This archive report was first published on 26 June 2020.
Manchester City's two-year reign as Premier League champions came to an end on June 26, 2020, after they lost to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
The defeat, which was City's eighth of the season, left them 23 points behind leaders Liverpool with seven games left in the campaign.
Kevin de Bruyne's brilliant second-half free-kick cancelled out Christian Pulisic's breakaway goal for the hosts, but Liverpool's title was confirmed with 12 minutes left when Fernandinho was sent off for handball on the line and Willian dispatched the resulting penalty.
City's hopes of delaying Liverpool's coronation ended in all-too-familiar fashion, with crisp passing and forward moves undermined by fragile defending and lapses in focus.
The France left-back Bernard Mendy had gifted Chelsea the lead courtesy of a terrible mistake after Chelsea had cleared a first-half free-kick.
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