Etihad Stadium Erupts in Wild Jubilation As Man City Stars Celebrate Reaching 1st Ever Champions League Final

Etihad Stadium Erupts in Wild Jubilation As Man City Stars Celebrate Reaching 1st Ever Champions League Final

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:43 PM

- Manchester City are through to the final of the Champions League for the first time in their history

- The Premier League club defeated French side Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 on aggregates in the semis

- Players and officials of the club were seen in wild jubilations in their dressing room after the game

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Following their qualification for the Champions League final, the entire Etihad Stadium went into wild celebrations as Manchester City stars and officials celebrate all through the night, Daily Star reports.

Footage shared by Zack Steffen showed how players went haywire right in the dressing room to celebrate victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the semifinal of the tournament.

The Citizens has claimed a 2-1 victory in the first leg in Paris and then completed the job, winning 2-0 at home to cruise to the final 4-1 on aggregates.

Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez was the hero of both legs having scored the winner in Paris last week before grabbing a brace in the reverse fixture.

With 20 minutes left in the encounter, Argentine star Angel di Maria was sent off, meaning a herculean comeback was no longer possible.

And for the first time in their history, Manchester City have reached the final of the Champions League and they celebrated in style right after the final whistle.

Back up goalkeeper Steffen uploaded a clip showing the likes of Kyle Walker, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte and members of the coaching staff can be seen singing and dancing in jubilant fashion.

Etihad Stadium Erupts in Wild Jubilations As Manchester City Stars Celebrate Reaching Champions League Final
Manchester City stars celebrate win over PSG. Photo: Laurence Griffiths
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They were comfortably the better team in the second leg as PSG players looked frustrated all night, with Neymar failing to inspire the team.

PSG picked all four yellow cards on the night while Di Maria was sent off after receiving his second booking as they lost their cool.

After proving the match-winner for City, Mahrez told BT Sport via Daily Star:

“They lost their nerves and then they started kicking us, they had a red card and then it was more comfortable for us.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Real Madrid defender Raphael Varane has been ruled out of his side's Champions League meeting with Chelsea through injury.

Real are due to take on the Blues for the return leg of the semi-final fixture on the night of Wednesday, May 5, at Stamford Bridge.

Both teams will be desperate to get the job done during the meeting having settled for a 1-1 draw during the reverse clash played at Angelo Di Stefano Stadium in Spain.

At the time, Christian Pulisic scored Chelsea's crucial away goal, with Karim Benzema also finding the back of the net with a stunner.

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Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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