Manchester City wins Champions League for first time

Manchester City lifted the Champions League trophy with a 1-0 win over Internazionale at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium.

After a goalless first half in which Kevin De Bruyne exited early with a hamstring injury, Rodri scored the only goal of Saturday's game as Pep Guardiola's side completed the treble, having also secured the Premier League title and the FA Cup.

Inter substitute Romelu Lukaku had a golden chance to equalise late on but Ederson somehow got in the way of his header. The Italians pushed for a goal toward the end but City held on to be crowned champions of Europe for the first time in their history.

Man City have become just the eighth European club to win a continental treble by beating Inter Milan.

Ever since Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Abu Dhabi United Group took ownership of the club in 2008, winning Europe’s premier cup competition had been the ultimate aim.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent in the last 15 years, and controversy has surrounded the club, but now the Champions League is, finally, theirs after a 1-0 win over Inter Milan which will live long in the memory for the significance of the result, rather than the match itself.

This was not only a night when City won its first Champions League. In beating three-time champion Inter, Pep Guardiola’s side became only the second English team to achieve the treble, winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season.

The first to do so was Manchester United in the 1998/99 season, and while comparing teams from different eras is futile, this City side is certainly as dominant domestically as that United team of Alex Ferguson, winning five league titles in six seasons.