It was far from beautiful but this was a night where only the result mattered. Manchester City are the champions of Europe for the first time and the second English club to complete the treble.
Pep Guardiola’s team did not produce the slick, dominant display they have rolled out routinely in this blistering campaign. But on a tense and clammy night in Istanbul, Rodri’s sublime first-time finish in the 68th minute was enough to break an obdurate Inter Milan and exorcise more than a decade of demons.
With owner Sheikh Mansour attending only his second ever game - sitting in the posh seats with the chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak on one side and UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the other - this was the night their £1bn+ vision was realised.
