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Man City’s FA Cup heroes sing and take selfies with Elton John after bumping into pop legend on airport runway
MANCHESTER CITY stars celebrated their FA Cup triumph with none other than the Rocket Man himself Elton John after edging closer to an historic Treble.
The Premier League champions beat Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup Final on Saturday at Wembley.
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Ilkay Gundogan fired City ahead after just 12 SECONDS - the fastest-ever goal scored in FA Cup Final history.
The Red Devils were then lucky to avoid going a man down as Casemiro escaped a red card after a stamp on Manuel Akanji.
City were then pegged back when Jack Grealish was harshly judged to have handled in the area, allowing Bruno Fernandes to equalise, before Victor Lindelof was struck by an object thrown by a fan during the goal celebrations.
But Gundogan rifled City back into the lead shortly after the break and it remained 2-1 as they went on to seal the Double.
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However, after flying back to Manchester last night, the jubilant squad bumped into legendary singer John on the runway.
The 76-year-old, the former chairman of Watford, had just finished the final show of his three-day stint at the city’s AO Arena, which Pep Guardiola attended.
But he looked delighted to witness another great performance from Guardiola’s team first-hand as both City’s squad and staff serenaded him on the runway after their chance meeting.
A video clip firstly showed players queuing up to meet John as the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden and Kyle Walker all shared an embrace.
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Then the club’s Twitter account posted another, and that showed staff members getting photos with John while his hit “Your Song” was belted out.
After the singing was done, John could then be heard telling the squad: “One more next week!”.
That led to a round of applause from the City party, before they all gathered around the music icon and handed him the FA Cup trophy to hold while posing for a photo, with Foden also sharing a selfie he had taken with John.
Now it is only Inter Milan in the Champions League Final next week that stands in the way of City and an historic Treble.
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