Pep Guardiola kissed the trophy as he accepted it from striker Erling Haaland towards the end of the celebrations on the pitch. He then placed it directly in front of him for the winning photo. The Manchester City coach held the silver trophy with the distinctive three handles in his left hand, while he held up his right hand with five stretched fingers: “Give me five” – as a reference to the five titles that the Catalan has now won in his ten years in Manchester in the EFL Cup (English Football League), the league cup in which all clubs from the four English professional leagues take part. Since Sunday evening, Guardiola has been the sole coaching record winner in this competition, which has been held since 1960/61, ahead of Brian Clough, José Mourinho and Alex Ferguson, who are tied.