'I never thought I'd see another 2012 again': Relief and jubilation as City stage incredible comeback to win title

Dark clouds rolled in over the Etihad as former Liverpool player Phillipe Coutinho made it two nil to Aston Villa with little over 20 minutes remaining in the title deciding game. The quieter cheers from the Villa support were met with collective groans outside the ground by those who were without a ticket but wanted to join the expected celebrations.

Some had seen enough and headed out of the ground. Jill Harrington and Ed, who had travelled from Cheshire and were waiting outside the ground for most of the game, were among them who made the decision that the game was over, and the title potentially heading west to Liverpool.

But the next five minutes would bring nothing but joy and relief. Moments after Jill and Ed announced they were leaving a loud cheer signalling Ilkay Gundogan's first goal rocked the stadium. The comeback was on.

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Two minutes later Rodri made it all-square, and in the 81st Gundogan completed the comeback. Some who had left and others who had just arrived embraced and shouted 'City, City, City' in delight.

This included Jill and Ed who were in sheer relief. "We only made it to the toilet then heard the second cheer, this is unbelievable. We've done it!"

Oisin O'Byrne flew over from Ireland in the morning to celebrate what we thought would be a routine win. But, as he travelled to the ground on the tram City were down two nil and he thought they had 'bottled it'.

However, just second after he stepped off the tram City had pulled one back, and within minutes City had turned the game on its head, and had one hand on the Premier League trophy. "This is insane," he said.

"Liverpool were always going to win and