FULL REACTION to Man City winning EPL title 🔥 6th EPL championship in last 7 seasons | ESPN FC

Shaka Hislop, Ale Moreno, Frank Leboeuf and Julien Laurens join Dan Thomas on ESPN FC to give their immediate reactions to Manchester City winning the English Premier League for a fourth-consecutive season, their 6th title in the last 7 seasons, with Erling Haaland and Pep Guardiola at the helm.
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[@kylephaneuf9975]

Pep is a genius. Uses the first half of the season to experiment with new players and tactics then switches into business mode after Christmas.

[@Speedyvampir2]

Perfectly said

[@pheaseyy]

Yes and what other team can do that? None. Because they aren't cheats.

[@eL--RaL]

😂👑🙌👏

[@kadarabdullahi]

He liked to tease his opponents by giving them a false hope.

[@shanky1751]

​@@pheaseyy Manchester city "cheating" didn't make arsenal lose to villa at the Emirates or livarpool to lose to palace at anfield😂

[@Tigerheiress]

Phil foden has become a menace to English club football. He is a superstar on the rise, I just can’t wait for him next year

[@mchannel1365]

Scuk his ninni

[@alandelo1233]

What’s the point can you see England team win anything I don’t

[@ozgecko4050]

@@alandelo1233what’s that got to do with anything ? The England squad has to face against France Germany and Spain which are equally great squads

[@mytyak07one11]

@@ozgecko4050and all that with Southgate at the wheel! Southgate can turn France national team into a group stage bottlers team

[@MelvinJ64]

He's only playing this good because of Pep. He would be another English disappointment without Pep's coaching.

[@molaminchanter4264]

Pep so bored of the epl that he created arteta ,just to compete with him😅😅😅 Pep is the goat 🐐

[@KLHK1981]

Don't copy and paste

[@Chad0023]

gave him a couple players too

[@gunnersagamer7205]

❤

[@tilakrajgolari1577]

😃🤣

[@nicob.4607]

Good one, but it's not like Klopp competed for years with Pep and actually won a PL instead of Arteta who had 4 years and 600 Million to spend. Arsenal are just bottlejobs like Spurs these days 😂

[@nickfox4766]

Jules’s story about Foden is wrong, he was actually 14 and playing in the England U16’s, Foden is unbelievable and needs to be the main man in the England team, he’s now scored 29 goals in all competitions and with no penalties

[@handsolo1209]

Foden has just turned 16 when Pep arrived.

[@Justblendit]

The main man must be him and bellingham

[@gooner72]

​@@Justblendit if you put Foden, Bellingham, Saka and Kane in our attacking positions and then put Declan Rice behind them in the England team for the Euros, that's an unbelievably dangerous set up to play against. For me, it's such a shame that Ben White won't play for his Country until Gareth Southgate and his team go......... which hopefully will be soon, 🤞🤞

[@Justblendit]

@@gooner72 Bro you need a good defence to win titles cant rely to out score the opposing team, they will not dominate every team by keeping the ball...they'll need to sit back against some of the top teams like France and Spain...

[@abhilashsathyamoorthi8221]

Whether you love them or hate them, you cant deny that Man City is a tremendous team. Pep is a certified genius of football. Congratulations 🎊

[@B.B.1961]

A respectful and humble comment... well done!

[@MCFCTheMadHatter]

Fair play 👍👍

[@mikeall9374]

115

[@winter_silhouette]

Pep is a genius, no doubt. He's arguably one of the best managers ever. But as long as the 115 charges are not resolved, all of the achievements he has made in City will have a question mark.

[@robertgeorgemiller278]

​@@winter_silhouette Agree 100%. I don't know why people don't call it for what it is - fraudulent practice is criminal activity. They are criminals.

[@Chad0023]

"The English premier league is a competition which 20 teams compete and in the end Manchester City win." Anonymous

[@yelladean2598]

Half of them compete just to stay in the league tbh

[@funkyangel8082]

They won 2 times with 1 point difference and won on last day they won it these time on last day too Thats why its compitative

[@HectorZambrano-lj4xb]

Farmers league

[@garyanderton]

@@funkyangel8082It's not the only league where this happens, but EPL fans have you believing that only occurs in this league. Dortmund lost the title last year in the last 20 minutes of the final matchday. Happened in 2021 when Atleti became champions, same in 2014 or whenever they won the league the first, happened in 2022 in Serie A. Also, with the money Prem clubs are spending, they should have a more competitive league, yet City still wins it. 4 in 5 and they made it look easy since Pep takes his foot off the gas till January, then goes on a spree.

[@rev1379]

City would definitely win any other league lmao.

[@BiggestBirdonMars]

The fact that pep won this league with all the players who left and some key players being injured is just crazy Mind you this is citys transition period trying to build a squad for the future as well and their still hitting great heights Its insane the job pep has done

[@danielnordlander7459]

Aside from haaland, gvardiol, & doku, who is new to this team

[@thelegendhimself.]

They had 1 or 2 key injuries and they have the biggest squad depth it wasn't that serious

[@jordanapodaca23]

​@@danielnordlander7459kovacic, nunes, ake, akanji.

[@DezzRSA.]

​@@danielnordlander7459 you see this what happens when you follow football using comments, watch some games don't catch up on the comment sections of these pages

[@DezzRSA.]

​@@thelegendhimself.They have the smallest squad stop lying

[@mariiooo47]

They spent the whole weekend hyping up west ham to actually do something when they lost by 5 to fulham , chelsea and arsenal this season 😂 , that is bad punditry on its own , the title been wrapped up since arsenal lost to villa , craig burley must be fuming rn.

[@russellward4624]

And arguing arsenal will be up 1-0 early on. Lol

[@tehnoonusmani658]

😂

[@summer4973]

😂

[@Justblendit]

it was wrapped up after they won against tottenham

[@nickoforesta5788]

What separates City from the rest of the league comes down to Pep and they way he prepares his team. More than any other team, they live in the moment. They don't ever look ahead or allow themselves to think about the game coming up next week. They play that way too. working hard until the final whistle every game no matter the opponent. If a player doesn't work hard until the final whistle, that player will be watching from the bench. They are the standard. If you want to beat City, you have to match that intensity every minute of every match. Arsenal has come close. Liverpool have come close but no one has reached this standard save Manchester City. They are the GOAT

[@Patrick-sh9tt]

What separates them is financial cheating.

[@camplord3509]

And 155 other reasons

[@evybjrnerem3800]

Shut up, that was in 2018.,and has nothing to do with the players now. 👏

[@nickoforesta5788]

@@camplord3509 UEFA tried this a few years ago. How did that work out? Charges mean nothing if you can't prove them and if they had any hard proof, this would have been dealt with already.

[@Patrick-sh9tt]

Pure cheating

[@tomodul2619]

The pain went straight to The Emirates Stadium.

[@morealgothanlasttime_.8474]

*_bottle of tears_*

[@joshgroom8421]

Not really- we lost by two points- but we don't have 115 charges to face in September/October

[@makcity7850]

@@joshgroom8421 Yes really, you were leading a below par City team with their best players missing for most of the season and Arsenal playing the best football. And you still lost by 2 points? How did those charges effect the collapse of your team? Copium is strong with this one.

[@sunilnarine6313]

@@joshgroom8421 fake charges and will be cleared

[@alveuel]

@@makcity7850 Below par? Man City threw the UCL to win the league they were so worried. Man City will end up with an asterisk at the end of the year for the 115 FFP charges. Something Man City fans don't ever entertain too is that it's harder for a London side to win the EPL. The derbies, Man City have 2 a year. Arsenal have more than 12 a year. Teams don't show up to play against Man City because they know they cheated and nobody cares. It's like when a slot machine wins your money, nobody cares it won, that's Man City... When the player wins everyone cares because it was against the odds. City aren't against any odds, they cheated and will eventually be punished.

[@eL--RaL]

Pep is *THE GOAT* by miles 🐐

[@GIBBO4182]

You just said it was a “super farmer’s league” in another thread!! 🤡🤡

[@ElijahHawk]

He's not even close in the GOAT debate.

[@6bigears135]

Cheats

[@jadden61]

Yes, all he needs is an already top team and 1.5 billion dollars! What a goat!

[@lawrenceottih]

​@@jadden61 what stops your team and coach from having the billion pounds?

[@Zoe-777]

Some of these pundits drive me nuts sometimes..here they are criticizing a team that has done something no other PL team has done for not being perfect 🤯. If it took perfection and playing silky all the time then the great teams of Liverpool,Arsenal ,Chelsea ,United would have done it. That’s why no one won 4 EPL in a row. No one can be perfect through out the season talk less of being perfect for 4 years, what are these guys on about 😓. During this time other teams figure you out and you have to constantly come up with different ideas and solutions. The level of consistency these City side has shown is incredible not only in the EPL but also in the Cup games and Champions league which they go really deep into the tournaments. Arsenal played beautifully this season what do they have to show for it,Klopp ran his players to the ground like he does every year before the league even starts,No wonder Pep always says “let’s do it for ourselves and our people “ .. yh he is right … whatever anyone says fact remains 6 in 7, a treble and 4 in a row 😂.. I hope city wins the FA cup by playing the worst football match in their entire history

[@Tigerheiress]

They’re never satisfied bro

[@Arazorblade]

How can you figure out a juggernaut? The question should be , can you deal with a team where bench players have price tag of 70 mils and 55 mils and are paid the best salary in the league? No team can figure out such a money position. Look at Arsenal, they are trying to compete but do you think they can match the salary standards of city although they are have started paying better ?

[@jordanapodaca23]

Who on our bench is getting paid that much? Total contract sure but year to year no. Mate, your argument is pointless.

[@aquinasntab71]

Some of these so called pundits are shameless. Rather than congratulating Man City for their Successes, they prefer to look for reasons to dent their achievements.

[@aquinasntab71]

​@Arazorblade Manchester United have got the highest wage bill in the EPL.

[@roberthuffmann8204]

Pep has mastered conditioning. Many come to England and complain about not having a winter break. Pep planned around it.

[@juancarlosalonso5664]

Sure, being given enough money to buy two full squads (unlike most other teams) definitely has nothing to do with it…

[@ericsasu910]

@@juancarlosalonso5664city’s bench Alvarez, Grealish, Stones, Kovacic, Ake, Bobb, Lewis. Help me if I missed someone. To me this doesn’t look like another 11…

[@shahzadmanc]

I laugh at these clowns two days ago they were saying West Ham can upset city. Look at them now 😂

[@farlawson1706]

Yep west ham get batter by Chelsea

[@KLHK1981]

They forgot west ham also in London

[@MelvinJ64]

Shaka is a City hater. That Man dies inside every time City wins another Trophy.

[@simransaini99]

They are TV pundits, they have to put out every possibility forward.

[@khosta6690]

They been rooting for arsenal all season

[@derektandoh1777]

I’ve always said that city is the best team n pep is the best manager to ever coach in England.far better than Ferguson!!!!

[@NphiniT]

Facts!

[@Patrick-sh9tt]

115 facts

[@wamnicho]

Ferguson was more of a manager than a coach, pep is coach, he actually does coach players, fergie left the coaching to his assistants and he just picked the teams

[@Djsonley]

@@wamnicho He did but also won 13 titles and won european titles with Aberdeen while also taking United from nowhere to 3 great eras. Pep has two great era's in comparison to Fergie's 4. At Bayern he did okay. Jupp Heynckes overshadowed him a lot in that tenure.

[@abumansaray7]

What a dumb comment. The EPL 10 15 years ago was a lot different. You actually had competition.

[@SiddharthVaz]

Jules math. Foden is 23 and when Pep arrived in 2016, foden was 17.

[@platnumj]

lol let him live. We get what he means lol. He was young. His Southgate story may be wrong too. I heard it was the under 17s and Foden was 14 at the time, not 12. But idk for sure

[@nige5902]

He’s 24 next week ,makes mathematical sense😂

[@platnumj]

@@nige5902 Peps been there 8 or 9 years. so its still off a year of 2

[@Noirlore]

As a city fan, that Kudus is MINT. United paid twice his fee for antony 😂😂😂😂

[@denisako6493]

Peo won't succeed in the toughest league in the world they said in 2016 now everyone wants him out

[@tsheporabekane4172]

😂😂😂

[@mikepearson3226]

City are without doubt the gold standard of this League. Pep’s record during his career is phenomenal. I tire of the critics that say “yes but if he wasn’t given the best players ….” The bottom line is he still has to put together a squad that can play at a CONSISTENTLY high level and keep them motivated. I recommend anyone that cares take a look at video of his training sessions and you will see WHY he is the best coach in the game. And yes I do think he could take a lesser team and make them competitive. He takes top players and makes them better - he has proven that over many years.

[@juancarlosalonso5664]

I tire of the critics that say “yes but if he wasn’t given the best players ….” You can be tired of it, but the critics are right, this qatari team has been given WAY more money than anyone else, it’d be embarrassing if they weren’t dominating the league like this.

[@BC-mj7gj]

Back in 2016 I told a friend that No other team will win the league as long as Pep stays At city. I am wrong but very close. Congratulations to city for winning next season league title to make it 5th in a row.

[@manygoodmen]

Since 2016 they have 7 out 9.

[@manygoodmen]

Since 2011 they have won 9 titles in 13 years

[@isletgedeon2905]

City will for another 2 seasons maybe 3.

[@saradmatthewtigga4413]

@@manygoodmen 8

[@drty8765-ef1fd]

They won't make it 5 in a row I am afraid

[@user-iw8st5ph1d]

city will still be champion next year

[@chimaijemikekeonwu7345]

AMEN

[@eL--RaL]

Arsenal fans are WAILING so hard 😂😂 they're the ones commenting "115" The pain has pierced thru their hearts 😂😂

[@sylvesterdzimiri3266]

💀what are u doing here bro.. ur not celebrating your oil club winning ?

[@GIBBO4182]

@@sylvesterdzimiri3266 I’m convinced he’s got about 4 different personalities, the one that supports Man City isn’t in charge right now

[@emmanuelosei-rena9970]

Lmao 🤣 😅😅😅😅😅

[@therealking6202]

​@@GIBBO4182He jumps on in between finger painting sessions, naps, and diaper changes.

[@GIBBO4182]

@@therealking6202 I literally can’t watch a football video without seeing 5 comments from him on it. Needs to get out a LOT more

[@Zacksolos2007]

City worst season and still win 4 in a row varsenal best season and cant get a trophies or a title is so embarrassing saka probably left that club soon

[@Djsonley]

Hows it embarassing to lose to a side that cheats in lobbying a country against the FA and UEFA to avoid punishment? If City got fairly punished they wouldn't have 4 in a row.

[@PaddyMac]

Arsenal were winning titles when City were in the second and third leagues of English football. Do you remember the 90’s? Probably not. Arsenal’s 13 titles compared to City’s ONE before the oil money 😂. Judgement day on the 115 charges will soon come. You’re going to get a response from a lot of people in a year or two, so keep talking 👏

[@Justblendit]

@@PaddyMac Keep crying, 4 in a row...2nd season with Arsenal having no trophy... in their hands again and they bottled it against Aston Villa

[@tobaepebinuade5830]

There are 3 things that go in common in football which is death taxes and Manchester City winning the Premier League. It’s what they do these days and no one is surprised that they won the league again. Pep Guardiola is so good of a manager to the point where he’s actually turned the best league in the world into a “farmers league”. When a team has won 6 titles in the last 7 years, that level of competition in any league has diminished. They’re one of if not the greatest team we’ve ever seen in English football. This is the exact sort of dominance we’ve seen from Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga and PSG in Ligue 1, what these guys are doing in a much more tougher league theres no difference. They’ve just become the first team ever to have won 4 consecutive league titles in a row and yes on paper the league is still competitive because some of the league titles have gone down to the last day of the season, but from a long perspective, Manchester City are dominating the league year in year out. Sir Alex Ferguson has never done what Pep has done and imagine if his legendary Manchester United team were competing against Pep’s City team. By the way I’m talking about prime Manchester United not Erik ten Hag Manchester United or any other United team post Ferguson. Even in a season where we had 3 teams competing for the title, they still won the league. You can say that a certain league has a high level of competition when after 38 games are you really surprised that the same team is lifting the trophy. A lot of people say that Ligue 1 is a “farmers league”, but guess what PSG and Manchester City have won the same amount of league titles in the last 7 years which is 6. This is total domination and as long as Pep Guardiola is still coaching Manchester City I don’t see anyone stopping them from winning the league. From the 2017-18 season the Centurions where they accumulated 100 points in the premier league, their treble winning season in 2019 and 2023 to them being the first team ever to win 4 consecutive titles in a row, under Pep, Manchester City are competing against the same versions of the different teams that Pep has assembled. They show no signs of slowing down and they haven’t lost their hunger at all because 12 months after winning a treble, they won their 4th consecutive league title. This is a team that has the greatest manager of all time with unlimited money and some of the best players in the world you expect them to dominate every year as no team in the premier league can realistically compete with that. There’s a misconception that they’re only successful because they spend a lot of money and it’s just not true. In order to win trophies and strengthen your team you have to spend money the right way. By this logic, Chelsea should’ve won the premier league in the last 2 seasons as during this period they’ve spent more money out of any team in the premier league. They’re just so good they have this inevitably about them and once they peak it’s game over and they do this every single year. From going on these 10-15+ games in a row winning streak to hitting form at the right time, they’re a relentless winning machine and Arsenal despite accumulating 89 points, it wasn’t enough for them to win the league this season. There’s a growing concern about the trajectory of the premier league and it makes sense as a lot of people are tired of seeing City win every year and other teams need to compete with them and Liverpool and Arsenal need to step it up even further because it’s not a great look for the league with the amount of titles they’ve won in the last 7 years.

[@Anon-Man.]

the day Pep leaves will be the day MC goes back to default settings. lol

[@geraldmutti2001]

​@@Anon-Man.Keep thinking that lil bro

[@Anon-Man.]

@@geraldmutti2001 I am not thinking it..that's exactly what is going to happen...how many Trophies did MC win before Pep arrived? lol

[@_Agent_2G]

@@Anon-Man.2 bro

[@geraldmutti2001]

@@Anon-Man. They were winning pl titles fool you think they stop winning 😭😭 you haters love crying focus on your dying clubs not city

[@kgaboclinton4099]

Even if you talk about he 115 charges, that won't change the fact that man city is dominant and will continue to do so, and haters will keep on crying

[@P.K...]

They are cheating oil club buddy...

[@sergiodangelo3175]

Ok

[@roberthuffmann8204]

That’s right. The matches were played. We know who won.

[@3rdvision-fj6hm]

Its changes all the facts and negates all the trophies. That's why nobody is celebrating Mancheater 115 fc

[@mchannel1365]

Cheaters paying money to Royals who employ Refs as their slaves 😅

[@TinohOneil]

Pep gave his assistant coach to Arsenal and even added players to both arsenal and Chelsea. Arsenal fans should be grateful especially to Pep. Genius . Without him EPL will be still boring

[@briankin1827]

Winning 4 in a row " means more to City" ?I guess Trent as well as Shaka is well and truly silenced now?

[@masterchief1520]

It means 4 to city

[@billben6062]

People saying farmers league forget united won 8 of the first 10 premier leagues and 3 peated twice

[@Kevon420]

Super Farmer's League back then

[@cameronuy9552]

I think with United it was more natural because half of their team during that spell came straight from the academy. At least thats my thoughts. With City, it wasn't a natural progression of the club doing well so people look at their achievements differently the same way people do with Chelsea and PSG.

[@AtleticoCool94]

Back then, But yes, Manchester is blue but it’s no different. It’s the same farmers league Overrated

[@eL--RaL]

Super farmers league then 😂👍

[@nicobailey3264]

​@cameronuy9552 what academy are senseless go check the players all of them and see where they from bout academy 😅😅

[@alambanda9259]

Craig should atleast celebrate this with us, Put 115 charges aside... Talent❤

[@theone4808]

Why celebrate cheating?

[@juliojimenez9794]

When will people understand City's charges are different from Everton's and NF's? Those two were easy, they fell under the jurisdiction of the FA. City's don't.

[@user-jh4sw3ww6w]

After the UCL final, Pep asked by Carragher which is harder to win EPL or UCL, he said, I think is UCL, may be because am a master of winning EPL. He is the master of winning EPL

[@davekika7394]

Congratulations MAN CITY 4 IN ROW

[@gigii9419]

I love the ‘enthusiasm’ here after these dudes did like 3 segments about the scenarios west ham could cause city an issue, like there wasn’t another game to consider, this is the least highflying version of city in recent years chop & change lineup often this season & still found that switch & enough cohesion to power through the second half of the season incredible team

[@Joswag]

The trophy looks like the Crown Cup in Mario Kart

[@emmanuelosei-rena9970]

😂😂😂😂

[@KLHK1981]

Yeah that's why Arsenal choose not to win it

[@koseisan]

I'm glad we won but I kind of feel bad for Kudus today. He scored an absolute screamer🤣🤣

[@kadarabdullahi]

Kings of England, once again 🎉🎉

[@user-yt2sx3qz3s]

Manchester city Goat status. We will realalise it in coming years.

[@sk_hermit1809]

As for now, they'll have to fight for it.

[@dhirshg]

Imagine being Arsenal - near perfect for 9 months and still come 2nd!!! Best thing about City winning is there is no noise around the world!

[@englanduk6131]

There's a mentality thing instilled in City players by pep... Theres film of Erling Haaland returning to City's dressing room after the 2-0 win at Spurs and shouting "don't celebrate!.. One more game!"...now that's a mentality that leads to winners!!! 😁

[@vanalphahanyati8645]

When a player scores 3 goals,you award him with a ball. Something should be awarded to Pep

[@shellins]

All i can say over hare is never underestimate man city's 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆and counting

[@BellaJiyar_XOXO]

Farmers league official.

[@TheKh65]

Just like La Liga, Bundesliga And the rest of the euro leagues except Serie A

[@emmanuelewaana3653]

I honestly feel the opposing coaches are shameless and should be banished from coaching. *Klopp is leaving coz lfc owners are not supportive enough. *Chelseafc are rebooting. *Man utd is lost at the owner. *Arsenal is never going to lead the epl table.

[@TheKh65]

@@emmanuelewaana3653 that reads like a whole lot of waffle

[@rev1379]

@@TheKh65Serie A is washed. Same league that had all 3 teams lose their respective finals last season. Even the Bundesliga has been more successful in Europe and that says a lot.

[@KLHK1981]

​@@TheKh65Serie a also farmers league..remember Juventus won it like ten in a row. And this season inter totally no challenge by other

[@MrKevvo83]

Fun and insightful punditry from Ale, Shaka and Frank. I like this crew.

[@kindface]

Difference between the two top debutantes from the academy: Sancho vs Foden. ---->. Pep Guardiola. Like Sane, Sancho was too full of himself about his level of talent. Foden hunkered down, bide his time and listened to Sifu Pep. And the results speak for themselves.

[@obrachak]

GOOD that many pandits are withdrawing their comments against Man City. Many pandits were claiming City is not performing, ha ha ha.. Pep is the Goat -- pandits will not understand his logic.

[@lonelyboy1977]

Hindu priests are withdrawing their comments about Manchester City, and will not understand Pep's logic? Oh, wait a minute: you mean *PUNDITS* not pandits. 😄😆😂🤣

[@Nrr0501]

You have to give respect to Foden and Watkins because they got 19 NON-PENALTY goals in this season and a lot of them weren’t even tap-ins. That’s insane.

[@stanleymorgan1939]

In Pep’s first year, they finished even on points with United-4 th place. Look how both clubs have progressed. Amazing.

[@YOTD777]

Some buffoons commenting here say the Premier league is a farmers league, well the Champions league is a farmers competition with Real 😂

[@tsimoi273]

Real buy refs.

[@chamartinpl]

@@tsimoi273 Buy yourself a brain

[@ancientknight9805]

Why is that? The term farmers league comes from the fact that the same team wins it over and over again consistently. Currently, it's incredibly hard for any team to do it twice in a row

[@blackwhite2361]

Farmers league means one team win it consistently without intensive competition. That hasn't been the case for Man City... They've had strong competition from L'pool and Arsenal. Lovey 1 is farmers league because PSG basically hs no competition

[@rugendorunene545]

No, the premier League is more of value than the Champions League unless for perception.

[@davekika7394]

Same pundits who said ARSENAL WILL WIN The league 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shivanshuroy6992]

Congratulations City🎉🎉🎉

[@peacefulliberal5641]

Pep-Thank you for making EPL a farmers league. Karma caught them.

[@darrentoon5332]

It’s not called epl you freak

[@101_LIFE]

This line of argument regarding Pep gets a lot of traction. It is mischievous to make it an EITHER / OR kind of argument. There are various facts which can be and are true at the same time. Fact - Pep is a great Manager. ONE of the greatest and the best right now. Fact - But outside of the once in a generation Barca team with the likes of once in a generation players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and others, he basically did nothing out of the ordinary until he came to a financial doping powerhouse in City. Fact - He builds great teams and plays a scintillating brand of football most days. No doubt. Fact - But without that financial doping of City, he would not have the resources to build his team and keep refreshing them at the pace he did/does. He'd have to do it how every other manager in the world has to do it. It would take more time. Which would mean he wouldn't win it as consecutively as he did. There would be trials and errors as every other manager but Pep faced, because he had the luxury to buy players for eye watering sums in same positions and then replace them immediately if they didn't work. Other managers have to live longer with their failed signings, but Pep doesn't. Fact - Some of the athletes in other sports caught doping were great athletes in themselves too. But in elite sports of thin margins, the significant advantage of doping makes all the difference between winning and losing. Fact - Just like athletes in other fields, financial doping at City gave Pep - an already great manager - an illegal and insurmountable advantage which was impossible for other great managers to match without the same luxuries as Pep. FACT - So yes, without financial doping and without the luxuries of the squad bequeathed him by financial doping, they'd still have won the PL title on and off (which City anyway won before him) and maybe the Champions League too. But they'd not have won it consecutively and probably not won THE treble either. He couldn't do it at Bayern of all places. FACT - He will be considered a managerial great but his trophies at City will always remain tainted. A scandal of this magnitude in sports has never been run in such an organised manner by such a powerful organisation (backed by a state with its monetary and diplomatic might) with such success for as long as I can remember. FACT - Nobody else would have won the league 4 times in a row other than Pep is like saying 'Yes he might have cheated and had an unfair advantage, but nobody could have won the Tour De France 7 times in a row like Lance Armstrong did.. @Utd Defense

[@jayjoseph9100]

Fhil Foden has a rocket on his feet,got to love him…👍🏽

[@KwameX]

EPL has officially been announced as the Farmers League

[@patrickguerin7508]

How when they win it on the last day of the season

[@adegusto8004]

The PL stands for Peps League

[@NicholasHobbs]

Appreciated Jules’ pep talk to Arsenal 😂

[@obioraokoye4377]

Respect to Ligue and the Portuguese league on this historic day.

[@user-iq4sc2uq3e]

Bro😂

[@spark556]

What

[@greenogre_]

French humor is some next level s$&t

[@peterchampagne3937]

What a year 2024 turn out to be the most historic year in football. ManCity 4 in a row, Bayern Leverkusen unbeaten so does Al Hilal. In glad I was alive to witness so much history!! "Congratulations to all these teams and coaching staff..✍🏼

[@RobertBernardoKim]

Me too glad to see this historic team and their playing football.

[@rev1379]

The audacity to include Al Hilal with the likes of City and Leverkusen lol.

[@Chip_Fuse]

We've seen how crookedly Al Hilal keeps their unbeaten record alive.

[@user-pn8nc8pr3z]

Plus world War 3 to make into history..

[@altafahmad8578]

and dortmund in the champions league final with reus having his final match on the big stage. couldnt be more beautiful

[@xyz1415]

City actually going on Holiday in the First Half of the season just to give the opposition title hopes. Well deserved consistency.

[@durianbangkadede8824]

Win always Fun adn Happy..congratulitionss

[@thisismarkmac]

I don’t get it. City is many times better than everyone else and have largely been underperforming all year and they still won while everyone else largely overperformed and came short. City shouldn’t be applauded for this as really, they were poor as they could realistically be but still won. More than anything else, it just goes to show that there is no competition in the Premier League, no matter how much people insist there is.

[@Ray03595]

Part of that due to Pep. Hopefully city have a comedown after he goes. Really not good for English football what is happening. But financially, only United can realistically compete with city and they are terribly run. I guess Chelsea too but that was partly down to Abramovich wiping out Chelsea’s debt to him

[@Djsonley]

@@Ray03595 United need to get the new people in and the Glazer's need to p*** off once and for all. Disgusting the way a country has taken over the league all the while United's "owners" just feast on it's success and have zero care to compete. INEOS you can tell are looking sideways at the Glazer's thinking who are these clowns.

[@35utsavavardhana83]

It's just a narrative that they have been underperforming, their points total is even better than the last year of treble.Definitely that doesn't they were better , But it signifies that they haven't 'underperformed'. It's just because arsenal and Liverpool together were performing better than expectations so everyone thought city has underperformed.

[@GauravYadav-bf7qj]

​@@35utsavavardhana83they have underperformed atleast against good teams

[@CarlE_9949]

If this was Man Utd who won the league with 115 charges all these lot were gonna be talking about are the charges.

[@christianwag3015]

Dan; "Whats frank wearing" 😆😆

[@psp-pitchsidepodcast7828]

Foden is an actual baller that doesn't need english media hype ... he is the real deal!!!

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Pep is the favorite next season. He will keep winning until he leaves England. The EPL is now a farmer's league.

[@jimmyolowe4239]

Why do they have 115 charges tho 🕺

[@Justblendit]

Because they are hating on City and want to try to punish them on accusations they are not even sure off.

[@sunilnarine6313]

To give haters something to celebrate about.

[@theone4808]

​@@Justblenditif that's the case why didn't City just hand over the documents the league asked for?

[@Justblendit]

@@theone4808 What documents mate, you here saying this like as if you asked for these documents yourself....keep crying...you'll be asking for documents for years and years to come

[@theone4808]

​@@JustblenditDuring the investigation documents were requested and City refused over and over which resulted in 35 non complying charges. If they didn't cheat why wouldn't they just hand the documents over?

[@AB-md9ow]

Why do united fans move like they didnt spend 170 mil on antony + maguire

[@prestongreene7489]

CP - what a run!!!! edit - Crystal Palace

[@bravehats]

How exactly is PL the best and most challenging league in the World, when everyone predicted that City will win it?

[@Silence8766]

united won 8 of the first 10 premier leagues and 3 peated twice

[@Silence8766]

Wasn’t it farmers league from then? Y’all set of HYPOCRITES

[@_docgettinfit_]

City will probably make it 5,6 and 7 in a row and these guys will still call the overrated league the most challenging to win..

[@platnumj]

@@_docgettinfit_ Then thats all on the other PL clubs. How are you in a league with big clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and the mighty ManUnited, and each season only ONE team even puts up a modicum of a fight for the title?? They need to fix their own house and stop pocket watching Mancity. FFS Leicester won the league within this last decade. So a relegation club can muster more of a fight than anyone in the big 6?? smfh

[@rev1379]

City will dominate any other league as well. They’ve been literally one of, if not the best side in Europe in recent years.

[@jamaicanoproblemmon711]

I'm disappointed in shaka for saying the epl dealt with the other clubs quicker than City as if he don't know that those other clubs confessed to their irregularities hence the process is gonna be much quicker than a city that's saying they are not guilty and are will to take the matter through the full process in order to prove their innocence

[@tariqomer4678]

If I am not wrong, must of these charges are becaise of City's failure to comply?

[@35utsavavardhana83]

​@@tariqomer4678and well city is looking confident in its case , that's why they have managed to convince players to sign and extend contracts without much difficulty, so it's clear that their won't be much of a problem for them in the future, there might be some point deductions but not more than it.

[@dalefrancis9414]

alot of persons talking about the charges clearly don't understand the length and magnitude of said charges.

[@bropitt]

well the other teams complied with the league, City has been fighting the charges tooth and nail including not disclosing required financial statements, if City are guilty it will destroy the club

[@jamaicanoproblemmon711]

@@bropitt if someone accused me of wrong doing and then I'm charged it is up to that person to bring their evidence to back up their claim. So if the epl had concrete evidence they don't need City's help. I personal view is that City are innocent of most of these charges and we are up for an interesting showdown...

[@smoeellot]

Congratulations to 115 FC

[@brandwrld1623]

Great by Pep as usual. Arteta did really well this season as well.

[@caldeprince1317]

Arsenal just gave Mancity two league trophies in two seasons it’s really a shame🥹

[@novideo9704]

Farmer's league?😂

[@GIBBO4182]

It went to the last day. It was closer than any of the other top 5 leagues…

[@Blue-moon12]

​@@GIBBO4182Exactly. They don't seem to know what a "farmers league" is.

[@BC-mj7gj]

@@GIBBO4182doesn’t change the fact that they won it 4 in a row and still gonna make it 5 in a row next season

[@russellward4624]

​@@BC-mj7gjso that proves Pep is the all time best right?

[@eL--RaL]

​@@GIBBO4182so what??? Stop making pathetic excuses! 😂 It's now a glorified farmers league

[@zacharywhiteman9877]

Joules said it. They are a football machine, City. Haaland im convinced is a cyborg, not a human.

[@bellyman1783]

Come next year, they’re winning it again 😂

[@yashtiwari117]

115 FC will spend another 300 mil in the summer nonchalantly and referees+spineless FA will keep on loving them.

[@35utsavavardhana83]

Man it's not Chelsea utd or arsenal , city is good at business😂

[@lawrenceottih]

Why don't you spend your own 300 mil and win a league? Or don't you want to lift the trophy? It's like asking someone not to buy a car because you can't afford one. Doesn't that sound insensible?

[@Marks220]

Cry baby

[@mchannel1365]

FA is owned by Slave Traders aka Royals Eitihad shares common values

[@pratikroy227]

Arsenal spent more than us last 5 years and yet to win anything to show for it in fact that FA Cup that saved Arteta's job he won with Emery's squad. Chelsea United both have spent more than us by miles in last 5 years.

[@khalilomran]

Congratulation MC team of PL title, well deserved

[@sagarranjan4585]

City bring the title race so close almost deliberately so that the viewership is maintained😂

[@gammagogeta]

115 charges

[@hawk2328]

Keep crying that river 😂😂

[@Speedyvampir2]

Cry 😭

[@jasvirsandhu1158]

None proven but one thing is proven twice that Arsenal are 🍼🍼😂😂

[@sergiodangelo3175]

Ok but we won

[@nige5902]

😂😂😭😭😭

[@ephraimsondoyi9966]

FARMERS LEAGUE CITY TO WIN NEXT SEASON

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

Until the oil and gas money stops funding the CITY oilers. 😄😆😀😁👊🖖

[@P.K...]

@@paulkyriakopoulos3444 if that happens man city will be finished and their 200 fans since 2009 too

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

@@P.K... 👍😄😁lololololol

[@earlyriiser]

The 115 charges do include an era before pep, but also include many charges of peps era, all the way up to 2023

[@morganleon7654]

Pep made a coach to challenge him, gave him good players and he still couldn’t beat the goat

[@chrisf8097]

Notthingham and Everton were given points deductions. City have 115 counts of FFP and no repercussions. That's an unfair advantage imo.

[@robjones3287]

Farmers league official

[@Esteban_907]

🤡

[@Blue-moon12]

You're clueless. It went down to the last match, that is NOT a farmers league. 🤡

[@isaiahh4108]

Yea if it goes to wire City showing their championship grit

[@eL--RaL]

​@@Blue-moon12 So what??? Farmers league! Didn't Bundesliga go to final last season?

[@sylvesterdzimiri3266]

@@Blue-moon12doesn’t matter.. everyone knew city would win. That’s never good. Farmers league and this season city were like at 80% too💀😂

[@gaamidjulius5366]

Just imagine what people would have said had pep won the double treble??? Thank you Ancelotti and REAL MADRID four stopping that.. Pep 8 years , Almost $ billion and 115 charges... 1 UCL... your goat got knocked out twice in three years by Ancelotti

[@johannesgrobler853]

City will be a lot worse next season if we get Paqueta(WH),Bruno Guinares(NC) and Musiala(BM)...i like Kudus(WH) as well,impressive player

[@TheGiusepRusso]

Giving so much credit to a team with 115 charges against FFP is wild

[@Silence8766]

115 = hating a successful club

[@P.K...]

​@@Silence8766successful? They bought their trophies....literally

[@matthewjennings5893]

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

[@ExistentialMathematics]

@@Silence8766 you should prolly take a notice of your nickname and behave like it. You're defo not a sharpest tool in tha box

[@mdhowlader2295]

@@P.K... we will keep buying 😂😂😂

[@zorashki]

Basically Arsenal gave it away when they lost that week with Liverpool.. they bottled it to City no excuse this time.

[@peter6236]

Tbh pep is manager machine whatsoever

[@TheDYNAMITE001]

How can you even love what these people are doing to football and yet turn around and HATE PSG??? It's INSANE!

[@ashley5130]

FINANCIAL DOPING🔥

[@YOTD777]

😂😂😂😂😂 need some tissue 🤧

[@krisxchirbas9503]

The top 6 is all guilty of that. Sorry, I don't feel any sympathy

[@mdhowlader2295]

Use this pls 🧻 🧻

[@nicob.4607]

waffling most PL Clubs are financially doped, even Forrest 😂. This league has sold his soul to rich owners ages ago. There are barely real dedicated Fans in your Stadiums anymore just plastics. 😂

[@eL--RaL]

GLORIFIED FARMERS LEAGUE!

[@keithbrown4300]

For those commenting "Farmers League" the EPL has a 2 points differential between 1st and 2nd place and was a 3 horse race for the most part of the last 2 months. What was the points differential between 1st and 2nd in LA Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Serial A, Eredivise etc. Don't hide.

[@finesse3417]

You don't understand the meaning of farmers league Farmers league implies that only one team is excellent while the rest are mediocre ( i.e farmers that only play on the weekends while working as farmers during the weekdays ) It's not really the case in EPL There are many competent teams City is just better than the other teams that already good

[@KLHK1981]

I like farmers league

[@gauravtee]

"just gotta beat mancity and crystal palace and you'll be fine" - that violation at the end 🤣

[@PeakyBlinder1917]

The greatest team the Premier League has ever seen.

[@yasht7387]

The Prem has officially become a farmers league!

[@russellward4624]

You dont know what that means.

[@YOTD777]

Like the champions league with Real Madrid 😂

[@Silence8766]

united won 8 of the first 10 premier leagues and 3 peated twice… so that means it was farmers league back then. Shut up

[@tomodul2619]

Do winners of the title get decided on the final day of the League in the Farmer's League ?

[@taurel123]

Do u hear your dumb self?

[@dj71162]

I'm sure Citeh's dozens of fans are celebrating right now.

[@YOTD777]

Go help mummy in the kitchen and let the adults comment here 😂

[@Silence8766]

We are… we are. 😂

[@SoylentGreenIsPeople68]

Your salty tears make it even better

[@mdhowlader2295]

@@YOTD777🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@peptalk7658]

I'm fan # 4..... 4 in a row ..Wohoooo

[@davidofergals6947]

Such an exciting league.........

[@jazzcat2075]

Incredible how far 115 crimes can get you.

[@ikghaize7273]

People(english pundits) need to stop calling the Premier League(farmers league) the best league in the world.

[@AtleticoCool94]

Farmers league farmers league Overrated F Man City 😤

[@Silence8766]

united won 8 of the first 10 premier leagues and 3 peated twice… so that means it was farmers league back then. Shut up