UEFA Champions League: Manchester City v Inter 2023 final

The 2023 UEFA Champions League final, held at the iconic Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, saw Pep Guardiola's Manchester City vie to win the competition for the first time in the club's history against Simone Inzaghi's Inter.

2023 UEFA Champions League final date, time and venue

The 2023 UEFA Champions League final took place at 20:00 BST on Saturday 10th June 2023 at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey.

2023 UEFA Champions League final teams

Manchester City (3-2-4-1): Ederson, Akanji, Dias, Ake, Stones (Walker 92'), Rodri, Gundogan (c), De Bruyne (36'), Bernardo Silva, Grealish, Haaland.

Man City substitutes: Ortega, Carson, Laporte, Gomez, Lewis, Phillips, Perrone, Palmer, Alvarez, Mahrez.

Inter (3-5-2): Onana, Darmian (D'Ambrosio 84'), Acerbi, Bastoni (Gosens 76'), Dumfries (Bellanova 76'), Barella, Brozovic (c), Calhanoglu (Mkhitaryan 84'), Dimarco, Martinez, Dzeko (Lukaku 57').

Inter substitutes: Handanovic, Cordaz, De Vrij, Skriniar, Gagliardini, Asllani, Correa.

Attendance: 71, 412

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

2023 UEFA Champions League final score and goalscorers

The 2023 UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter finished 1-0 to City, with Spanish midfielder Rodri firing home the winning goal in the 68th minute.

Manchester City v Inter story of the final

Freshly crowned Premier League champions and FA Cup winners, Guardiola's Man City entered the 2023 UEFA Champions League final against Inter as considerable favourites as they hunted down a historic Treble only once previously acquired in English football by Man Utd in 1999.

Although Inter were undeniably a very capable side under manager Simone Inzaghi, navigating their way past Porto, Benfica and city rivals Milan in the knockout stages to reach the UEFA Champions League final, the Nerazzurri finished third in Serie A as Napoli secured their first Scudetto in 33 years, and toppling a juggernaut of a City side in the Istanbul European final was widely expected to be a step too far for the Italians.

Any pre-final perceptions of a mismatch were ultimately proved misguided, however, with Inter more than a match for their English adversaries in the Turkish capital.

The magisterial Bernardo Silva did cause a significant scare in the Nerazzurri ranks early on, bamboozling wing-back Federico Dimarco with some fantastic close control inside the area before whipping a left-footed drive just past the top left corner of Andre Onana's goal.

Having broken the Premier League goalscoring record in his debut season at City, notching 36 goals in 35 games, Erling Haaland entered the UEFA Champions League final with a fearsome reputation and the Norwegian forced a smart stop at Onana's near post on the 27 minute mark after being slipped through by Kevin De Bruyne.

Perhaps the most significant moment of the first half would arise just under 10 minutes later, with Belgian playmaker De Bruyne prematurely forced off in his second successive UEFA Champions League final for City due to a hamstring injury, with England international Phil Foden taking his place.

The injury to De Bruyne added to what was fast developing into a frustrating night for the Citizens, not too dissimilar to their previous UEFA Champions League final appearance against Chelsea two years previously, with Inter's disciplined 3-5-2 shape under Inzaghi making them extremely difficult to break down.

The three-time tournament winners were almost able to make the breakthrough just shy of the hour mark, with Lautaro Martinez running through on goal following a defensive mix up at the back from City, but a wide angle allowed Ederson to comfortably keep out his effort.

Continuing to huff and puff without much in the way of penetration, City were eventually able to get their noses in front on 67 minutes as the metronomic Rodri latched onto a loose ball in the box before side-footing a forceful right-footed drive into the back of Onana's net.

Rather than inspire City into a comfortable rhythm, Rodri's effort appeared to shake Inzaghi's Inter into action as Dimarco went agonisingly close to finding an equaliser just three minutes later, with a looping close range header hitting Ederson's crossbar before his follow up effort was inadvertently blocked on the line by substitute striker Romelu Lukaku.

This was not to be Lukaku's only moment of misfortune as Inter pushed for an equaliser in the 2023 final's closing stages.

With just three minutes left on the clock, Lukaku inexplicably saw a header from point blank range kept out by Ederson after fellow substitute Robin Gosens had knocked the ball down from a deep Marcelo Brozovic cross.

Ending up being forced to hang on for dear life, with a couple further hairy moments in Ederson's penalty box, a leggy looking City side will have been overwhelmed with relief as the full-time whistle sounded on Polish referee Marciniak's whistle to confirm their status as not only champions of Europe for the first time but history-making Treble winners.

Although far from a vintage Man City display, perhaps most vividly signified by their xG total of 0.95 which was outweighed by Inter's 2.07, nobody associated with the club will have cared a jot as Ilkay Gundogan proudly lifted the famous European trophy aloft.

Manchester City v Inter stats

	Manchester City	Inter
Goals	1	0
Expected Goals (xG)	0.95	2.07
Shots	7	14
Shots on Target	4	6
Possession	56%	44%
Corners	2	4
Fouls	11	17
Offsides	1	1
Yellow cards	2	3
Red cards	0	0

Manchester City v Inter Man of the Match

Scorer of the winning goal on the night, Manchester City's midfield general Rodri was named as the man of the match in the 2023 UEFA Champions League final.

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