Here are your Tuesday evening Manchester City headlines.
Treble celebrations
"It was meant to happen this way," says Shaun Wright-Phillips, on one of the open-top buses about to embark on its journey around Manchester in the middle of a thunderstorm.
He was talking about Manchester City's treble win and Champions League success, but could easily have been referring to the very-Mancunian way that Monday's trophy parade unfolded. Moments after Wright-Phillips reflected on an 'extraordinary' weekend of celebrations, the heavens opened, and wouldn't close until the parade was done and the fireworks had gone off in St Peter's Square. Still, the party continued despite the relentless downpour.
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Wright-Phillips was in Istanbul to see City end their search for a Champions League title thanks to Rodri's winner, completing a historic treble and adding another major trophy to the collection. He joined the team celebrations on the pitch, chatting with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, and attended the squad's after-party at the team hotel.
"It was the one thing everybody keeps saying - 'oh, are they an elite club because they haven't won the Champion League'. Now that conversation's gone, now what can people say?" Wright-Phillips told MEN Sport from the front of the Asahi bus that joined the parade.
De Zerbi analysis
Roberto De Zerbi has assessed the tactical challenges Manchester City overcame to beat Inter in the Champions League final.
The Brighton and Hove Albion coach - hailed as one of the most 'influential' coaches of this century by by City boss Pep Guardiola - was impressed by the way Inter stifled City on the night. In the end, a precise second-half strike from Rodri proved enough for City to run out winners in Istanbul.
It wasn't pretty but City got the job done and wrote their name into the history books - securing the treble under Guardiola after their Premier League and FA Cup triumphs. Champions League success has been City's major objective under the Catalan and they have now got the monkey off their back - even if it wasn't overly comfortable over the 90 minutes.
"I think Inter played a perfect game in the defensive phase, then they also attacked,” De Zerbi told Bobo TV, the podcast of Christian Vieri. "It is difficult for everyone when there are so few spaces. Manchester City already arrived tired in the FA Cup Final against Manchester United and certainly did not play well."
See what else De Zerbi had to say here.
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