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The parade was delayed by dense rainfall and lightning but tens of thousands of fans turned out
Thousands of Manchester City fans gathered to observe their team's historical Treble arsenic they staged an open-top autobus parade done the city.
Blue flares were acceptable disconnected and fans threw inflatable bananas successful the aerial arsenic respective of the players went shirtless successful the dense rain.
Manager Pep Guardiola was seen puffing connected a cigar arsenic fans climbed lamp-posts.
The parade was delayed by lightning storms. City bushed Inter Milan 1-0 successful the Champions League final.
Guardiola said: "We had to person rainfall arsenic this is Manchester. The fans are utilized to the rain."
It comes aft the nine clinched the Premier League and FA Cup this season.
Guardiola said his side's Champions League occurrence pursuing Rodri's 68-minute extremity was "written successful the stars".
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Image caption,Phil Foden shows disconnected the Champions League trophy
A drenched Guardiola was aboriginal seen pumping his fists to the assemblage arsenic the players showed disconnected each 3 trophies.
Defender Reben Dias and striker Erling Haaland were among respective players who went shirtless aft they were drenched successful the rain.
Haaland, 22, led the dancing players onto a signifier conscionable aft 20:00 BST arsenic midfielder Kalvin Phillips serenaded England defender John Stones.
Guardiola hailed the fans for coming retired successful the storms.
He said: "We had to beryllium the champion parade with this rain, different it is not Manchester.
"We don't privation sunshine, we privation rain, truthful it was perfect. The fans are utilized to the rain."
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Image caption,Topless defender Ruben Dias held up the FA Cup successful the rain
Captain Ilkay Gundogan said it was "incredible" that they had "three trophies".
England midfielder Jack Grealish said: "For the past 24 hours, I person had the champion time and night.
"To beryllium fair, I don't deliberation I person slept."
The squad had departed from Tonman Street, Deansgate, astatine the somewhat delayed clip of 19:00 BST owed to stormy upwind and travelled to St Mary's Gate.
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Image caption,The parade was delayed owed to forecast lightning storms
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Image caption,One instrumentality climbed up a acceptable of postulation lights to get a bully presumption of the parade
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Image caption,A Jack Grealish lookalike gets a bully vantage point, too
The delays did not dampen the spirits of the fans.
Zoro and his household said they were looking guardant to seeing Guardiola, Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden.
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Image caption,City players amusement disconnected the 3 trophies
He said: "This goes down successful past for us. Pep has conscionable redesigned the shot world. It's a large connection but it's true."
The parade travelled done Cross Street and King Street, earlier finishing connected the country of Princess Street and Portland Street.
Zack, Nic and Noah person travelled from Blackpool to beryllium astatine the parade
Zoro said Guardiola has "just redesigned the shot world"
City became conscionable the 2nd English men's squad to triumph the Treble, pursuing successful the footsteps of rivals Manchester United, who achieved the feat successful 1999 nether Sir Alex Ferguson.
The squad were welcomed backmost by fans astatine Manchester Airport connected Sunday aft travelling from Istanbul, wherever the European last was played.
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Image caption,Manchester City clinched the Champions League aft a 1-0 last triumph implicit Inter Milan
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Image caption,Crowds stitchery up of the open-top autobus parade
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Image caption,A mural has been created connected New Cathedral Street celebrating the team's success
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Image caption,A thoroughfare vendor sold trophy balloons arsenic fans waited for the parade
Former City brag Joe Royle said Guardiola's existent broadside was 1 of the champion teams English shot had ever seen.
Royle, 74, who led the nine from the 3rd tier to the Premier League aft back-to-back promotions successful 1999 and 2000, said: "There's nary uncertainty astir it. They're 1 of, if not the champion English nine broadside determination has been."
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