Gündogan shines with fall back: City in Champions League fever!

Gündogan shines with fall back: City in Champions League fever!

Middle of the Premier League season 2024/25, Manchester City secured a place in the next Champions League with a 2-0 victory against Fulham on the last match day. Led by Ilkay Gündogan, who scored a spectacular gate by falling back in the 21st minute, the team prevailed. The second gate resulted from a penalty that Erling Haaland converted in the 72nd minute. Gündogan was replaced in the 83rd minute, Kevin de Bruyne came into play for him, which is an emotional moment because de Bruyne leaves Manchester City after ten years. The game was of great importance for both Fulham and City - Fulham continued his unlucky streak and lost to City for the 15th time in a row in the Premier League.

The game took place in the Craven Cottage and showed that Fulham, despite several attempts at nutrition by Harry Wilson, was unable to score a goal. Manchester City ended the season in third place with 71 points, while Fulham landed in eleventh place with 54 points. This victory also marks Gündogan's first Premier League goal since May 2023, which underlines his personal success in an overall dominant game.

Champions League qualification and relegation

With the success of Manchester City, six English clubs qualified for the Champions League. These include Liverpool FC, which played a tie against Crystal Palace, the Arsenal FC, who won 2-1 at FC Southampton, and Chelsea FC, who won 1-0 in Nottingham Forest. Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, who move into the tournament as a European League winner, complete the field. Aston Villa takes sixth place and plays in the Europa League, while Nottingham Forest reaches the Conference League. For Leicester City, Ipswich Town and FC Southampton, the season ends with the descent from the Premier League.

promoters and record -breaking services

The new faces in the next Premier League season are Leeds United, FC Burnley and AFC Sunderland, which are coming from the championship. The current season also produced some remarkable performance values. Erling Haaland set a new record by scoring 36 goals for Manchester City in a season, which is the highest number of goal in the history of the Premier League. This is part of the continuity of record services that take place again and again in the League, for example Alan Shearer with 260 goals of the top goal scorer in the history of the league.

Finally, it can be said that Manchester City ended strongly despite the challenges of the season and secured the opportunity to participate in the Champions League for the next season. The powerful players such as Gündogan and Haaland show that the team will continue to play a crucial role on the European stage in the future.