3 takeaways from Saturday’s off-script Champions League final
Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 on Saturday to win the Champions League and become just the second English club to complete a continental treble. Here, theScore runs through the biggest talking points from Istanbul.
City achieve immortality while looking mortal
The team that won at Ataturk Olympic Stadium didn’t look anything like the one that hammered Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals, or the one that captured a fifth Premier League title in six seasons off the back of 12 consecutive wins. On Saturday, the 11 players who best represented Manchester City’s treble chargers looked more like a cheap imitation.
A usually slick, well-oiled machine, City played on empty in the first half. Rodri, City’s typically imperious midfielder, misplaced pass after pass. “I was playing shit, to be honest,” the Spaniard told BT Sport afterward.
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