Noel Gallagher has revealed he was left needing stitches after Manchester City star Ruben Dias’s father accidentally headbutted him during the Premier League celebrations.
The Oasis legend attended the team’s clash with Aston Villa but missed the climactic minutes after getting injured following the dramatic 81st-minute goal from İlkay Gündoğan, which cemented the team’s sixth Premier League victory.
Speaking to talkSport on Monday, the lifelong City fan said: “As the third goal goes in, there is absolute bedlam, as you can imagine, in the stadium.
“Where we sit, Ruben Dias‘s family are in the box, a couple of boxes up. I’m jumping around like an idiot, passing my 11-year-old son around like the Premier League trophy, everyone’s lifting him up.
“I turn around, Ruben Dias’s dad runs straight into me, and headbutts me, I’m on the floor, covered in blood.
“I don’t see the last two minutes because I’ve got to get taken down by St John’s Ambulance to get stitched up. I’ve got stitches in my top lip, I’ve got two black eyes.”
Gallagher revealed that he ran into manager Pep Guardiola who asked him about the injuries, but told him to “go and be with your players”.
He added: “If you saw me today, I look like I’ve just arrived home from the 80s 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!’”