AS IT HAPPENED: <\/span>MAN CITY VS INTER MILAN<\/a>
Manchester City won the Champions League title for the first time by beating Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul’s Ataturk Olimpiyat Stadium on Saturday.<\/a>Rodri struck in the 68th minute to see the Premier League champions and FA Cup winners complete a treble of trophies this season.
While it is the first time City has won European soccer’s biggest club competition, it is a third Champions League crown for Pep Guardiola<\/a> as a coach, who ended his long wait for the title he last won with Barcelona<\/a> in 2011.<\/p>\n
1<\/span>\/11<\/p>\n Show Captions<\/p>\n <p>Manchester City won the first Champions League title in their history on Saturday and secured a treble of trophies by beating Inter Milan 1-0. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>Rodri’s sweetly-struck goal proved the difference for Abu Dhabi-backed City, who have already won the Premier League and FA Cup this season. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>Rodri sidefooted in on 68 minutes after Bernardo Silva pulled back a cross that fell perfectly for the unmarked Spaniard at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>The win sealed the third Champions League for City manager Pep Guardiola, who won it twice with Barcelona. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>The outcome could have been different had Romelu Lukaku’s header not been stopped by Ederson’s leg minutes later. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>Earlier in the second half, City also enjoyed a slice of luck when Federico Dimarco’s goalbound header was blocked by his own player, Lukaku. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>In another Inter chance, Lautaro Martinez raced away after a misunderstanding in the City defence but goalkeeper Ederson tore out of his goal to narrow the angle and stop the shot. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>Inter had kept City goalless in a cagey first half marked by the injury-enforced exit of Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne in the 36th minute, to be replaced by Phil Foden. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>In City’s best chance of that half, the otherwise muted Erling Haaland shot straight at Andre Onana in the Inter goal and Silva curled a shot just wide before that. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <p>City had to re-organise when De Bruyne pulled up, crouching on the turf before leaving the pitch a dejected figure five minutes later. <\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It was his 30th major piece of silverware as a coach and the second time he has won a treble, emulating his feat with Barcelona in 2009.<\/a> (With agencies inputs)<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\nManchester City win maiden Champions League title<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
City became just the second English club to complete a sweep of the two biggest domestic trophies and the Champions League, after Manchester United<\/a> did it in 1999.
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