Guardiola responds to stylish Ferguson gesture earlier than Man City win treble
Manchester City lastly captured the one trophy to have eluded them to this point with a nervy win over Inter Milan in Istanbul.
A second-half strike from Rodri and two stunning saves from goalkeeper Ederson proved sufficient to make sure City matched bitter rivals Manchester United in successful the treble.
Manchester now follows Milan in being the one metropolis to have two groups who’ve lifted the Champions League.
With City matching United’s achievement, debate as to who had been the higher crew will undoubtedly rage.
Still, Guardiola was at pains to minimize such tribal debate and easily spoke of how honoured he was to match the enduring Scotsman in lifting the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup in the identical season.
“I can’t wait to be on the bus with the three trophies,” he said.
“It’s an honour for me to be like Sir Alex Ferguson – he sent me a message this morning.”