2023-06-10 21:51:00
“It’s like a fairy tale, you can’t do better,” City captain Ilkay Gündogan told streaming portal DAZN before receiving the trophy. “We showed more courage in the second half. We were on our toes. You can’t stop everything against such a good team, but in the end a single goal made the difference”.
Turkish-born German midfielder Gündogan, who lost the 2013 final with Borussia Dortmund and the 2021 final with City against Chelsea, added: “It’s a great privilege to be captain of the team. , to be part of the team and to be coached by Pep”.
Manchester City have become the most dominant club in English football since being taken over in 2008 by Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour, who made just their second appearance in a game on Saturday. The club have won seven of the last twelve Premier League titles, including five in the last six years, three FA Cups and six League Cups. But their main obsession was the Champions League, especially since Guardiola’s arrival in 2016.
Guardiola became the sixth man to win the event with two different clubs, having already won it with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011. With three victories he joins Bob Paisley (Liverpool in 1977, 1978, 1981) and Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid 2016, 2017, 2018). Carlo Ancelotti is the only manager to have won four times (AC Milan 2003, 2007; Real Madrid 2014, 2022).
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