It is not easy to win a championship in the most competitive and most popular league. Even if you win the championship this season, it is even more difficult to defend it next season. The Premier League is a league that changes players from season to season, changes managers, and makes many changes every year, so every team gets better and better each season. Today we will present the 5 worst defending champions in Premier League history.

1. Manchester United

Manchester United's legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson won the Premier League title in his last season as manager. The season that Ferguson left and Manchester United's championship defense was the worst season for Manchester United. They faced many home defeats and had a difficult season. They finished the season in 7th place, and since the 2012-13 Premier League title that Ferguson won, Manchester United have not won the Premier League title again.

2. Liverpool

As the Liverpool team that Klopp built slowly began to take shape, Van Dijk, Arnold, Mane, Firmino, and Salah were able to win the 2019-20 Premier League title. Many fans thought that they would be able to defend the Premier League title the best next season due to their performances and their best lineup. However, the next season, Liverpool did not turn out as many fans expected, and the team's main supporter, Van Dijk, was out for a long time due to injury, leaving them 13 points behind Premier League champions Manchester City, and they struggled hard towards the end of the season and qualified for the Champions League.

3. Leicester City

Leicester City shook up world football in 2016. They were able to compete with the big teams in the Premier League and win the Premier League title at the end of the season with the best performances of Marek, Kante and Vardy. Leicester City's next season as the defending champion was quite bad. With the departure of the team's main player Kante, Leicester City ended up in 12th place at the end of the season.

4. Chelsea

Chelsea had one of their best seasons under manager Mourinho in the 2015-16 season. With the best performances of the players and the best methods of Mourinho, they won the Premier League title. The following season, they lost 7 of their first 16 matches and the results were so bad that manager Mourinho was sacked. Chelsea finished the Premier League season in 10th place.

5. Manchester City

This season has been a very difficult and stressful season for both manager Pep Guardiola and the Manchester City team. Manchester City have been dominating the Premier League for a long time. No one would have thought that Manchester City's performance would be like this. The aging of most of City's key players, and the injury problems of players like Rodri throughout the season, have been the main reasons for Manchester City's failure. The lack of other players to replace the players when the team's performance has declined has also made the team much worse. It remains to be seen where Manchester City will stand when the Premier League season ends this season.

Yes, now we will present the 5 teams that have had the worst Premier League title defenses in Premier League history. Thank you very much to everyone who has read to the end.

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