Manchester City crowned champions: This might be Pep Guardiola’s best trick yet

There were few people betting against champions Liverpool defending their title, having finished 18 points above City last season, a campaign in which Guardiola’s wilting team lost nine times

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola. Photo: Adam Davy/PA

Manchester City may have enjoyed more dramatic title victories but this latest one, their seventh, says more about the quality and adaptability of their manager Pep Guardiola than any that have gone before.

Guardiola, who ended his first season in England trophyless, has more than made up for it since, amassing a haul of silverware which has made City — despite last year’s blip in a campaign in which Liverpool ran riot — the Premier League’s best and most consistent side.