In the 2022-2023 season, with a series of big and convincing victories, Man City won the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League – recreating the feat of Man Utd 24 years ago.
Man City opened the Premier League with a 2-0 win at West Ham on August 7, 2022.
Erling Haaland smashed doubts about his ability to integrate when he scored both goals. Previously, Man City spent $ 63 million to buy the Norwegian striker from Dortmund. This contract is considered a necessary upgrade, a missing piece for Man City to become perfect. They can both play in control of the ball like in previous seasons, and can kick faster and more directly with a striker like Haaland.
In the first nine matches of the Premier League, Man City won seven and drew two. Including a 6-3 victory over great rival Man Utd on August 7, 2022. That match, Haaland and Phil Foden both scored hat-tricks.
However, on October 16, 2022, Man City had to receive the first defeat in the Premier League 2022-2023.
Mohamed Salah scored the only goal for Liverpool in the 76th minute. Man City also lost to Brentford, Man Utd and Tottenham, but always followed the leading team Arsenal.
The turning point of the season came to Man City on February 15 . They won 3-1 at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and regained the top spot in the Premier League. This match is the second match in Man City’s unbeaten streak of 15 consecutive Premier League matches, of which there are only two draws.
Man City won 4-1 in the second leg against Arsenal. De Bruyne scored twice, before John Stones and Haaland scored the other two. Losing both head-to-head matches, Arsenal accepted to surrender in the title race.
On May 21, right after the 1-0 victory over Chelsea, Man City raised the Premier League 2022-2023. Pep Guardiola’s teachers and students won the championship three matches early. They won their fifth title in the last six seasons and equaled Man Utd’s record of three consecutive titles.
In the FA Cup, Man City won all: Chelsea 4-0, Arsenal 1-0, Bristol City 3-0, Burnley 6-0, Sheffield United 3-0 and Man Utd 2-1. In the final on June 3, Gundogan scored a double against Man Utd.
Man City won the FA Cup for the first time since 2019 and seventh in history. They are just short of the Champions League to complete the treble.
In the Champions League arena, Man City defeated Bayern 4-1 in the quarterfinals. Previously, De Bruyne and his teammates led Group G with Dortmund, Sevilla and Copenhagen. In the 1/8 round, they beat another German team, RB Leipzig with a total score of 8-1.
On May 17, Man City avenged Real in the Champions League semi-finals. They won 4-0 in the second leg and 5-1 in the end, claiming the debt of losing 5-6 in the semi-finals last season.
In the Champions League final on June 10 at Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul, Türkiye, Rodri scored the only goal. Man City won Inter 1-0 and won the European Championship for the first time. They became the English team to win the treble, after Man Utd in the 1998-1999 season.
Pep Guardiola (centre) set a record for two trebles and did it with two different teams. He won his first treble with Barca in the 2008-2009 season. Man City became the eighth team to win the European treble, after Celtic in 1966-1967, Ajax 1971-1972, PSV 1987-1988, Man Utd 1998-1999, Barca 2008-2009, 2014-2015, Inter 2009- 2010 and Bayern 2012-2012, 2019-2020.
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