Manchester City players past and present have sent emotional messages to Ilkay Gundogan after the midfielder's move to Barcelona was confirmed on Monday.
Pep Guardiola's classy full time gesture and more moments missed in Man City Champions League win
11.06.2023 - 07:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
This Manchester City squad became immortals on a warm evening in Turkey on Saturday evening.
All of the players will go down in folklore, and Rodri’s Champions League winning strike will be replayed by City fans forever. They will always be known as treble winners no matter how their careers unfold going forward.
The home Premier League win over Arsenal, Gundogan’s 12-second FA Cup final goal and the dismantling of Real Madrid will all make the film roll in a script that even Pep Guardiola couldn’t write, the Champions League triumph marking his 300th win as City boss. A lot unfolded in Istanbul - here are a few things you may have missed.
Gracious Guardiola
As the City bench exploded onto the pitch and the players collapsed to the turf, Guardiola only had one thing on his mind. The Blues boss kept his emotions contained for just a little while longer and marched over to Inter boss Simone Inzaghe to shake his hand.
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The tears soon came as he clasped hands on the Champions League for the first time since 2011 and City became only the second ever team to do the treble. Pep, where do you want your statue?
Gundogan goes for it
The City players were initially being kept on the pitch for the post-match celebrations - although that soon changed. The distance between pitch and crowd behind the goals at the Ataturk Stadium is huge.
Ilkay Gundogan, so often the leader at City this season, broke protocol and beckoned his team to leap the advertising boards and across to the Blues fans. The man-made cordon did little to stop their efforts as the supporters who travelled got a closer look of the Champions League trophy.
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