Manchester City win Premier League as Gündogan seals incredible fightback

Gündogaaaan. It was a moment of the highest drama, the wildest of celebrations and it was impossible to ignore the parallels.

Manchester City looked goosed, two goals down against Aston Villa with 76 minutes on the clock, knowing they needed three because, well, did anybody really think Liverpool would not beat Wolves at Anfield?

The Etihad Stadium was an angsty place. It had been since kick-off time.

Villa had lost their previous 11 league matches at City; the longest such sequence away from home against an opponent in their league history. But they were ready to buck the trend. Steven Gerrard, their manager, was about to help his beloved Liverpool to secure the title.

City had their own script in mind. Just as they had in 2012, when they needed two goals in stoppage time to pinch the title from Manchester United against Queens Park Rangers. Everybody remembers what happened then. The club had unveiled a statue to Sergio Agüeroooo on the Friday before last to mark the 10th anniversary.

City did not leave it quite so late this time. But their solution was nonetheless epic. Three goals in five minutes, culminating in a burst from Kevin De Bruyne – who always finds a way – a low cross from him and a finish from Ilkay Gündogan at the far post on 81 minutes.

3-2: City's history repeating

Manchester City now have two last-gasp, final-day, title-winning, 3-2 wins to remember. Ten years and nine days earlier, on 13 May 2012, City were 2-1 behind against Queen's Park Rangers in added time. Edin Dzeko levelled the scores before Sergio Agüero scored the most famous goal in Manchester City's – and the Premier League's – history on 93 minutes and 20 seconds. That sealed City's first Premier League title for 34 years. Agüero's goal