UAE Royals Celebrate Sheikh Mansoor's Manchester City EPL Win

Published May 13th, 2019 - 06:14 GMT
Photo: Instagram
Photo: Instagram

It was a glorious Sunday for Sheikh Mansoor bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister of UAE, Minister of Presidential Affairs, and owner of Manchester City football club in UK - as his team retained the English Premier League title.

A 4-1 win over Brighton granted Manchester City the needed points to retain the EPL title, one point ahead of Liverpool, who defeated Wolverhampton 2-0.

Man City has become the first club to retain the Premier League title for 10 years, since their neighbour, Manchester United made the record in 2009.

Royals and residents have congratulated Sheikh Mansoor on the victory.

Sheikh Mansoor' was jubilant with the victory and posted a statement on Instagram, commending the team on the consecutive title and sixth in their history. He congratulated the players, the coaching staff and Man City fans all over the world - wishing the team more victories in the future.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, posted this on Twitter:

While, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, celebrated his brother's victory with a giant cake with Man City club colour frosting.

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