Jamie Jackson explains how Manchester City escaped the third tier of English football, before the Abu Dhabi-led 2008 takeover brought an end to their 35-year trophy drought. The appointment of Pep Guardiola in 2016 has seen City become the dominant force in English football, winning five Premier League titles in six seasons and now standing one game away from emulating Manchester United’s treble in 1999 – the same year Paul Dickov scored that dramatic equaliser at Wembley.
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