Manchester City fans celebrate after City beat Brighton 4-1 at a hotel in Al Barsha, Dubai.
As it happened: Manchester City are the champions, successfully defend title
Man City pull off dominant 4-1 victory over Brighton; Liverpool win 2-0 over Wolves
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Manchester City players celebrate their third goal during the English Premier League soccer match against Brighton at the AMEX Stadium in Brighton.
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Manchester City retained the Premier League title on Sunday, securing top spot with a 4-1 win on the final day of the season.
City finished with 98 points, one ahead of second-placed Liverpool, who finished the campaign with a 2-0 home victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Despite going a goal down in the first half, Man City retained the title after defeating Brighton 4-1 at the Amex Stadium, making Liverpool's victory against Wolves redundant.
Sergio Aguero, Aymeric Laporte, Riyadh Mahrez, and Ilkay Gundogan all scored for the visitors after Glen Murray had given the home side the lead on 25 minutes.
It was the first time that a team has won back-to-back titles since Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United in 2009.
City's total of 98 points is the second-highest haul in Premier League history, two shy of the 100 points Pep Guardiola's men accrued last year.
Following is a play-by-play report of the EPL 'Super Sunday', as it happened.
Long, long season ends
08:06 PM May 12, 2019
Liverpool fans let off a smoke bomb and wave flags at the end of the match.
'You Will Never Walk Alone'
07:54 PM May 12, 2019
CITY ARE CHAMPIONS
07:50 PM May 12, 2019
Final standings:
Man City P 38 GD 72 Pts 98
Liverpool P 38 GD 67 Pts 97
Goal for Liverpool!
07:41 PM May 12, 2019
Manchester United's Ashley Young, right, duels for the ball with Cardiff's Josh Murphy.
GUNDOGAAAAN!
07:36 PM May 12, 2019
Title-securing drama?
07:23 PM May 12, 2019
Second half kicks off
07:15 PM May 12, 2019
Hectic first halves
07:01 PM May 12, 2019
Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their second goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Eeek!
06:50 PM May 12, 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers' Jonny Castro in action with Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Another GOAL for City!
06:41 PM May 12, 2019
Manchester United's Diogo Dalot in action with Cardiff City's Josh Murphy.
GOAL
06:30 PM May 12, 2019
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero scores their first goal against Brighton.
GOAL
06:29 PM May 12, 2019
Brighton players celebrate after Glenn Murray scored the opening goal against Manchester City.
What have City got?
06:25 PM May 12, 2019
Liverpool's Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their first goal.
GOAL!
06:20 PM May 12, 2019
Nervy starts
06:16 PM May 12, 2019
Kick-off
06:00 PM May 12, 2019
As it stands
05:45 PM May 12, 2019
The teams are in!!!
05:39 PM May 12, 2019
General view of fans walking towards the stadium before the Premier League match between Manchester United v Cardiff City, at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Dubai: The wait is over. Here we are, on the final day of one of the most thrilling Premier League (EPL) seasons in history.
Only one point separates the record-breaking duo of Manchester City (95) and Liverpool (94) with the title trophy going down to the final 90 minutes across the country.
Defending champions City are away at Brighton, who have just survived the relegation battle, while Champions League finalists Liverpool are at home to surprise package Wolves.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds need victory at Anfield and need to hope Brighton can at least get a draw against Guardiola’s men.
Liverpool fans outside the stadium before the Premier League match between Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield.
Join us for a live coverage where will be speaking to fans before the game and — once the action kicks off — we will give you all the major updates, goals all talking points live as they happen.
So, how do fans feel before the game?
Remember, if City win, it’s all over; while Liverpool MUST win and hope City drop points on the South Coast of England against the Seagulls.
General view outside the stadium before the Premier League match between Liverpool v Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield, Liverpool.
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