Manchester City hit new heights but Liverpool claimed the European glory in an outstanding year of football. Pep Guardiola’s exhilarating City side followed up their magnificent 100-point Premier League-winning campaign of 2018 by playing even better to become the first English side to claim a domestic treble. Mohamed Salah struck an early penalty and Divock Origi added a late second in Madrid to hand the Reds their sixth European title. The Europa League final was also an all-English affair, with Chelsea beating Arsenal in what proved Eden Hazard’s final match for the club before joining Real Madrid, and manager Maurizio Sarri’s last hurrah. The low point of the campaign came in Bulgaria, with a game needing to be stopped twice as England players were racially abused by supporters.

Source: Express December 12, 2019 06:00 UTC