Man City wins Premier League after United loses to West Brom

MANCHESTER, England – They won it in the last remaining seconds in 2012, and in the final match in 2014. At last, Manchester City’s players can enjoy a serene Premier League title triumph.

And they can thank fierce rival Manchester United for that. City clinched the title without even playing on Sunday when United, its nearest challenger, surprisingly lost 1-0 at home to last-place West Bromwich Albion.

It was City’s third title in seven seasons – and fifth in its history – and easily its most convincing, with Pep Guardiola’s team 16 points clear and still having five games to play this season “Our Time. Our City. Premier League Champions 17/18,” City tweeted soon after the final whistle Second-place United dragged the title race out for at least another week by winning 3-2 at City last weekend, only to gift the trophy to City by losing to a team that is destined for relegation and had just one league win since August. Guardiola might not have seen Jay Rodriguez’s 73rd-minute winning goal at Old Trafford because he was playing golf with his son instead of watching the match. Vincent Kompany did, with images showing the City captain celebrating at his in-laws’ house where he was having dinner.

“I had a feeling when I woke up this morning,” Kompany said.