Here he gives his view on the unseen moments behind Manchester City retaining their Premier League title. Just after Tottenham knocked City out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals, there was silence, interspersed with tears in the coaching room. At City, directors and, especially, the chairman tend to be balanced both in moments of euphoric victory and painful defeats. This time after the Spurs defeat, he told Guardiola that City were having an extraordinary season. Ederson, who was coming from probably his worst game of the season for City, was particularly down, as were the rest of the players.

Source: BBC May 12, 2019 15:53 UTC