<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Manchester City clinched a third straight English Premier League title after second-placed Arsenal lost at Nottingham Forest 1-0 to cap its end-of-season collapse on Saturday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">City holds an unassailable four-point lead, with Arsenal — the once long-time leader — having only one game remaining.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is City's seventh league crown in a 12-year period during which the Abu Dhabi-owned club has changed the face of the English game.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">City’s latest title is the fifth in Pep Guardiola's seven years at the club and owes as much to its end-of-season streak of 11 straight victories as it does to an implosion by Arsenal, just when a first league title since 2004 was in sight.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arsenal led by eight points on April 1 but has since won only two of eight games.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A win at the City Ground likely would have delayed the inevitable but Taiwo Awoniyi's 19th-minute goal brought an end to the title race with City still having three games to play.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The victory also ensured Forest was safe from relegation in its first season back in the top-flight since 1999. AP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>