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<p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><p style="display: none;">Article continues below</p><ul><li>City secure fourth PL title in a row</li><li>Supporters tried to enter pitch before full-time</li><li>Annoyed players force them back</li></ul><script type="application/json" data-placement="fcplayer-semantic">{"type":"fcplayer-semantic","data":{"embedCode":"//cdn.fcp.codes/embed-code-template/embed-code-template.js#SEMANTIC_5704afb8-c10b-4ba5-9cb4-d7fb6098ef90"}}</script>

Man City fans invade pitch BEFORE full-time of West Ham game as annoyed players then race for cover behind police to be able to celebrate Premier League title win

<p>City were well on their way to<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/man-city-player-ratings-vs-west-ham-phil-foden-rodri/blteaa70b5c791a4e90" target="_blank"> securing a record fourth consecutive crown</a> as they led 3-1 against West Ham heading into added time. But some fans could not wait to celebrate and started to get on to the pitch before the full-time whistle had gone, prompting an angry reaction from the players.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Champions again and another pitch invasion <a href="https://t.co/6zJCIN9lA7">pic.twitter.com/6zJCIN9lA7</a></p>— Richard Martin (@RichMartinMcr) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichMartinMcr/status/1792239556034429185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Erling Haaland and Bernardo Silva were among the players who forced the supporters back behind the barriers so play could continue. Moments later, the full-time whistle went and the fans poured onto the pitch en masse, despite repeated warnings from the stadium announcer and messages on the screens at the Etihad Stadium.</p><p></p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>City fans have invaded the pitch to celebrate Premier League title wins on multiple occasions. The first and most famous one was after<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/watch-was-agueros-title-winner-the-greatest-moment-in-premier-league-history/whkcknvh3uxo158j28l2s037g" target="_blank"> Sergio Aguero scored the 94th-minute winner</a> against Queens Park Rangers to snatch the title away from Manchester United in 2012. Hundreds of supporters also got on the field when they clinched the title on the final day of the 2022 campaign by beating Aston Villa.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>City will be celebrating their historic achievement and will be likely to earn a day off but they cannot get carried away as <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-man-city-vs-man-utd-first-fa-cup-final-its-kind-since-1885/bltc5d8a8b218cb8dbe" target="_blank">they face Manchester United in the FA Cup final </a>next Saturday with the chance to secure a second successive double.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR MAN CITY?

Man City fans invade pitch BEFORE full-time of West Ham game as annoyed players then race for cover behind police to be able to celebrate Premier League title win | Goal.com

Manchester City fans staged a pitch invasion to celebrate their Premier League title win before their match with West Ham was over.