Manchester City crowned Premier League champions

Goals from Samir Nasri & Vincent Kompany handed Manuel Pellegrini's side their second league title in three years, while Liverpool came from behind to beat Newcastle at Anfield

Manchester City have been crowned Premier League champions after their comfortable 2-0 victory over West Ham at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The result rendered Liverpool's 2-1 win against Newcastle meaningless and sees City lift the title for the second time in three years, having missed out to Manchester United last season.

The trophy marks Manuel Pellegrini's first league league title since leaving South America for Europe in July 2004, and is his second piece of silverware this term after guiding City to Capital One Cup glory earlier this year.

A goal in each half from Samir Nasri and Vincent Kompany sealed the win over West Ham, while Liverpool went a goal down at Anfield and required second-half strikes from Daniel Agger and Daniel Sturridge to end their campaign with a victory.

Chelsea were also forced to come from behind in their final game of the season at Cardiff City. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, who were already relegated prior to the match, took the lead through Craig Bellamy but goals from Andre Schurrle and Fernando Torres secured the win for Jose Mourinho’s charges, who finished in third spot.

Ryan Giggs finished his stint in temporary charge of Manchester United with a 1-1 draw at Southampton after Juan Mata cancelled out Rickie Lambert’s opener.

Tottenham secured their place in next season’s Europa League with a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa at White Hart Lane.

At the other end of the table, Norwich's relegation was confirmed; the Canaries were beaten by 2-0 Arsenal at Carrow Road and will join Cardiff and Fulham in the Championship next term.

English Barclays Premier League

Pos.	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	38	27	5	6	65	86
2	Liverpool	38	26	6	6	51	84
3	Chelsea	38	25	7	6	44	82
4	Arsenal	38	24	7	7	27	79
5	Everton	38	21	9	8	22	72
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	6	11	4	69
7	Manchester United	38	19	7	12	21	64
8	Southampton	38	15	11	12	8	56
9	Stoke City	38	13	11	14	-7	50
10	Newcastle United	38	15	4	19	-16	49
11	Crystal Palace	38	13	6	19	-15	45
12	Swansea City	38	11	9	18	0	42
13	West Ham United	38	11	7	20	-11	40
14	Sunderland	38	10	8	20	-19	38
15	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	-22	38
16	Hull City	38	10	7	21	-15	37
17	West Bromwich Albion	38	7	15	16	-16	36
18	Norwich City	38	8	9	21	-34	33
19	Fulham	38	9	5	24	-45	32
20	Cardiff City	38	7	9	22	-42