Manchester City's trophy parade and after-party on Monday (May 25) blended celebration with sentiment, as fans honoured a season of success and said goodbye to Pep Guardiola.

A day after Guardiola's final game in charge after a trophy-laden decade, thousands lined the streets in searing 31 degrees Celsius heat and clouds of sky-blue confetti, crowding every vantage point for a glimpse of the Spaniard who had defined an era.

The League Cup and FA Cup trophies captured this season gleamed atop the open-top buses, but it was the 55-year-old Guardiola -- waving and smiling -- who drew the loudest roars.

Players sprayed champagne as the open-top buses eventually fed straight onto the arena floor where a sold-out crowd of 17,000 waited to celebrate at the After Party at the Co-Op Live arena.

And then a collection of former and current players, from Vincent Kompany to Fernandinho and Jack Grealish, plus Guardiola's three children, Maria, Marius and Valentina, and Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher, paraded Guardiola's 20 trophies one by one across the stage.

Guardiola departs having delivered trophies and style in equal measure, but also something less tangible: a connection that left adults in tears and teenagers wishing for another decade.

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Manchester City's trophy parade and after-party blended celebration with sentiment, as fans honoured a season of success and said goodbye to Pep Guardiola.

VIDEO SHOWS: START OF MANCHESTER CITY OPEN-TOP BUS PARADE & "AFTER-PARTY" PEP GUARDIOLA CELEBRATION

*EDITOR NOTE: FOR MANCHESTER CITY BUS PARADE CELEBRATIONS PLEASE SEE EDIT: 3371-SOCCER-ENGLAND-MCI/

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SHOWS: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK (MAY 25, 2026) (NICHE MEDIA - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF OUTGOING MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER PEP GUARDIOLA WALKING OUT ON OPEN-TOP BUS AHEAD OF PARADE CELEBRATING THEIR EFL CUP & FA CUP TITLE WINS DURING HIS LAST SEASON IN CHARGE OF THE CLUB & GREETING ACADEMY PLAYERS & MEMBERS OF COACHING STAFF

2. GUARDIOLA WATCHING CONFETTI GUNS BEING SHOT, INCLUDING ONE BEING SHOT BY ASSISTANT COACH KOLO TOURE

3. VARIOUS OF GUARDIOLA WATCHING ON WITH CONFETTI RAINING DOWN WITH ASSISTANT COACH PEPIJN LIJNDERS TO HIS LEFT

4. VARIOUS OF BUS PARADE STARTING WITH GUARDIOLA WAVING AT FANS

5. START OF “AFTER-PARTY” WITH FORMER MANCHESTER CITY DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL TXIKI BEGIRISTAIN BEGINNING PROCESSION OF BRINGING OUT ALL OF THE 20 TROPHIES WON UNDER PEP GUARDIOLA, BEGINNING WITH THE 2017-18 EFL CUP

6. FORMER CLUB CAPTAIN & DEFENDER & CURRENT BAYERN MUNICH MANAGER VINCENT KOMPANY BRINGING OUT THE 2017-18 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

7. FORMER CLUB GOALKEEPER, NOW AT FENERBAHCE EDERSON BRINGING OUT THE 2018-19 EFL CUP

8. OUTGOING DEFENDER JOHN STONES BRINGING OUT THE 2018-19 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

9. GUARDIOLA’S CHILDREN MARIA, MARIUS & VALENTINA BRINGING OUT THE 2019 FA COMMUNITY SHIELD

10. CLUB LEGEND & FORMER PLAYER MIKE SUMMERBEE BRINGING OUT THE 2019-20 EFL CUP

11. DEFENDER NATHAN AKE BRINGING OUT THE 2020-21 EFL CUP

12. DEFENDER RUBEN DIAS BRINGING OUT THE 2020-21 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

13. FORMER CLUB CAPTAIN & MIDFIELDER FERNANDINHO BRINGING OUT THE 2021-22 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

14. FORWARD ERLING HAALAND BRINGING OUT THE 2022-23 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

15. MIDFIELDER RODRI BRINGING OUT THE 2022-23 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TITLE

16. MIDFIELDER JACK GREALISH, WHO SPENT LAST SEASON ON LOAN AT EVERTON, BRINGING OUT THE 2023 UEFA SUPER CUP

17. MANCHESTER CITY FAN, MUSICIAN & FRONTMAN FOR THE BAND OASIS NOEL GALLAGHER BRINGING OUT THE 2023 FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP TITLE

18. MIDFIELDER PHIL FODEN BRINGING OUT THE 2023-24 PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE

19. OUTGOING WINGER BERNARDO SILVA BRINGING OUT THE 2024 FA COMMUNITY SHIELD

20. DEFENDER NICO O’REILLY BRINGING OUT THE 2025-26 EFL CUP

21. WINGER ANTOINE SEMENYO BRINGING OUT THE 2025-26 FA CUP

22. VIEW OF ALL 20 TROPHIES WON UNDER GUARDIOLA ON STAGE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT THEM OUT STANDING BEHIND THEM

23. GUARDIOLA MAKING HIS WAY OUT ON STAGE

24. (SOUNDBITE) (English) OUTGOING MANCHESTER CITY MANAGER, PEP GUARDIOLA, SAYING:

“So, thank you so much for coming, and I feel tonight, that really means that connection that this club, what Khaldoon Al Mubarak (Manchester City Chairman) and all the people, and with all the City fans that connected with us from the first minutes, so, thank you so much. I don’t have enough gratitude, and now always I will have the rest of my life something on my heart. Thank you so much.”

25. GUARDIOLA THANKING FANS