Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, June 19.
05.06.2022 - 18:59 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Regardless of which team it was, missing out on winning the Premier League title was always going to be a tough blow for supporters to take.
Fortunately, it was Manchester City that prevailed on the final day of the season, fighting back from two goals down to beat Aston Villa and finish a point clear of Liverpool at the top of the table.
A fair proportion of Liverpool fans haven't exactly been gracious in defeat, but none have been worse than former Liverpool defender Jose Enrique. In recent weeks he has used Twitter to take potshots at City and bemoan the unfairness of Liverpool's failure to win either the league title or Champions League.
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On Sunday, the Spaniard tweeted: 'What was the worst referee's decision in the 2021/22 season?'. He then replied to his own question with the following tweet.
While even the most ardent City fan admits that Rodri got away with that handball at Goodison Park, it's absolutely ludicrous to suggest that the failure of the VAR to award a penalty in any way cost Liverpool the title.
City fans on Twitter have been quick to address Enrique's desperate complaints, and explain the real reasons why Liverpool didn't win the Premier League.
@la_tarrant: You’re a grown man. Stop.
@WorldWideGeoff: What cost you the title is not being able to beat the champs. Simple stuff really.
@jefferypounds2: Not just the champs, I don’t believe they won a single game against top 4 teams during PL season. Not a single one. Thats what cost you.
@pickles0303: What about when Milner, Fabinho and Thiago should have all seen red against City?
@Jonny_MCFC_7: No it didn’t. Liverpool not winning more games than
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Sunday, June 19.
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Manchester City left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko has admitted that he and his Ukraine teammates have been dreaming about reaching the World Cup after moving to within one win of the finals in Qatar.
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Manchester City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak has confirmed that the club have commissioned work on a statue outside the Etihad to honour Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee and Francis Lee.
Kevin de Bruyne is the only Manchester City player in the Champions League 2021/22 Team of the Season as Liverpool and Real Madrid dominate the line-up with four and five representatives respectively.
Manchester City's final-day Premier League triumph was of course a great achievement, but it pales in comparison to what hundreds if not thousand of Blues have managed to achieve off the pitch.
Given the conclusion of the Erling Haaland saga and the dramatic end to the Premier League season, it's easy to forget that Manchester City will add another young striker to their squad this summer.
Olivia Wilkinson spoke for about 50,000 people inside the Etihad when she spoke of the mood as Manchester City threatened to blow the Premier League title on the final day. "We were up there bricking it, absolutely bricking it," the lifelong fan said. "A lot of tears were shed from us," adds Ben Mason, a Blue from Jersey.