Premier League Title (2018-19)
City retain the title on the final day with 98 points, as Liverpool finish with the highest points total ever for a runner-up.
Manchester City won the 2018–19 Premier League title on the last day of the season, finishing with 98 points after a run of 14 straight wins.
- Manager
- Pep Guardiola
- Total Points
- 98
- Goals Scored
- 95
- Wins
- 32
- Title Margin
- 1 point
- Consecutive Titles
- 2nd
Lore & Background
Manchester City were the defending champions and won their fourth Premier League title, and sixth English top-flight title overall, retaining the title on the last day of the season with 98 points after winning their last 14 league games. Liverpool finished second with 97 points – the highest total in English top-flight history for a second-placed team.
In Their Own Story
The air inside the Etihad Stadium was thick with humidity and tension on May 12, 2019. The players had just secured a narrow victory against Brighton, but the celebration was muted. In the dressing room, no one moved. Every phone screen displayed the live feed from Villa Park. A collective held breath filled the silence as John Stones and Aymeric Laporte stared at their devices. Then, the news broke: Liverpool were losing. The roar that erupted wasn’t just from the players, but from the ground itself shaking with relief and disbelief. It was a victory snatched from the jaws of a rival who had matched them step for step for 38 weeks. In that moment, the weight of 98 points felt lighter than the single point that separated them from history.
Reader's Guide
The season started on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 12 May 2019. Fixtures were announced on 14 June 2018. The league was contested by the top 17 teams from the 2017–18 season as well as Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Fulham, who joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 EFL Championship. They replaced West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City and Stoke City who were relegated to the 2018–19 EFL Championship.
Did You Know?
- Manchester City finished the season without a draw in any of their final 30 matches.
- Liverpool's 97 points were the highest total in English top-flight history for a second-placed team.
- The fastest goal in Premier League history was scored this season on 23 April by Shane Long in a 1–1 draw between Southampton and Watford after 7.69 seconds.
- On 4 May 2019, Fulham's Harvey Elliott became the youngest ever Premier League player at 16 years and 30 days.
- Tottenham Hotspur had a run of 28 games without a draw (20 wins, 8 losses), the longest ever recorded from the start of a Premier League season.
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