Pep Guardiola: Man City's Champions League win was written in the stars
11.6.2023 12:41
An emotionally drained Pep Guardiola heralded Manchester City's Champions League title as "written in the stars that it belonged to us".
City completed the treble with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
Having already overhauled Arsenal to retain the Premier League trophy and beaten Manchester United to lift the FA Cup at Wembley, victory in Istanbul saw them match the achievement of their city rivals in 1999.
"This trophy is so difficult to win," said Guardiola. It could not be different and we knew it, firstly because they are really good.
"The first half we were so anxious. We could not find the free man, John Stones. But it was a question of being patient. I said at half-time, last time, in Porto, we were 1-0 down, now it's 0-0. We adjusted some things but you have to be lucky in this competition.
City completed the treble with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
Having already overhauled Arsenal to retain the Premier League trophy and beaten Manchester United to lift the FA Cup at Wembley, victory in Istanbul saw them match the achievement of their city rivals in 1999.
"This trophy is so difficult to win," said Guardiola. It could not be different and we knew it, firstly because they are really good.
"The first half we were so anxious. We could not find the free man, John Stones. But it was a question of being patient. I said at half-time, last time, in Porto, we were 1-0 down, now it's 0-0. We adjusted some things but you have to be lucky in this competition.