Leicester City's victory at Old Trafford dyed Manchester sky-blue.
City, with the defeat of their arch enemy United, were proclaimed Premier League champions.
It is the 7th league title (5th in the Premier era) for the
skyblues
, who dominated the English domestic competition after an impeccable second half of the season.
Precisely,
one of the great beneficiaries of having left the championship sentenced in the absence of three days is its third goalkeeper.
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Scott Carson's
story
is a curious one.
At 35, he arrived during the summer of 2019 from Derby County
, from the
Championship
(2nd category of English football). He did, yes,
on loan for two seasons
. However,
it was not until May 14, 2021, when, finally, he was able to make his official debut with Manchester City. It was in their wild 3-4 victory against Newcastle.
An award to a goalkeeper who has always trained hard and silently as if it were the starter.
And it is that Carson has had to face two difficult figures to overtake in his position.
On the one hand,
Ederson Moraes, the undisputed starting goalkeeper
and one of the best in Europe.
The numbers support it: two consecutive seasons as the goalkeeper with the fewest goals in the Premier League.
While, on the other,
Zack Steffen
bursts in
.
The American goalkeeper who, little by little, has been gaining the trust of Pep Guardiola.
So much so that with him on the field they were champions of the
Carabao Cup
.
We happy he's starting tonight blues?
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- Manchester City (@ManCity) May 14, 2021
Ten years without playing in the Premier League
With this match and this title, Scott Carson
ended a ten-year drought without playing in the Premier League, with West Bromwich Albion, back in 2011.
It was then that he packed his bags and
left for Turkey with the Bursaspor
. However, his Turkish journey lasted two seasons, when he
returned to England to join Wigan Athletic in 2014.
There were also two courses he spent with the
Latics
to move to Derby County.
With the
Rams team he
performed at an exceptional level, ranking as one of the best goalkeepers in the English second division.
So much so that they
touched promotion in the 2018-19 season, when Frank Lampard was Derby coach and Mason Mount one of the stars
.
However, they failed, falling in the Playoff final against Aston Villa.
Therefore, that same summer, Carson's romance with City would begin.
Carson, the only Champions of the Champions in the City
The paradox of all is that, in addition,
Scott Carson is, to date, the only Manchester City player who has ever won the Champions League.
It was in 2005
, when they conquered the highest continental competition with
Liverpool's historic comeback against Milan
.
Of course, he did it as a
substitute
goalkeeper
for the legendary Jerzy Dudek
.
Precisely, his interventions with the
Reds
would also be very rare (just nine games), where he arrived from Leeds United.
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Scott Carson during his time with Liverpool.Getty Images
Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa were his last experiences
before moving to West Brom. A Carson who, even after
his good performances with the 'villains', was summoned by England
, with a selection that came to play up to four games. Now, in just over two weeks his assignment at Manchester City comes to an end. It is time to negotiate, because
Guardiola wants to continue counting on the English goal, although Wayne Rooney's Derby County has already put a series of obstacles to the operation
.