Manchester City have suffered too much heartbreak in Europe to ever take anything for granted when it comes to the Champions League, but 10 months ago Kevin De Bruyne's wife sensed this was finally going to be their year.
The way the Blues exited last season's competition, conceding twice in injury time in the Bernabeu to throw away a winning position against Real Madrid in the semi-final, only fuelled the sense they were cursed when it came to Europe.
In Istanbul, De Bruyne had admitted 24 hours before their second final in three years that winning it was both a dream and an obsession, but as the Belgian spoke to reporters with a medal draped around his neck, he also knew he would have to go and tell wife Michele Lacroix that she had been right after all.
