Manchester City’s captain for the day, Kyle Walker, stated his group will benefit from the third successive Premier League title however ideas would in a short time flip to securing the treble.
Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Chelsea was performed out in a celebration ambiance after Arsenal’s defeat 24 hours earlier at Nottingham Forest handed City the title.
City supervisor Pep Guardiola left most of regulars Erling Haaland, Jack Grealish, Ilkay Gundogan, Rodri and Kevin De Bruyne on the bench however it made no distinction as City claimed a twelfth league win in a row.
Five league titles in six seasons represents nearly whole domination, however City’s gamers now have their eyes on sporting immortality by beating Manchester United within the FA Cup remaining and Inter Milan within the Champions League showpiece.
Should it do this it could match United’s feat in the course of the 1998-99 marketing campaign.
“We still have a big couple of weeks before we can take our foot off the gas,” Walker informed Sky Sports as 1000’s of City followers celebrated on the Etihad Stadium pitch.
“Rest assured we are not finished. We have the FA Cup against our bitter rivals and then the Champions League. We will celebrate tonight and then move on to try and create history.
“The treble would be fantastic but there is a lot of football to be played.”
Asked whether or not the job was just one third finished, City’s defender, turned midfielder John Stones stated: “Yeah, 100%.
“We need to keep everyone fit and healthy going into the Cup final, which is another special cup for me personally as an Englishman and against our bitter rivals.
“Then we can fully focus on what’s after that in the Champions League final.”
United’s treble-winning captain Roy Keane stated it was troublesome to check the present City facet with the United one he performed in below Alex Ferguson.
“I would like to think we would have competed against Manchester City,” stated the Sky Sports pundit.
“They are a brilliant team. They have great pride in their defending, a great goalkeeper (Ederson). They are on the verge of greatness and we will see in the next couple of weeks.”
