Man City defender saves 10-yr-old from being 'trampled' during Premier League celebrations

A moment of happiness could have turned into trdy for one of families who h come to watch Man City vs Aston Villa match at Etih stium. Manchester City came from behind to beat Aston Villa 3-2 and lift premier league crown on final day of season. Ilkay Gundogan scored final two goals to le his team to victory. While thousands of fans inved pitch after final whistle, Manchester City defender Joao Cancelo helped a little boy on his own who h been separated from his d.

Premier League news: Joao Cancelo saves life of a young boy 

A report from manchestereveningnews.co.uk states that 10-year-old Ollie Gordon who suffers from autism and various or conditions followed fans onto pitch after conclusion of  Man City vs Aston Villa losing his d in process. Joao Cancelo was quick to rescue kid from mob. family has w sent a letter to show ir appreciation for his actions.

Ollie Gordon's mom Lauren while speaking to MEN Sport said, "He took off running, he’s got autism and t aware of dangers or anything so got excited and started running. He goes to stium with his d quite a lot, especially recently. I was watching on telly and saw Lee running across pitch but t Ollie. I was panicking and trying to get hold of his d. .He saw Aston Villa keeper getting hit a foot away, you can see him on videos. It scared him a bit and he saw Cancelo and heed towards him.

While showering more praise on Joao Cancelo, Lauren ded, "He said if it wasn’t for Cancelo, who didn’t just hug him, he kept his arms around him which gave his d time to get re. If he hn’t, especially size of men. He’s pressed up against Cancelo’s chest with all se men crushing up against him. It could have been a completely different story, a little boy on his own on pitch. That man should have been running around screaming and celebrating this win, but inste took time to stop and look after a little boy".

As per report Ollie has written to Joao Cancelo thanking him for his kindness. Lauren said, "He was his second favourite player before, he’s definitely his first w. I don’t think re are words to thank Cancelo. He probably doesn’t see how important that was".

Manchester City EPL stats

Coming to Manchester City EPL stats, Kevin De Bruyne ended as season's top scorer for club with 15 goals. After Belgian midfielder, Raheem Sterling (13) and Riy Mahrez (11) are next two players to have more goals. Pep Guardiola has w won ten titles in his 13 seasons as a top-flight manr and also became  fourth coach in Premier League history to win domestic title four times in five seasons. Manchester City became only fourth side in Premier League history to have lost  first match but still mand to win title