The win, secured with graft rather than the usual grace, makes City only the second English treble winners
Manchester City scrapped and fought their way into the history books – a victory in adversity – to win their first Uefa Champions League, becoming only the second English club to claim “the treble” after this season’s FA Cup and Premier league triumphs.
On a nervous night in Istanbul, and despite losing their Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne in the 35th minute to injury, City snatched the game away from Internazionale in the 68th minute with one of their few shots on target to take the final piece of silverware.
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