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LONDON, May 12-- Manchester City won 4-1 away to Brighton on Sunday to claim this season's Premier League title ahead of Liverpool, who defeated the Wolves 2-0 on the final day of what has been a dramatic season. Goals from Kun Aguero, Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan gave Pep Guardiola's team an incredible 14th consecutive league win on an afternoon where the final destination of the title was in doubt for just under 40 minutes. The final game of the season was always going to be dramatic with Manchester City and Liverpool both having chances of lifting the title. Manchester City kicked off in Brighton's Amex Stadium knowing a win would be champions, while Liverpool took on Wolves at Anfield knowing they needed to win and hope that City didn't. The drama began when Sadio Mane opened the scoring for Liverpool in the 18th minute at Anfield. That goal lifted Liverpool above City in the classification and there was further joy for Liverpool fans when Glenn Murray headed Brighton into a shock lead over Manchester City in the 27th minute. Murray's goal meant City now had to score twice to lift the title, but they were level just a minute later when Aguero collected David Silva's back-heel, turned and beat Matt Ryan with a low shot. Brighton were pegged back in their own half as Manchester City controlled nearly all of the ball and it was no surprise when Laporte put City ahead with a powerful header from a corner eight minutes before halftime. | 
