Man City celebrate Premier League win with Noel Gallagher HERE for the latest MUFC breaking news and transfer updates SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign upfor the latest MUFC breaking news and transfer updates When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Manchester City became the first team to retain the Premier League crown since 2009 by beating Brighton 4-1 on Sunday afternoon, thanks to goals from Sergio Aguero, Aymeric Laporte, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling. Once Mahrez’s splendid effort, which made the score 3-1, rippled the back of the net, City players, management and fans celebrated knowing the title was staying at the Etihad Stadium. Gundogan’s terrific fourth, a whipped free-kick, turned the final 20 minutes into a procession, during which the away end at the Amex sang loudly and proudly. In that cohort of City fans was life-long Sky Blue Gallagher, who famously follows the team. When the full-time whistle blew, the pitch became a dance floor for City as all members of the club hugged and congratulated each other on a splendid campaign, in which they tallied 98 points. After changing into a uniformed City strip and returning to the pitch to lift the trophy in front of their fans, City retired to the dressing room to continue celebrations. Gallagher made his way into the facility and found himself serenaded by his favourite players, who belted Oasis’ most famous hit ‘Wonderwall’, which has become an anthem for the team over the last two seasons. Gallagher, in the corner with his unbuttoned shirt and sunglasses, stood with his arms aloft as the squad sang the often-recited chorus, pointing and filming the Mancunian. Man City celebrated the Premier League title win with former Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher Man City fan Noel Gallagher belts out Oasis' 'Wonderwall' in the dressing room It's the toughest title we have won in all my career, by far. Pep Guardiola FWA Footballer of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year Raheem Sterling was key to City’s title charge, scoring 17 goals and registering 10 assists. Amid the celebrations, the England international found poise to summarise the achievement of his side: “I'm just delighted, this is exactly what I came to the club for, to win trophies and be in these moments. "The manager here… his mentality is the best. It's always about winning. It's the way he sets us up. I'm happy to be here learning and winning. "As a manager, he's got multiple players in each position challenging each other. No one is comfortable here but everyone is ready to take their chance - like Riyad today. Man City fan Noel Gallagher sings along with the Premier League champions “He's not played much recently but I knew he was going to score today. It's been a lovely season after a difficult World Cup. Hopefully I can go one better next year." Pep Guardiola claimed this title triumph eclipses last season’s 100-point campaign, and said: “We have to say congratulations to Liverpool and thank you so much, they pushed us to increase our standards. "It's incredible, 98 points, to go back-to-back. We made the standard higher last season and Liverpool helped us. “To win this title we had to win 14 (league games) in a row. We couldn't lose one point. It's the toughest title we have won in all my career, by far." Man City captain Vincent Kompany poses with the Premier League trophy and Noel Gallagher Trending Man City players knew they had the title won when Riyad Mahrez bagged the third goal vs Brighton City fans sang long into the night but were initially biting their nails when Glenn Murray headed Brighton in front in the 27th minute, while Liverpool took the lead against Wolves. Aguero settled those nerves one minute later, however, after being slipped through one-on-one with Maty Ryan and tucking the ball under the Australian. Laporte then headed City ahead shortly before half-time, charging onto a corner and heading home. Man City captain Vincent Kompany lifts his fourth Premier League title<doc-sep>(CNN) After wrapping up the Premier League title following months of thrilling action, Manchester City's players celebrated their champagne football with an impromptu Noel Gallagher gig. The former Oasis singer-songwriter joined the squad in a rendition of 1995 hit 'Wonderwall,' first in the away stand among the traveling fans before being serenaded by the squad in the changing room. Impromptu @NoelGallagher gig in the dressing room!! 😆 An anthem for the Champions! 🔵 #mancity 🏆 pic.twitter.com/XpcpUV1rMZ Several City players celebrated with Oasis-themed social media posts, including Bernardo Silva and boyhood City fan Phil Foden. Celebrations continued long into the night as the squad flew from Brighton, where a 4-1 victory had secured the title, back up to Manchester to join the thousands of fans who had gathered outside the Etihad Stadium. Manager Pep Guardiola was joined on stage by his victorious squad as fireworks in City's club colors lit up the night sky overhead. The wild celebrations -- and no shortage of beer -- were well deserved after the type of tense title race the Premier League hadn't seen for years. Champagne Football 🍾 Champagne Supernova 🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/Qy26VT4fYP — Phil Foden (@PhilFoden) May 12, 2019 Record-breaking Prior to the 38th round of games, the league lead had changed hands a record 32 times. Once again the top two won, but with Manchester City's virtuoso win over Brighton, Liverpool could only watch as its 2-0 victory over Wolves was rendered meaningless by the slimmest of margins. Liverpool's relentlessness has been matched this season only by City's, and in the end it came down to a solitary point. Despite the Merseysiders' heroic unbeaten run to end the season, City -- now back-to-back English champion -- was unflappable, even when Brighton took a shock lead. That early slip-up, which allowed Brighton to score an the 27-minute mark, was greeted by a thunderous cheer some 250 miles northwest. City's Ilkay Gundogan and Kyle Walker celebrate after the Turkish player scored City's fourth goal to seal the match against Brighton. Coupled with Liverpool's early opener from Sadio Mane, City falling behind allowed the Reds to climb into top slot and, tantalizingly, within touching distance of the club's first league title since 1990. As the day wore on, though, the natural order of this 2018-19 Premier League season was restored. City talisman Sergio Aguero restored parity on the south coast just seconds after the Seagulls had the temerity to score, before Aymeric Laporte headed in a second. Then, just after the hour mark, Riyad Mahrez made it three. Ilkay Gundogan added the icing on the cake 10 minutes after that, but by then Livepool were done. Manchester City supporters wait for players and coaching staff to arrive from Brighton to celebrate. The victorious squad returned to Manchester late Sunday night, with manager Pep Guardiola saying that this had been the toughest to win -- that Liverpool had ridden his team's tails all the way to the final whistle, raising the level of competition along the way. His club captain, Vincent Kompany, who has won four titles since joining the Citizens back in 2008, said that this one ranked as the best. City's players and staff present the Premier League trophy to supporters outside their home stadium. Uncatchable City You can only beat what's put in front of you, but when you have to contend with Guardiola's City doing the same -- but better -- week in, week out, reaching that pinnacle is all but impossible. The job was made harder, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said, when that Brighton goal billowed City's net and Anfield answered with a corresponding roar. "It's difficult to prepare a team for a situation like that, to say: 'If we score and Brighton score, stay calm,'" he said. "It was going nuts. Then it was difficult. Then it calmed down and it was clear when the atmosphere was not that ecstatic any more that something happened at Brighton which we didn't like." Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp reacts at the end of the match against Wolves. Klopp congratulated Guardiola, whose team finished just one point ahead of the slick, comprehensive side the Liverpool manager has created. It was all he could do in the face of the Manchester club's perpetual excellence. "They played an incredible season. We did as well, but (City) won it, and congratulations. Ours was a really good season, an unbelievable season ... it's just really exceptional." A young Liverpool fan cheers outside Anfield as flares are set off ahead of their team's final match of the season. 'Very, very close to perfection' While not downplaying City's achievement in retaining the title -- the first team to do that since Alex Ferguson's Manchester United a decade ago -- Klopp acknowledged the clout that City has with the resources provided by its Abu Dhabi owners. "As long as City are around with the quality and the financial power that they have then it's not like any other team will pass them easily," he said. "That's clear. We need to be very, very close to perfection to win the Premier League, as long as this is the case." Eye on the European prize But now that the dust has settled, Klopp has one final chance to bring some long-awaited silverware to the Kop -- and make up for his team's heartbreaking loss against Real Madrid in Kiev a year ago. Liverpool take on Tottenham on June 1 in Madrid, Klopp's third Champions League final. While retaining the league was one of Guardiola's key priorities, for a club with the investment and ambition of Manchester City, the Champions League remains the key prize. The Spaniard has won Europe's top club competition twice, in 2009 and 2011 with a Barcelona team that is widely considered one of the greatest of the modern era. Liverpool's fans gear up for their second Champions League final in two years. But since leaving the Catalan giant, the trophy has eluded him. The manager, who went on to take a sabbatical before returning to coach Bayern Munich and now City, fell short again this year, this time at the quarterfinal stage.<doc-sep>Oasis's Noel Gallagher was seen taking in Manchester City's title celebration and even sang "Wonderwall" with the players inside the dressing room. Manchester City celebrated its second consecutive Premier League title after routing Brighton & Hove Albion on the final matchday of the season Sunday. And while the Citizens were away from home, there were plenty of supporters on-hand. Among the most notable supporters was Oasis member Noel Gallagher, a noted Man City fan, who was seen taking in the club's title celebration at American Express Community Stadium as his group's hit song "Wonderwall" played. He later joined the Manchester City players in the dressing room to celebrate the victory with a private rendition of his band's famous song. So to recap: Being in the stadium to watch your team win the title; Hear your song blared throughout the stadium as the club's victory anthem; Sing it privately with the club in the locker room after the title-winning victory. Talk about a major flex.<doc-sep>Oasis lead singer Noel Gallagher had himself quite the weekend, and it started with Manchester City winning the Premier League title. The die-hard City fan was at Brighton to see his team win 4-1 and clinch the crown ahead of Liverpool. At the end of the match, the Man City players made their way toward the supporter's section to commemorate the title and began singing Oasis' hit song "Wonderwall." Gallagher later joined the players in the dressing room for an impromptu performance. Pretty special moment. Just look at all of the people in the locker room filming him. A superstar among superstars, and props to Gallagher because he's no fair-weather fan. He's City through and through, he bleeds blue and he's waited over 40 years of his life for City to be good. Now he supports one of the best teams in the world and a contender in every competition it plays.<doc-sep>
Oasis icon Noel Gallagher was at the centre of celebrations yesterday as Manchester City celebrated winning the Premier League for the second year in a row. A 4-1 victory away to Brighton was enough to secure City’s league triumph yesterday – narrowly beating Liverpool to the title after the chase went all the way to the final day of the season. As ‘Wonderwall’ played out from the speakers at Brighton’s Amex Stadium, Noel was seen celebrating among the travelling City fans – and singing the words to the 1995 track. The celebrations were then taken up a level as Noel headed straight to the City dressing room, delivering an impromptu performance of the track once more for City’s league-winning heroes. He was also seen posing for photos with the Premier League trophy alongside captain Vincent Kompany and midfielder Bernardo Silva. Impromptu @NoelGallagher gig in the dressing room!! ? An anthem for the Champions! ? #mancity ? pic.twitter.com/XpcpUV1rMZ — Manchester City (@ManCity) May 12, 2019 Gallagher is a life-long fan of City and recently revealed how he wasn’t best pleased when asked to handle a tricky request from Coleen Rooney to mark Wayne’s 21st birthday. With Wayne being a Manchester United player at the time, and a Liverpool native, Noel didn’t take too kindly to being asked to sign a guitar for him. “I got this rambling letter from Coleen Rooney saying, it’s Wayne’s 21st. He’s a huge fan. It’d be great if you could sign it for him. And I was like…. cheeky, what?,” Noel said. “So, I took all the parts off it. Got my mate who is a decorator to dip it in sky blue emulsion paint. Wait for it to dry, put all the parts back on it. Graffitied it with quite questionable Man City songs and sent it back to him with letter saying, ‘Happy birthday, Spongebob. Next time you want ‘owt signing send us your Bentley.’” Earlier this month Noel released new single ‘Black Star Rising’, his first track taken from a forthcoming EP of the same name. It’s the first of three EPs he is planning for 2019.