City Wins the Race

 

Manchester City celebrated its fourth English Premier League title in five seasons with a parade through the streets of Manchester

Puffing on a cigar, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola celebrated his team's fourth English Premier League title in five seasons after a parade through the streets on Monday.

Three open-top buses carrying Manchester City players and staff navigated a short route through Manchester center after starting at the National Football Museum.

The parade came a day after Manchester City added another incredible comeback story to its history, scoring three goals in about five minutes to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and edge out Liverpool to the title by a single point.

“It was the plan, 0-2, calm, calm,” Guardiola said, with a laugh. “And after we scored it was a great night. Everybody knows what has happened is an incredible achievement. This is the toughest league, in six years since we arrived we had four. The happiness on all the faces is the greatest reward we can get.”

Gundogan, the hero

 İlkay Gündoğan struck two late goals, either side of Rodri's equalizer, to give Manchester City the win.

“Definitely, it was a tough moment,” Guardiola said. “Always the players show again, it was incredible to come back. There was a lot of tension in the last month after (Manchester City’s Champions League loss to Real Madrid) and a lot of difficult games.

“We never give up and we have to be so proud of the group.”

Manchester City Goalkeeper Ederson sprayed more than one of the fans clinging to lamp posts from a bottle, while Jack Grealish offered to buy everyone on the roadside a shot if they wanted to meet him in town later on.

Kevin De Bruyne was far from alone in sporting dark glasses, admitting to being a “little bit drunk.”