Manchester City are due to parade the Premier League trophy before tens of thousands of fans as they celebrate the club's first top-flight title in 44 years.
It's unbelievable. United had won, but what a finish. It's been 44 years of hurt and I've been coming for 34 of them. I'm going to enjoy tonight, and tomorrow, and the summerPaul Fletcher, Manchester City fan
The players will travel through the city tonight in an open-top bus after a last-minute win over Queens Park Rangers saw them pip arch-rivals Manchester United to the crown.
At 2-1 down after 90 minutes City looked almost certain to miss out on the title, before injury-time goals from Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero gave them a 3-2 win.
In arguably the most dramatic ever finish to an English title race, the victory saw them snatch the trophy from United - who beat Sunderland 1-0 - on goal difference.
The capture of City's third league title sparked euphoric celebrations among the club's long-suffering supporters, who had watched as adversaries United became champions for a record 19th time last season.
City captain Vincent Kompany posted a photograph on his Twitter page of him celebrating with famous Blues supporters Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and boxer Ricky Hatton.
Fan Dan Walters, 25, from Sale, said: "This is incredible. I was at Wembley when we played Gillingham and we did it then in similar circumstances.
"We can only do it the hard way. But we have done it. It is brilliant, incredible."
Paul Fletcher, 40, from Manchester, said: "It's unbelievable. United had won, but what a finish.
"It's been 44 years of hurt and I've been coming for 34 of them. I'm going to enjoy tonight, and tomorrow, and the summer."
City's manager Roberto Mancini said: "We had a lot of chances. We deserved to win this championship. It is a crazy season and crazy last minute."
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson congratulated City on their achievement.
"I would like to say, on behalf of Manchester United, 'Congratulations to our neighbours'," he told Sky Sports.
"It's a fantastic achievement to win the Premier League. It's the hardest league in the world and anyone who wins it deserves it."
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