Manchester City, Noel Gallagher and a load of drama kings

No Manchester City triumph would be complete without the obligatory hijacking by Noel Gallagher and it has been revealed that Sunday’s was no exception. So wild was the pogoing in the hospitality section of the Etihad as Ilkay Gündogan scored the goal that clinched the title, that the former Oasis star and professional Mancunian shipped an accidental loaf to the face from Rúben Dias’s old man, leaving him with two shiners and a split lip that needed several stitches. It was a painful blow, but Gallagher’s adjournment to the medical room at least spared him the even worse agony of having to watch his team’s heroic collective effort to keep the ball down by the corner flag for the final nine minutes of their remarkable come-from-behind win.

While Noel’s scars will be physical, Liverpool’s players will have to endure mental ones, having come up a point short despite barely putting a foot wrong all season. Managing to look even more forlorn than he did that time Salt Bae asked him to pose for a selfie after the Big Cup final in which Sergio Ramos knacked his shoulder, Mo Salah’s foul mood as he collected his half of the shared pair of golden boots doled out was in stark contrast to that of Manchester City’s ecstatic players.

“We are legends,” declared Pep Guardiola, having seen his side come perilously close to ending the season with a reputation for being legendary bottlers. “We will be remembered. This group of players are absolutely eternal in this club. What we achieved, it is so difficult to do it. [Lord Ferg] with Manchester United has done it years ago – two or three times – now I realise again the magnitude of doing this. Now we are part of this.”

There were similarly triumphant scenes being played out at the