At the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, June 10, 2023, reigning Premier League champions Manchester City squared up against Inter Milan, three-time winners of the UEFA Champions League. The finest opportunities in the game went to Manchester City, who won the Premier League, FA Cup, and Champions League to become the first English team to do so since 1999.

The greatest opportunity of the first half came from Erling Haaland’s effort in the 27th minute, which was blocked by Inter Milan goalkeeper André Onana.

After the first half hour of the encounter, the biggest threat for Manchester City came when the club’s prolific attacking midfielder, Kevin De Bruyne couldn’t continue due to fitness issues.

In the 36th minute, coach Pep Guardiola was forced to replace him with English youngster Phil Foden, who performed admirably.

No players from either of the two teams received a yellow card during the tensely contested first half.

The early half of the second half continued to be cagey for the most part, but Manchester City appeared more motivated to break through Inter Milan’s tenacious defense.

After bringing down Phil Foden at the edge of the 18-yard box in the 59th minute, Inter Milan’s Nicol Barella received the game’s first yellow card.

After a series of attempts, Manchester City finally broke the deadlock in the 68th minute when Rodri pounced on the loose ball and curled his effort past two men on the line into the back of the net.

Inter Milan had a chance to tie the score about two minutes later, but the goalpost saved the Premier League champions.

Following that, there were other chances from both ends of the field, but none were sufficient to negate Rodri’s exquisite strike.

Pep Guardiola finally won his first Champions League title for Manchester City and the third of his illustrious managerial career after 90 minutes plus five minutes of extra time.