Manchester City's Premier League Title win celebration is been delayed after losing at the Etihad stadium to Chelsea 1:2 and Manchester united also defeating Aston villa away 1:3 at the weekend.
With hundreds of City's fans gathered outside the stadium to cheer their team to victory, City needed a win against the Blues to be crowned the champions for the third time in four years,but were humble by Chelsea after coming from a goal down, with record goalscorer Aguero Sergio missing a crucial penalty.
Despite taking a first half lead through Raheem Sterling, Chelsea's winger Hakim Ziyech levelled for the visitors after the break.
Marcos Alonso then grabbed the all but important winner for at the injury time from Timo Warner cross.
It was also an important win for Manchester United also at Aston villa after coming back from a goal down to score three, with goals from Bruno Fernandez, cavani and Greenwood.
Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Manchester United will fight to delay Manchester City's Premier League title celebrations as long as they can.
Defeat for United against Aston Villa on Sunday would have sealed City's third title in four years.
But Solskjaer's side fought back to win 3-1 at Villa Park.
"At least we don't travel back to a party on the blue side tonight,the manager joked.
Solskjaer, whose side are 10 points behind Manchester City with a game in hand, admitted United would have to pull off "the biggest upset in football history" to win a first Premier League title since 2013.
"That's a good thing, that's the best thing, at least we don't drive into a blue army tonight," Solskjaer told Sky Sports. "We'll try to delay it as long as we can."
The victory capped a good week for United, who reached their first final for Solskjaer as United manager as they set up a Europa League final against Villarreal despite a 3-2 second-leg defeat away to Roma on Thursday.
United's equaliser against Aston villa arrived from the penalty spot early in the second half after Douglas Luiz fouled Paul Pogba, allowing Bruno Fernandes to score from.the spot.
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