ON ICE Man City ‘had 60 bottles of champagne in dressing room after Real Madrid 4-0 win' but Guardiola banned all celebration.
MANCHESTER CITY had “60 bottles of champagne” in their dressing-room to celebrate reaching the Champions League final - but their boss banned it all. The showpiece of club football's top-tier European tournament will take place on Saturday, June 10.
Pep Guardiola has banned all celebrations until City clinch their first piece of silverware. Credit: Rex
However, despite reaching the final of the Champions League for just the second time in their history, City’s manager was in no mood to let his boys get on the bubbly to celebrate.
The Daily Mail claims that “security staff removed 60 bottles of champagne that had been ordered for the home dressing room” following Wednesday’s demolition job of the current holders. They claim that Guardiola has banned celebrations until they have won their first trophy in their Treble pursuit. Officials at the club were allegedly “told that the champagne had been dispatched in error by hospitality staff” and it was instead “intended to be placed in the dressing room on Sunday” when they could potentially clinch a fifth Premier League title in six years. And it is not only the champers that the star-studded squad has to look forward to. Guardiola is believed to have promised to take his players and their families “out for a celebratory meal and drinks at the end of the season” even if they fail to land any silverware. City’s attention has now returned to the Premier League, where they can wrap up the title with a win over Chelsea on Sunday afternoon. They could seal it 24 hours earlier though if Arsenal lose to Nottingham Forest, or win it with a draw if that's the result the Gunners get at the City Ground.
The FA Cup final comes next when the two Manchester clubs meet at that stage for the first time ever at Wembley on June 3.
Then all eyes will turn to the Champions League for the showdown with Inter.
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