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Aguerooooo! Players remember Manchester City's title glory 10 years on

It was a sporting moment that will be remembered forever, the most dramatic end to a Premier League season ever.

And yet at least one Manchester City player involved in the last-day drama has spent 10 years trying to avoid watching repeats of that 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on May 13, 2012.

Another admitted he thought he was seeing a title slip through his grasp on the last day for a soul-destroying third time.

Some believed triumph was destiny; others confessed to being riddled with anxiety and scared of losing.

A couple found it hard to recall exact details and one even reckoned superstition played a big part.

City went into that final game level on points with their bitter local rivals Manchester United but with a hugely superior goal difference.

Sergio Aguero wheels away after scoring the late winner against QPR to clinch the Premier League title. Getty

They needed only to match United's result to clinch their first title since 1967-68.

But with 24 minutes left, City were trailing 2-1 to QPR, while Wayne Rooney had given United a 1-0 lead over Sunderland.

City went into six minutes of injury time still needing two goals. In the 92nd minute, Edin Dzeko headed home to give them a slender lifeline.

Then, in the 95th minute, as the final whistle blew at the Stadium of Light to give United the win, Sergio Aguero played a one-two with Mario Balotelli at the edge of the box before firing in the winner and clinching the title.

It sparked commentator's Martin Tyler's famous scream of "AGUEROOOOOO!", unleashed pandemonium in the stadium and sealed the most dramatic end to a Premier League season ever as City snatched the crown from United at the very death.

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