Noel Gallagher had a Sunday afternoon at the Etihad that he will remember for a long time - for more than one reason.
The Manchester City fan watched on as his team secured a fourth Premier League in five seasons in dramatic fashion, scoring three goals in the space of five minutes against Aston Villa to turn a disastrous situation into a title-winning one.
Wild celebrations followed in the stands, including in Gallagher’s box where he took a heavy blow from an unlikely source that led to him missing the final minutes of the season.
“Let me tell you what happened to me yesterday,” Gallagher told talkSPORT.
“As the third goal goes in, there is absolute bedlam in the stadium.
“Where we sit, Ruben Dias’ family are a couple of boxes up. I’m jumping around like an idiot, passing my son around like the Premier League trophy, everyone’s lifting him up.
“I turn around, Ruben Dias’ dad runs straight into me, headbutts me, I’m on the floor, covered in blood.
“I don’t see the last two minutes, I’ve got to get taken down by St John’s Ambulance to get stitched up.”
After being stitched up, Gallagher returned to the celebrations and bumped into Pep Guardiola, who was as emotional behind the scenes as he was on the pitch at full-time.
While the former Oasis star is still sporting his battle wounds, there are no such worries for Dias’ dad.
Gallagher added: “I’ve got stitches in my top lip, two black eyes. As I’m going down the corridor, Pep is running up crying and we hug each other.
“He says, ‘What’s up with your face?’ And I said, ‘Go and be with your players!’
“If you saw me today, I look like I’ve just arrived home from the eighties at Elland Road, I look like I’ve had my head smashed in. It’s unbelievable.
“Lots of City fans are asking me what happened and I’m just saying, ‘You’ll never guess’. There’s not a mark on him [Dias’ dad]. He’s a big bear of a man. He almost knocked my teeth out.”
