Manchester rain to ‘taste like champagne’ as City celebrate Champions League win

Champagne will be falling from the skies of Manchester rather than rain after Manchester City’s Champions League victory, according to celebrity fan Noel Gallagher.

The former Oasis guitarist watched the 1-0 win over Inter Milan with fellow fans in a bar in San Diego, California, where he was on tour – his brother Liam having previously tweeted the volatile band would reform if City completed the third leg of their trophy treble.

“Tonight, the Manchester rain will taste like champagne,” he told BT Sport, predicting this was far from the end of the club’s silverware collection.

“This is the end of the beginning,” he added. “This is only the start.”

The club’s owner Sheik Mansour, watching only his second competitive match since his consortium bought City in 2008, was among around 20,000 blue-and-white clad fans in the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul with thousands more watching in bars around the city.

They were rewarded with a winning goal from Rodri, the final whistle sparking celebrations from fans and players alike.

The club took to social media, with a video of the players celebrating in the dressing room and singing in praise of the Spanish goal hero, who was named man of the match, and a picture of Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin de Bruyne admiring the famous trophy.

"Rodri's on fire!"