Chinese president and David Cameron given guided tour of Manchester City

China's president Xi Jinping met Manchester City's football greats of past and present during a visit to the club's football academy.

He watched the moment the club seized its first Premier League title alongside the man who made it happen, Sergio Aguero.

Mr Xi was joined by David Cameron on the visit to Manchester as the Prime Minister seeks to promote the Government's Northern Powerhouse agenda.

The president, reportedly a Manchester United fan, was given a tour of the club's 80-acre youth development and first- team training site by chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

Together with former City star Patrick Vieira, Mr Xi and Mr Cameron were shown part of the club's recruitment and training technology on a big screen.

Joining them to watch two key historic moments for the club were Aguero, who scored the goal that landed the 2012 title on goal difference from Manchester United, and City women's team striker Toni Duggan.

The chairman talked through the "historic goal" with the president as he explained that the team scored two goals in injury time to beat Queen's Park Rangers and win the title.

Mr Xi smiled and clapped when he saw Aguero net, and Mr Al Mubarak told him: "Not good for the heart."

He also broke into applause at Duggan's volley against Chelsea last year, which was later voted the club's goal of the season.

Aguero, who is currently injured ahead of this weekend's Manchester derby, later grabbed the opportunity to line up the two leaders for the prized photograph.

They then went on to view training sessions by the first team, led by boss Manuel Pellegrini, and the under-15s boys and girls teams.

Former City defender Sun Jihai was inducted into the National Football Museum's hall of fame by Mr Xi during the tour.

The Chinese international, who made 130 appearances for the club between 2002 and 2008, joined luminaries such as George Best , Sir Bobby Charlton and Bobby Moore in the select group.

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Museum bosses later confirmed the decision was not taken by the usual panel of former players and football historians but was an honorary "special" award.

A spokesman said: "This is in recognition of his ambassadorial role inenhancing the profile and popularity of English football to a Chinese audience and to coincide with the state visit to the UK by President Xi Jinping."

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