Liverpool were ahead of Riyad Mahrez 's team by a single point .
Since the beginning of 2019 , Mehrez has participated in just eight games in Premier League , and only four as starter Including the last game against Brighton & Hove Albion to contribute to the victory with a 4–1 , where he assisted to Aymeric Laporte in the first half and scored the third goal in the second half to achieve the title Only one point behind Liverpool , for the second time and the first with Manchester City becoming the second African to win the title with two different clubs after Kolo Touré .