Gundogan

The midfielder proved to be the difference as Manchester City won the Premier League title in the most dramatic of circumstances.

Credit to the manager and credit to the player for getting up to speed.” "I think it's one of the great substitutions in Premier League history, bringing on Gundogan," Jamie Redknapp said. The midfielder had been introduced just moments before Coutinho doubled Villa's lead, and he proved to be the difference as City claimed their fourth title in five years.

Manchester City came from 2-0 down against Aston Villa to win 3-2 and seal their fourth Premier League trophy in the past five years in dramatic fashion.

How City got themselves into such a mess in the first place was astonishing. It will surely go down as one of the most inspired substitutions in Premier League history. And yet here we are all over again.

Ilkay Gundogan revealed his pride after City came from two goals behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and clinch the 2021/22 Premier League title.

It was an unbelievable day." "It is always a huge moment and privilege. "We felt the tension.

Phil Foden claimed Ilkay Gundogan's dramatic late winner against Aston Villa on Sunday to seal City's Premier League title rivals even Sergio Aguero's ...

He always knows where the ball is going to be in and around the box. "He's such a clever player. He came on and changed the whole game!

Manchester City showed rare vulnerability for a super-club but recovered to win the Premier League and send their fans into raptures.

In that moment he was no longer the world’s greatest manager, no longer the representative of a club or an ideology. The moment the ball hit the net, several hundred City fans immediately stood up and disappeared down to the concourse for a pint, a pie, a cry and a rethink of their life choices. Next it was Oleksandr Zinchenko with the presence of mind to cut the ball back, Rodri with the precision to find the bottom corner. And it felt strangely fitting that at its moment of triumph, Manchester City became its people again. Gündogan sprints for the far corner, pursued by his teammates, the cameras, most of the City bench and the sound of 50,000 people. Guardiola’s first words in his post-match press conference were to pay tribute to the victims. It was there from the first press by Gabriel Jesus, charging down the goalkeeper and forcing him to punt the ball straight out of play. That skittishness was there right from the start. Sometimes it can be hard to glimpse the human face behind this sprawling super-club, with its empire of satellites, its bottomless pockets, its frictionless passing triangles, the sense of something pristine and merciless that you will never quite be able to touch. As delirious fans hurdled the barriers and poured on to the great green expanse, as the goalframe into which City had scored three goals in five minutes caved and snapped under the weight of the throngs atop it, you could already sense the events of the afternoon passing into legend. That victory is the inevitable function of mental fortitude and warrior spirit, and defeat its opposite. The record books will simply log it as another City title: their fourth in five years, Pep Guardiola’s 10th, another silhouette to add to the mural.

Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City came back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa and win the Premier League title.

That's what we appreciate the most." Liverpool were still drawing against Wolves, although went on to win, so City needed to come back to secure the title. Scoring two goals, and having 10 mins to score a third gave us a boost.

Manchester City staged a sensational fightback to clinch the Premier League title on an afternoon of unremitting drama at the Etihad Stadium. Pep Guardiola's ...

But Gundogan proved to be their saviour. But it was certainly not the way they either wanted or expected to pan out. Olly Watkins headed on Robin Olsen's long clearance for Coutinho who cut inside Aymeric Laporte before sliding a shot past Ederson. But they deserve enormous credit turning it around. Guardiola made a change and re-shuffled his defence at half-time. But City dug deep in to their reserves of character to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with three goals in five minutes.