Manchester City, on Saturday, June 10, completed the treble with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey.
Rodri’s side-footed finish midway through the second half broke Inter’s resistance as City held on to make history in the Ataturk Olympic Stadium.
With Kevin de Bruyne off injured, Manchester City struggled to create chances and were wobbly at the back.
Inter Milan almost levelled at the death when a point-blank header by substitute Romelu Lukaku was saved by Ederson.
But Manchester City, who lost in the final match two years ago against Chelsea, would not be denied.
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“Emotional. A dream come true. All these guys around here waited I don’t know how many years. They deserve, we deserve,” Rodri said.
Having already overhauled Arsenal to retain the Premier League trophy and beaten Manchester United to lift the FA Cup at Wembley, this victory saw them match the achievement of their city rivals in 1999. Pep Guardiola was in tears afterwards.
Guardiola has now won the UEFA Champions League three times and took his trophy count with the club to 12.
He became the first manager to achieve two trebles in European football, having done the Spanish equivalent with FC Barcelona in 2009.
He has won 12 trophies with Manchester City since taking charge in 2016.
Now, with the UEFA Champions League jinx broken, any sense of inferiority Manchester City may have suffered to the established European royalty of Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Liverpool has gone.
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