Man City pip Liverpool FC to Premier League title with thrilling 2012 tribute comeback

Ten years and nine days on, Manchester City won the Premier League title again, with a stunning 93:20 tribute act.

The Blues showed they have lost none of their sense of drama, and have not abandoned their excruciating capacity for putting their long-suffering supporters through the emotional wringer before three goals in five minutes - two of them from sub Ilkay Gundogan - turned the title race on its head.

With Liverpool also coming from behind to win, anything less than three points would not have sufficed and from being down among the dead men, just as they were in 2012, Pep Guardiola’s team showed incredible reserves of belief and courage to haul it back.

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That triumph made it four titles in five years for the Blues, taking them into the land of legend - in post-war English football, only Liverpool and Manchester United have achieved that level of consistency.

Of course, they did it the hard way, but that simply intensified the euphoria, as fans spilled onto the pitch after the final whistle in a joyous celebration.

Goals from Matty Cash and Philippe Coutinho - the latter a member of the Liverpool team pipped by City in 2014 - looked to have set up Jurgen Klopp’s team for a dramatic last-day triumph.

With City two down, the Anfield lot only needed to win to grab the crown and keep themselves on course for an unprecedented Quadruple. They had been shocked by an early Neto goal but had fought back to lead themselves, only for City’s super subs to spark another astonishing revival.

In five mind-blowing minutes, Raheem Sterling crossed for Ilkay Gundogan to bring hope, Oleks Zinchenko teed up Rodri for a leveller and then Kevin De Bruyne - after one of his worst games of the season - drove