Pep’s men have won title in outrageous style

Forget the talk of Manchester City ‘crisis’

There is something quite delicious about Manchester City winning the league title after a week when Pep Guardiola’s team were called into question in some quarters. If the least worrying ‘crisis’ in history is over, so too is the nonsense talk that Manchester City have somehow disappointed this season because they were eliminated from the Champions League at the quarter-final stage.

While Pep Guardiola will indeed be disappointed not to win a treble in his second season in English football, three successive defeats should not alter the bigger picture. The chances are that this City team will set new Premier League records for points, wins, and goals. They have won the title with five matches to spare. This is an outrageous achievement, given preseason expectation.