<keyword id="19976767" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Manchester-City" source="keywords">Manchester City</keyword> clinched the <keyword id="19936657" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Premier-League" source="keywords">Premier League</keyword> title for a record fourth consecutive year after a decisive victory against West Ham on the final day of the 2023-24 season. The win at the Etihad ensured they edged out <keyword id="19930445" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arsenal" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Arsenal" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Arsenal">Arsenal</keyword> by two points, marking their sixth Premier League triumph under manager <keyword id="20341493" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pep-Guardiola" source="keywords">Pep Guardiola</keyword>'s leadership. City needed a win to guarantee their title retention, and <keyword id="19919882" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Phil-Foden" source="keywords">Phil Foden</keyword>'s early double strike—scoring in the second minute and again shortly after—set the tone. West Ham's Mohammed Kudus momentarily shifted the momentum with an overhead kick late in the first half, but <keyword id="21728241" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rodri" source="keywords">Rodri</keyword>'s low strike early in the second half quashed any hopes Arsenal fans had of a City slip-up. This latest triumph under Guardiola has seen City surpass neighbours <keyword id="19920554" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manchester-United" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Manchester United" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Manchester United">Manchester United</keyword> as the only team to win the Premier League four times in a row. And with this record following a historic treble-winning season for the Cityzens, the Spanish tactician has hinted at a potential departure due to waning motivation after achieving such extensive success. “Last year, after (completing the treble in) Istanbul, I said ‘it’s over, there’s nothing left’,” Guardiola told Sky Sports. “But I have a contract and I start to think ‘no-one has done four in a row, why don't we try?’. And now I feel it’s done, so what next? Now I don't know what exactly the motivation is because it's difficult to find it when everything is done.” With his personal Premier League tally now up to six, Guardiola has amassed a total of 17 trophies since joining City in 2016. Up next, City will face Manchester United in the <keyword id="21375291" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FA-Cup-final" source="keywords">FA Cup final</keyword> on May 25, aiming to add another feather to their cap by becoming the first team to complete the domestic Double in successive seasons.

‘Everything is done’: Guardiola ponders motivation to continue as Manchester City win record fourth successive Premier League

For the first time in over two decades <keyword id="64" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="football" source="Orion">football</keyword> greats <keyword id="19960395" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Cristiano-Ronaldo" source="keywords">Cristiano Ronaldo</keyword> and <keyword id="20025988" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Lionel-Messi" source="keywords">Lionel Messi</keyword> will not feature in the <keyword id="23047334" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Ballon-dOr-nominations" source="keywords">Ballon d'Or nominations</keyword>. <keyword id="19945360" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Messi" source="keywords">Messi</keyword> has won this prestigious award for a record 8 times, he won it last year as well. While the Portuguese superstar has received this award 5 times. <keyword id="20149352" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ronaldo" source="keywords">Ronaldo</keyword> plays for Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr currently. Messi, on the other hand, is in the United States and playing for Inter Miami. The Argentine maestro helped the club lift their maiden trophy. Ronaldo had won his first <keyword id="460284" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ballon-dOr" source="Orion">Ballon d'Or</keyword> in 2008 while he was playing for Manchester United and still holds the record of the last Premier League player to claim the top prize. Messi won his first in 2009 and was nominated for 16 years. Among the list of 30 players, there are six players from England who are nominated. Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Harry Kane, Phil Foden, and Declan Rice are all in the contention. Bellingham was nominated because of his exceptional debut campaign with Real Madrid. He helped England to reach the final of Euro 2024. There are six players from the Euro 2024 champions Spain, Rodri, DCarvajal, Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams, Dani Olmo, and Alejandro Grimaldo. Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior is also a favourite to win the award. Kylian Mbappe is also on the list along with Manchester City's Erling Haaland. The golden glove winner of the FIFA World Cup 2022, Emiliano Martinez, has made it to the list. The list of 30 players who are nominated for this year's Ballon d'Or are: Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, Rodri, Dani Carvajal, Bukayo Saka, Ruben Dias, William Saliba, Fede Valverde, Cole Palmer, Lamine Yamal, Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe, Toni Kroos, Martin Odegaard, Emiliano Martinez, Granit Xhaka, Artem Dovbyk, Harry Kane, Mats Hummels, Hakan Calhanoglu, Nico Williams, Phil Foden, Florian Wirtz, Dani Olmo, Declan Rice, Vitinha, Ademola Lookman, Lautaro Martinez, Alejandro Grimaldo, Antonio Rudiger. (ANI)

End of an era: Ronaldo and Messi absent from Ballon d'Or nominations for the first time in over 20 years

Rodri fired to give <keyword id="39498" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="manchester-city" source="Orion">Manchester City</keyword> the victory over <keyword id="48209" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="inter-milan" source="Orion">Inter Milan</keyword> as he scored the only goal in the <keyword id="133416" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="uefa-champions-league" source="Orion">UEFA Champions League</keyword> final, here on Saturday night. The Spanish midfielder's goal on 68 minutes won the tough game for Pep Guardiola's Manchester City. City players lifted the trophy after the thrilling final. British football fans who filled the Ataturk Olympic Stadium celebrated the 1-0 victory, a Xinhua report said. "Words are not enough to describe this feeling," City's German midfielder of Turkish roots <keyword id="227607" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ilkay-gundogan" source="Orion">Ilkay Gundogan</keyword> said in televised comments. "It is a big honor to lift the trophy in our country," he added. Turkish President <keyword id="164255" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="recep-tayyip-erdogan" source="Orion">Recep Tayyip Erdogan</keyword> congratulated Manchester City on their victory in Istanbul in a message on Twitter.

Manchester City edge out Inter Milan to win maiden Champions League and complete their 'treble'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Germany suffered the worst competitive defeat in its history at the hands of Spain on Tuesday night, who were inspired to a 6-0 win by a masterclass performance from 20-year-old Ferran Torres.</li><li>The Manchester City star scored a sublime hat-trick to send Spain through to the finals of the <keyword id="5284774" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="UEFA-Nations-League">UEFA Nations League</keyword> and Germany crashing out. </li><li>"We were second best in every department," Germany coach Joachim Low said after. "It was a black day, there is no way of dressing this up."</li></ul>Germany suffered the worst competitive defeat in its history at the hands of Spain on Tuesday night, who were inspired to a 6-0 win courtesy of a masterclass performance from 20-year-old Ferran Torres.The Manchester City forward scored a sublime hat-trick to send his country into the last four of the UEFA Nations League and send the formerly undefeated Germany crashing out.Alvaro Morata opened the scoring in the 17th minute when he headed home from a corner, before Torres got his first of the night with just half an hour played, crashing home a volley after Dani Olmo's header came back off the bar.Rodri made it 3-0 with a guided header going into the break, after which Torres tapped in a fourth and curled home a superb fifth.Mikel Oyarzabal completed the rout with a last minute tap-in.The defeat for Germany was its heaviest ever in competitive football, surpassing famous defeats such as the 5-1 defeat to England in 2001, and its 8-3 defeat to Hungary at the 1954 World Cup.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Goal (@goal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1328815863408062464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2020</a></blockquote>"Happiness and joy," said Spain coach Luis Enrique at full time when asked to describe how he felt."To put this type of pressure on a team like Germany, you need great collective work by everyone, in attack and defence. We made them suffer and kept them from threatening."Germany coach Joachim Low called the defeat a "black day.""Nothing worked, neither in defence nor attack," he said. "We left huge spaces, there was a lack of communication between the players. We were second best in every department. It was a black day, there is no way of dressing this up."Spain now join France in the Nations League's final four, alongside two of Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Poland, and the Netherlands.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/video-gladbachs-valentino-lazaro-scores-puskas-worthy-scorpion-kick-2020-11">An Austrian soccer player scored an incredible, award-worthy scorpion kick goal that left the opposition motionless and his teammates in awe</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/best-young-footballers-in-the-world-2020-golden-boy-award-2020-11">These are the 20 best soccer players in the world under the age of 21</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/hashtag-united-semi-pro-youtube-football-team-with-500000-fans-2020-11">Meet Hashtag United, the English semi-pro soccer team supported by 500,000 people on YouTube and part-owned by a Chelsea FC star</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/jude-bellingham-had-to-finish-homework-before-england-debut-2020-11">A soccer wunderkind who just debuted for England is so young he had to finish his school homework before he was allowed to play</a>

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‘Everything is done’: Guardiola ponders motivation to continue as Manchester City win record fourth successive Premier League

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Germany suffered a 'black day' with its worst ever competitive defeat, facing a 6-0 hammering by Spain orchestrated by a 20-year-old with 7 caps

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