Pep Guardiola called for Manchester City's domestic success to be more widely recognised after they won the Champions League for the first time.
Guardiola has been expected to win the Champions League by his employers and the wider football community for years, and the Blues finally did it on a memorable night in Istanbul where a goal from Rodri was enough in an otherwise scrappy performance. The trophy completed an incredible Treble for City, matching the achievement of the 1998/99 United team.
City's manager was obviously happy to win the competition that has eluded the club for so long, yet chose his first press conference since winning it to ask for more recognition of their efforts in England. While the club knew they had to win the Champions League to be recognised, the manager was aware that they could easily have lost to Inter and his opinion of the players would not change.
