UCL 2022/23 Final | Manchester City win first Champions League title after Rodri’s goal seals victory over Inter Milan
The Hindu
Rodri scored in the 68th minute in Manchester City’s 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the 2023 Champions League final. With this, Man City completed the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League
Manchester City ended a sensational season by beating Inter Milan 1-0 to win the Champions League for the first time and complete the treble on a Saturday evening of frayed nerves.
Spanish midfielder Rodri’s 68th-minute goal settled a cagey game which a far-from-fluent City dominated without ever looking comfortable against the three-times winners from Italy at the Ataturk Stadium.
Inter almost levelled at the death when a point-blank header by substitute Romelu Lukaku was saved by Ederson.
But City, who lost in the final two years ago against Chelsea, would not be denied.
“Emotional. A dream come true. All these guys around here waited I don’t know how many years. They deserve, we deserve,” Rodri said.
In being crowned champions of Europe, they matched the treble achieved by Manchester United in 1999 of lifting the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League crowns.
City manager Pep Guardiola has now won the Champions League three times and took his trophy count with City to 12.
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