Man City vs Inter Milan Highlights, Champions League 2023 Final: Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to win maiden UEFA Champions League
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 04, 2023, 20:58:36 IST
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Man City vs Inter Milan Highlights, Champions League 2023 Final: Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to win maiden UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League Final 2023: Manchester City completed a sensational season by beating Inter Milan 1-0 to win the Champions League for the first time on a Saturday night of frayed nerves at the Ataturk Stadium. Spanish midfielder Rodri's 68th-minute goal settled a cagey contest that a far-from-fluent City dominated but they never looked comfortable against the three-time winners.
22:44 (IST) Jun 10
'Controversial' City
Question marks surround their success, given City were charged in February by the Premier League with 115 alleged breaches of its financial rules between 2009 and 2018. In Europe, meanwhile, City were banned for two years from UEFA competitions in February 2020 for "serious financial fair-play breaches", although that sanction was later overturned.
22:41 (IST) Jun 10
Man City's rise has been made possible by the investment from the Abu Dhabi United Group, which led to them generating the biggest revenues in world football in 2022 of 731 million euros ($787m).
22:38 (IST) Jun 10
We have been good in this competition, but we just need to find a way to win the first one. If we do it, it would obviously be immense for the players, for the club, and for the fans it would be something amazing.
Man City's Kevin De Bruyne
22:34 (IST) Jun 10
Man City are looking to complete the treble
It is City's second Champions League final in three seasons, two years after they lost to Chelsea in Porto, and they are hoping to complete a treble having secured the Premier League and FA Cup. The last English team to win that treble was Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, in 1999.
22:27 (IST) Jun 10
It is absolutely a dream.
Man City coach Pep Guardiola
22:26 (IST) Jun 10
Guardiola at UCL
Pep Guardiola has built a side that is playing arguably the finest football of any team since his great Barcelona of a decade ago, as he chases the third Champions League crown of his coaching career. He would become just the fourth coach to win the trophy more than twice.
Man City have spent the last decade chasing this trophy having been transformed following an Abu Dhabi-backed takeover in 2008. Also-rans before Sheikh Mansour arrived, they are now England's dominant force, fresh from winning a fifth Premier League title in six seasons.
22:24 (IST) Jun 10
The match at the 75,000-seat Ataturk Olympic Stadium, kicks off at 00:30 IST in the Turkish metropolis and brings the curtain down on a season that has stretched almost into mid-June after the long interruption for the World Cup.
22:24 (IST) Jun 10
Manchester City and Inter Milan clash in tonight's Champions League final in Istanbul with the English side, under Pep Guardiola, strongly fancied to win European club football's biggest prize for the first time.
22:23 (IST) Jun 10
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan at Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Turkey.