City fans were incensed that the manager who ended their 44-year wait for an English title was being discarded for a south American who had amassed titles on his own continent - in Argentina and Ecuador - but failed to win a major honor during a decade in Spain. "You can stick Manuel Pellegrini," was the expletive-free section of the chant that reverberated around Wembley Stadium at the FA Cup final exactly a year ago after it leaked before the Wigan humiliation that Roberto Mancini was to be replaced. What must the City fans who greeted Pellegrini's appointment with such abuse a year ago be thinking now? It's never easy adapting to English management either, but Pellegrini is the first manager from outside of Europe to win the country's top division. "The players adapted, which is never easy." We’ll see you in August."He wanted us to play attacking, and we've scored a lot of goals this year as well as being tight at the back," midfielder James Milner said. “Next year we need to be better and if we want to be a big club, this has to be the first of many titles.”Ĭheers to the 2014 Barclays Premier League. "I come here every year and have a feeling we need to be better.” Kompany said. Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool will all be back next year to challenge Manchester City - and with a big transfer window coming for Manchester United, the Red Devils will also vye to displace their rivals from the top. It was a Premier League season for the ages. On Tuesday, we start work for next season because this club, these fans deserve more titles.” "We finish this year with two titles and we can celebrate today and tomorrow. "I think that big teams cannot be satisfied with just one title," Pellegrini told Sky Sports. "The past is the past and the future, surely we have a place in the future. "We are building a club, not just a team that wins trophies now and again," said Vincent Kompany. Manchester City fans were assured by their manager and their captain that there are more titles coming for the club. I think the best team has won the title in the end." We try to play the whole year as a winning team, as a big team thinks.
We had some very difficult moments, but they always believe what I tell them, the way I like to play.
Pellegrini commented on how difficult the season was, but iterated that his team never stopped believing at any point. He believes in what he does and is prepared to do what he needs to do to win the league.” Joe Hart also praised Pellegrini saying, "He's a winner. There are no words to explain the feeling now." "It was an amazing league the whole year. My second title in three years," a joyful Nasri said after the match. City only spent 14 days atop the table this season, the least among the true contenders, but their position today is the only one that matters. Manchester City found another goal on the other side of halftime and the celebration started. The nightmare continued with a blown 3-0 lead to Crystal Palace, where the Reds saw their opponent score 3 goals in 9 minutes to earn a tie. It started with a loss to Chelsea, spurred when Chelsea parked the bus and waited for Liverpool to slip – which happened quite literally when Steven Gerrard slipped and let in the winning goal. Then, right before halftime, Samir Nasri assured City’s title chances.Īnd so it was all over for Liverpool, who suffered an epic collapse at the end of this season. Though their side hadn’t found the net, chants of “Are you watching, Merseyside?” echoed throughout the pitch. Manchester City supporters heard the news of Martin Skrtel’s own goal at Anfield and jubilation spread throughout the Etihad. Unfortunately for the Reds, the latter of the two didn’t come to fruition. Liverpool got the three points they needed in a victory at Newcastle, but needed a Manchester City loss to steal the crown.