This past weekend, Noel Gallagher himself poetically declared that Manchester rain will surely taste like champagne in the wake of Manchester City's triumphant 1-0 victory against Inter Milan.
From the jubilant looks on the faces around me, it really does feel as though somebody has shaken an enormous magnum over the city.
It’s a steel grey evening after days of glorious sunshine, but all around me is a sea of sky-blue shirts, flags, and bucket caps. In many ways, it feels as though I've walked into a microcosm of what it might look like if England were to win the World Cup in my lifetime.
