MANCHESTER CITY ✪ Road to Champions League Victory - 2023

The ball, Haaland's first goal was to get on the shoulder, again, wasn't found. Foden, lovely ball, De Bruyne, and there he is again, Erling Haaland. Show him a goal, show him a net, he'll put the ball in it. This is again, the poacher supreme, and City are 1-0. Cancelo, Foden again, working onto that left foot. There's the shot, and there's the goal. 2-0, Manchester City. A counter-attack, and Foden's composure was something to behold there. He said it moments earlier about... Foden again, could be another chance here, Haaland, he's going to score again, you know. Two for him, three for Manchester City. And the goal machine remains in full working order. He's just brilliant, right place, right time, another goal, one touch again. Ending the game in total control, and they have been most of the way. Cancelo, and there is the goal. Ruben Diaz, he doesn't get many. Strikes to make it 4-0 to Manchester City, and it has been that emphatic. And that's an interesting ball. Oschan plays it on, Marco Reus might be in, still going here. Corner taken by Reiner. Cleared as far as Marco Reus, he's deflected and in is Jude Bellingham. Marco Reus' delivery, and the delicate touch from Jude Bellingham. And Borussia Dortmund take the lead at the Etihad against Manchester City. Stones for Manchester City, oh yes! Absolute wonder strike from John Stones, where on earth did he find that from? Manchester City won Borussia. Cancelo, they can't get out now, the German team at all. What a ball, that is by Cancelo. What a great ball by Haaland, wonderful. Sometimes you cannot believe your eyes. The Etihad. The other day he signed more Erling Haaland hat-trick balls at City than he has contracts. Here's Cancelo. Haaland! Endless. Bernardo Silva and Alvarez left it. And Haaland took it on! What pace. Taken by Mahrez, it's over the head of Haaland. And here on the volley! And Haaland's there again! My word. Oh, that one's a tap-in. But still he's in the right place at the right time. Grealish. And Haaland's there! Turned it. Gomez with the shot. City lead by three goals to nil. Haaland won't be claiming that one even though he was in there. City 3-0 up but in a hurry to take that. Pointed to the spot. It will be Marx's 200th Manchester City appearance with a goal. And it carries on and finds Mahrez. His first Champions League goal. A lovely Manchester City move to make it five. You just feel that... Cancelo. Boiles in the defender. Shot comes in from Rodri, what a goal! Absolutely outstanding strike from Rodri. Will they tend to score? It's Jellert coming forward. And there's the chance to shoot. Could that get a touch from Ederson? Yes, it did. It's Grealish over the corner. It's taken by Riyad Mahrez towards Laporte. And a kanji. Here's the penalty. Penalty. Well, it's been... And Guevara saves it. Outstanding save by the Copenhagen goalkeeper. Yeah, brilliant by him. He's got Haraldsen and Klasen up there with him. And Haraldsen goes down. It wasn't a penalty. He hasn't given a penalty, has he? Because it was outside the area. Well, he's waiting for the... There's the kanji. Pulled back now for Kevin De Bruyne. Left foot corner, good save. Guevara kept his eye on the ball. Really good ball in. Fantastic little ball played in behind. Leaves it for Cancelo. Cancelo can have a shot. Good save by Guevara. A shot that was dipping all the... Sula. Flag has stayed down. Adeyemi chases. The flag stays down. He's in with a chance here. And Ortega with the save. Adeyemi. Stones came across. And here comes City with Mahrez. The early ball in. Hummels heads away. Haaland almost got in there. In goes Foden. Cancelo. A bit too eager on that occasion. Deep in the penalty area. Foden has swung it in. Ake with a header. And unable to keep it down. Silver slide rule ball into Foden. Gundogan coming in, didn't get there. Mahrez, though, will. Down he goes. Penalty. Very, very clumsy from Emre Can. Easy, wasn't it? What is Emre... And Mahrez denied by the goalkeeper. Excellently springing to his right. Tipping it away. That's the home team. Gundogan with half a chance here. But the angle was tight. Koval with a straight. Bernardo Silva with the cross. Mahrez with time to bring it down. Alvarez with a snapshot. Foden following up. Koval quickly over there for Dortmund. Nice and sharp that from Alvarez. Looked the part so far tonight. Making his way to the edge of the box here. Nice touch wide again. And Isco is one of those arriving in the Alls. The last two seasons in Spain. He's over towards him now. And the header. It's brilliant. So well taken. He's been the danger man. He's been the threat. And he's found the back of the net. Well, he's literally shone like a beacon for Seville. Nobody picking him up. Palmer. Alvarez. Oh, good ball. Oh, what a finish. By his teammates. What a popular goal scorer. Foden to take the corner. Good delivery. And a fine save. He just kept out. He clawed that one away, didn't he? Says it's not how I play football. That's a good ball. And City are in here. Straight into the thick of the action. Creating. Another assist for him. This is Mahrez. He did the rest. He certainly did. Alvarez. Another assist though. He said about the quiet game he was having. Schlager. Giving it away. Can't do that with the likes of Grealish around. And Mahrez. Emphatic finish. The error punished. To maximum effect. 1-0 to Manchester City. Quality. Puts it like an arrow, didn't he? They'll try again. Another ball into the box. And this time, they get the equaliser. The Rosers side are on terms in Leipzig. And there goes the full-time whistle. All to play for in Manchester next month. Nothing. As of next year, he will have a... Swung in by Grealish. And headed down. Wonderful opportunity. Akanji had an opportunity. Nearly dropped for him again. And Haaland. Back in. Surely. Akanji again. But under the red lights as they are, it should be a penalty. It is a penalty. No mistake again. For that motion, it's a natural position. Here's Dabrona. Trying to add to it. It's Greenham. On the other side of the bar. And it's 2-0. Curled in. City won't care who it gets credited to. It's going to be there, didn't it? Gundogan. Grealish. City threatening again. Gundogan. Turning. Twisting. Shooting. Scoring. Four. Manchester City. Sublime. Running away with this. Ederson's pass. And just watch his first... ...pointed to be left out of the starting line-up. They're coming on. Bernardo Silva with the header. Haaland. And then Akanji. And Haaland again. He's got four now. And he's eight-quartered. Manchester City's all-time... ...seasonal scoring record. Number 38. Here's Mahrez again. He's gone a long way. He's got five. Not stopped yet. Here's De Bruyne. There's the shot. And there's the goal. He deserves. What a statement. You said it, didn't you, Owen? Right from the word go. It was a clever move. That Guardiola. Space for Rodri. Oh, it's a terrific goal. I'm not sure how... Vindictive element to it. Mistake by Otho Makano again. Grealish has found Haaland. And here's Bernardo Silva. And Manchester City have a two-goal lead. Ball from Bayern Munich. Manchester City know exactly how to capitalise on an error. Maybe the smallest man on the field. Bernardo Silva. Mahrez in towards Stones. He's still there. Haaland had to be the leading scorer in this season's Champions League. Makes it Manchester City 3. Bayern Munich 0. And even though there's a return... It is by Rodri. And it's a really, really good save there by Jan Solma. Fabulous stop. Manchester City have a three-goal cut. To take to Munich next week. Jack Grealish working here against the captain, Kimmich. Nicely. That's well-defined. Good do it. And that's a strike. It's parried by Sommer. Erling Haaland. He's missed. He's sent it over. I think it may have been a save here. And they are absolutely... He did it all by himself, Kingsley Coman. Got some defending to do now, though. It's Erling Haaland against Upamecano who's lost his balance. And Haaland is through! The Nordic goal machine gets another. 48 in all competitions. And that may seal it for City. No mistake this time. And it's an easy opportunity. But so... He did an excellent job. Acceleration from Mane. It's ushered out by Akanji. Mane hitting for handball. It's ushered Kimmich. Straight down the centre as he sends Ederson the wrong way. He'll near his life to Bayern Munich. A consolation goal, maybe. He may avoid defeat to a second straight semi-final. He'll face the side that knocked him off their last season of defending. Lovely touch by Poprits. There's Kamabinger. Vinicius Junior. Shoots! Oh, my word! Cue the Bernabeu explosion. That is vicious from Vinicius. Grealish. Gundogan. Kevin de Bruyne! One of Manchester City's biggest players with one of the biggest goals of the season. All about the power and the accuracy from Kevin de Bruyne. And it's one-all in the Bernabeu. Towards Kamabinger. Here's Benzema. Chua maybe can hit one. Brilliant save. Hardly any back-lift but a tonne of power and that needed to be... Well, there's the full-time whistle tonight. Half-time in the tie. Thoroughly enjoyable first leg in the Bernabeu that was lit up like two outstanding... Karl Walker. Kevin de Bruyne. Bernardo Silva is in and scores! Who scored in last year's semi-final against Real Madrid. Who scored in this year's quarter... Here's Grealish. And here's Gundogan! Bernardo Silva! 32. Real Madrid nil. Double the trouble for the... No importance. His equaliser a week ago. What a time to score your first goal for Manchester City. Real Madrid half. Jack Grealish. De Bruyne. Gundogan. Foden. And here's Alvarez! How to round off one of the great nights in the history of your football club. Real Madrid have not just been beaten tonight. Manchester City are Champions League finalists again. Good evening everybody and what a moment as the former Turkey international Hamid Altintop places the trophy on the plinth. And that's what the two teams here tonight in Istanbul and all the pomp and circumstance of a Champions League final. And here they come led out by the World Cup final referee Simon Marciniak. So the 2023 Champions League final underway on a perfect night in Istanbul. Will it be a treble or a size... Bernardo Silva. Whips it in! So close to an opener. Brilliant by Bernardo Silva but what on earth is Demar into Milan? Drozovic into Martinez and then the shot which came in from the inter-captain. Rodri. A little touch by Gundogan to de Bruyne and off goes Haaland. Good play from Manchester City and I think Haaland could save on that! From Kevin de Bruyne but the initial move that set up the Haaland chance was what we'd come to expect from City. De Bruyne into play. De Bruyne shoots! Well we know he's got the ability to score from that kind of range but that was far from his best. Back out to Akanji. He's going to try his luck Akanji! Power off the left foot but just lacking the direction. Quickly on him was Drozovic. Akanji's going to leave it Martinez is in! Trouble here for Manchester City good save by Ederson. Complete breakdown in communication between goalkeeper and defender and they almost paid the price. Phil Foden now for Manchester City Haaland on the move. Varela made the challenge it's going to be short here to Gundogan whipped into the box and headed on but headed over by Ruben Diaz. Here's Akanji for City that's a lovely little ball in Fernando Silva tight angle pulls it back coming onto it now to shoot! Score! Rodri! Manchester City lead in the Champions League final! And that's a huge huge goal for Rodri! And the Manchester City supporters have gone absolutely mad! Such a big goal such a big moment and Manchester City take a giant stride towards the treble. Header came in from Chalonoglu and then Dumfries was challenging Lukaku's in there DiMarco there as well oh it's in the far DiMarco hits Lukaku I think still not clear it will be now. He does it Lukaku! How on earth did they not equalise Inter? Turn the way mate turn the way there we go! I'm starting to worry for Jolyon talk us through it Steve. I mean he just snoops on the back side of Akanji gets a little bit of fortune of course. Lukaku shoots straight at Ederson and that's a big side relief. After 68 minutes oh Phil there's Phil Foden on the move Phil Foden saved! A vital save for Annala but what an opportunity for Foden still their weight in the middle Brozovic flips it in Gerson's coming and gets it oh what a save! What a save! That's an unbelievable save from Ederson Here's Lukaku shot by Lukaku but they'll take that Manchester City they will take that absolutely taken by Federico DiMarco and headed away and they find Diaz! There's the shot off the outside of the foot from Varela and wide corner taker DiMarco delivers glanced oh what a save Ederson and they've done it they've done it Manchester City have done it once, twice three times a champion champions of Europe finally in an Istanbul the treble complete the greatest story in club history has an ending and what a final chapter and Ilkay Gundogan raises this famous old trophy high Manchester City the European champions history making treble winners they've reached the promised land