
But if the travelling fans hoped City\u2019s players would be inspired to give Guardiola a glorious goodbye, they were left sorely disappointed. Manchester City’s Spanish manager Pep Guardiola reacts after City surrendered the title.Source: AFP<\/p>\n
Antoine Semenyo had the ball in the net on his return to Bournemouth but was flagged offside in City\u2019s best moment of a flat first half. <\/p>\n
The home side suddenly sprang to life to open the scoring in the 39th minute. Eli Junior Kroupi curled a brilliant strike into the top corner to set a new record of 13 goals in a debut Premier League season for a teenager. <\/p>\n
Nico O\u2019Reilly wasted City\u2019s best chance of a lifeline when he was denied by Djordje Petrovic just seconds into the second half. <\/p>\n
Guardiola watched on pensively as his side\u2019s title challenge fizzled out with a whimper.<\/p>\n
After winning what was billed a title decider against Arsenal last month, City put the destiny of the title back in their rivals\u2019 hands by drawing 3-3 at Everton. <\/p>\n
Arsenal supporters celebrate in a pub near the Arsenal stadium after Arsenal’s soccer team won the Premier League title in London, Tuesday, May 19, 2026.(AP Photo\/Alberto Pezzali)Source: AP<\/p>\n
Guardiola looks set to depart having failed to win the league for two consecutive seasons for the first time in his coaching career. <\/p>\n
Rayan and David Brooks hit the post as Bournemouth should have secured victory in Andoni Iraola\u2019s final home game in charge.<\/p>\n
Erling Haaland\u2019s equaliser deep into stoppage time came too little, too late to save City\u2019s title challenge.<\/p>\n
But it was a big goal for Liverpool, who now have a three-point cushion over Bournemouth and a goal difference advantage of six heading into the final day battle to secure a top-five finish and Champions League football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal ended their 22-year wait to be crowned Premier League champions on Tuesday after Manchester City were held…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[328748,328746,64,63,1208,2057,596,2022,11999,8316,3583,24938,1614,328747,264090,85,22294,3586],"class_list":["post-681685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arsenal-end","tag-arsenal-supporters","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-london","tag-manchester-city-football-club","tag-mikel-arteta","tag-northern-europe","tag-pep-guardiola","tag-premier-league","tag-six-year-trophy-drought","tag-soccer-team","tag-sports","tag-title-race","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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