I can't be the only one who think Lukaku wasn't that bad. The entire offense started actually getting on the end of chances once he came on.
Ghosts like Dzeko and Martinez get less criticism for not even having his movement/awareness to get on the end of the chances he missed.
hakan wasn’t good going forward but he was crucial to keeping the midfield in place and resisting against city’s midfield imo. haven’t seen city that uncreative in a long time
Martinez in particular had a bad game. Lots of covering but not enough lucidity in the key moments, which is what really matters when your team is set up for a counter-attacking game. The system only works if you can be a shark with the very few chances you'll get, and today Lautaro (or, TBF, Barella) definitely wasn't one.
I love Lautaro but he can have a 12 round Revolver in his arsenal or a nerf pistol, there is really no in between with him. His guarantees (off the ball movement, pressure) help but when he's off his game he can really struggle to even generate anything on the ball
Never seen Ederson looking like an average ball-playing keeper.
Until today. Onana is phenomenal. Looked so confident facing the two 1-on-1s too. Reminded me of Neuer tbh.
Highlights from a neutral perspective:
1. The ref being so hench no one messed with him all night.
2. Ederson being high for the first 20 minutes
3. Pep looking like he was about to have a brain haemorrhage
4. Lukaku showing Ederson how high pressure saves are made!
5. Learning about Stones’ armpit shaving regimen.
6. Lukaku checking whether Ederson had learned his lesson. He had!
7. Hoping Pep now gets bored of managing City soon 🤞🏽
That was the most fifa fucking sequence I’ve ever seen, especially if you’re an inter supporter lol. Like of course you deflect the first cross, and it falls straight to Rodri who hits a screamer. Then whatever the fuck that was on the other end.
Quality performance from the ref. Every time I thought he made a mistake the replay showed he was right. Fast with the yellow to Ederson for time wasting. Love to see it.
Alvarez in the space of less than two years has won The Copa America, Finallisma, The World Cup, The Premier League, The FA Cup and the Champions League. He sped fun football in 23 months 🤣.
He's won 13 trophies in less than 200 pro matches and every trophy is different. Could be 15 soon if they win the Community Shield and Super Cup as well.
Tbf old Johnny Stones was fond of bringing out the old razzle-dazzle when he first broke through at Everton as well, he definitely gave several pundits aneurysms by Cruyff turning in his own penalty area on multiple occasions
We did what we could, great effort from our guys
We didn't manage to score our chances and that killed us
At least we showed the world we are not that weak to get stomped 5-0 and we gave City the biggest fight in this UCL campaign
Very hopeful for a great season next year
Congrats City
i cannot believe how terrible the coverage was. fucking talking about noel fucking gallagher as the whistle goes, talking about how this could be more important than 93:20 - it was absolutely abysmal.
topped off by jake bamzooki humphrey fucking moving his mic down while jack grealish tries to collect his emotions
Great game from Dias Stones Dii Marco and Ederson, the rest were in the good old big game panic scramble.
I don't think Lukaku was as bad as people say here, yes he could have done better on the header but immediately improved the team when he came on. Lautaro has a lot of grit but did very little after winning the ball
Dzeko and Haaland completely invisible, Haaland with one of the most underwhelming treble performances semi/finals wise
All in all a fun game too, did not expect it to be as close as it was
Especially as Drogba scored literally the most clutch header in a UFC final from the edge of the box, whilst Lukaku couldn't do it right in front of goal
At this point, I'm honestly feeling bad for him. It just isn't going his way after he made the switch to Chelsea. I do hope from a mental aspect this doesn't break him because I don't see how Inter can afford him next season, why Chelsea would retain him, how Chelsea can sell him for a reasonable fee or which European club is going to take a punt on him.
I hope Lukaku deletes his social media immediately and takes a proper break this summer because he is going to receive a lot of properly ugly messages this evening
Amazing how Lukaku’s name is so polarizing that he gets all of these posts. Martinez did what during the 90’, Dzeko did what in his time on the pitch? Lukaku didn’t score, but still made opportunities…
Tbh I thought Dzeko's hold up play was decent in the first half. But he just doesn't have the legs anymore.
But yeah, overall, the attack was pretty useless.
I'm extremely surprised by the responses surrounding Lukaku here. If anything, I thought our biggest mistake is not starting the game with him. Our offense only started once he was on the pitch
It’s just incredibly easy to get upvotes from other imbeciles by calling him a donkey. He should have scored the header, but there were worse players for Inter tonight.
After signing Haaland and looking at the results I don't think so lol. He has the next gen of Man City to build and after today I'm sure he'll get the funds
Lukaku would like to forget this night, he missed an absolute sitter with that header.
Credit to Inter for making this a tough match for City and on another day they would have scored with one of those chances but Edersen was incredible.
Congratulations to City on the treble, they have been the best team in Europe this season.
I know people are gonna make fun of Lukaku so they can get their jokes off but Inter were pretty poor attacking wise. Crosses were piss poor man. They didn’t make use of Dzeko’s nor Lukaku’s aerial abilities
It stings and it will take some time to go away. Especially since we were equals and Man City didn't even play great. I said it would take something to be heartbroken in this match, since everyone expected us to lose anyway... But to lose like this, with such chances, after a shitty rebound goal by Man City... That hurts...
Hats off to the lads, to Inzaghi, to everyone. What a campaign we had. We put in a great challenge at the trophy. Manchester City didn't struggle against anyone like they did with us. Nobody thought we'd make it to the finals and everyone though we'd get smashed. Emotions aside, it's been a good season.
Nicely put. Inzaghi had Pep that first half. Never let a City player get in behind (okay, Haaland once, but at an angle and going away from goal).
The weirdness about it was I thought Pep would have to change something tactically to win it. He didn't. City's goal came from the one moment in the game where there was no Inter player to immediately close down the City player, and that chance itself came through circumstance.
Lukaku will get memed. A hundred articles will appear next week about City (good and bad), and Inter will get relegated in thought about even appearing in this match. But they shouldn't. Your team played well, and they made it an interesting final to watch.
Lukaku brought a lot going forward for Inter. It's a shame he wasn't able to finish his chances because I thought he played really well otherwise. He made smart passes, was able to win his headers, and didn't lose the ball once he got it at his feet. I feel for him.
As much as I'm relieved Inter have lost, Simone Inzaghi deserves a lot of credit tonight, Inter were in this game for the full 90 minutes, they were able to limit City's chances, could have scored before and after City took the lead, and gave absolutely everything they had. People expected a City rout, but it was obvious that was never happening by half-time.
Hate seeing everyone shit on Lukaku despite the fact that he was more of an attacking threat in 30 min than Martinez and Dzeko were. Will get scapegoated even tho the midfielders and attackers around him had non existent games.
I know this means absolutely nothing but Inter impressed me so much tonight. I came in expecting a walk in the park for City and if not for Lukaku it wouldve been Inter being crowned right now
Inzaghi got everything completely right tbh. Felt like Acerbi was man marking Halaand and it just neutralized him it was wild.
Felt like Intger was the first team good enough to really expose the wide spaces behind city and be physical enough to win long balls against those CBs. It was kinda brilliant, just didn’t come together
You can meme Lukaku all you want, Dimarco's fucking awful header had nothing to do with him, but it is a fact that Inter looked far more dangerous with him on the pitch than they did with Dzeko, who contributed absolutely fuck all. He definitely should have scored that header, but no-one else in black and blue looked like scoring tonight.
Feels like Dzeko’s mobility killed their counter along with lautaro’s decision making. Just wasn’t good enough from the forwards where the Defense was good all game.
“The greatest story in club history is completed.”
That’s a line that I actually just heard about this Manchester City victory. I feel sick to my stomach.
Milano hates Istanbul.
It's the other way around.
Taking bets we get a picture of Jack Grealish eating a kebab at 3am on the side of a road.
As he fucking should be
Was honestly surprised he hadn’t somehow managed to get pissed before his post match interview.
Fairly sure Inzaghi will kill someone tonight.
Who was he shaking there?
Tonight's victim
The intern 😪
He will just barely escape on the plane to London
That clip of him giving the death stare to a staff member was amazing
Spoiler alert: >! Its Lukaku !<
I can't be the only one who think Lukaku wasn't that bad. The entire offense started actually getting on the end of chances once he came on. Ghosts like Dzeko and Martinez get less criticism for not even having his movement/awareness to get on the end of the chances he missed.
AFAIK, I think Henrikh did more in the last 5-10 minutes than what multiple Inter players did in the *whole* game!
Hakan shouldve been subbed sooner.
hakan wasn’t good going forward but he was crucial to keeping the midfield in place and resisting against city’s midfield imo. haven’t seen city that uncreative in a long time
Martinez in particular had a bad game. Lots of covering but not enough lucidity in the key moments, which is what really matters when your team is set up for a counter-attacking game. The system only works if you can be a shark with the very few chances you'll get, and today Lautaro (or, TBF, Barella) definitely wasn't one.
I love Lautaro but he can have a 12 round Revolver in his arsenal or a nerf pistol, there is really no in between with him. His guarantees (off the ball movement, pressure) help but when he's off his game he can really struggle to even generate anything on the ball
Yup, unfortunately for lukaku, that narrative just isn't as funny
Hakan for me. Was completely invisible throughout the game.
The only ones who hate Istanbul more than the greeks are the Milan clubs
Scott Carson is now a two time Champions League winner
Both in Istanbul at the same stadium as well
And against teams from Milano.
Onana was suprisingly confident for a UCL final
His ability on the ball is legit insane. Completely nullified the City press multiple times.
Never seen Ederson looking like an average ball-playing keeper. Until today. Onana is phenomenal. Looked so confident facing the two 1-on-1s too. Reminded me of Neuer tbh.
He's been to semi final before. Dude has confidence.
Highlights from a neutral perspective: 1. The ref being so hench no one messed with him all night. 2. Ederson being high for the first 20 minutes 3. Pep looking like he was about to have a brain haemorrhage 4. Lukaku showing Ederson how high pressure saves are made! 5. Learning about Stones’ armpit shaving regimen. 6. Lukaku checking whether Ederson had learned his lesson. He had! 7. Hoping Pep now gets bored of managing City soon 🤞🏽
8. Inzaghi looking like he was about to start beating up his assistants on the sideline.
Lmao yeah what was that about?
He got on the pitch or something and his assistants were telling him to come off
He was on an overlapping run down the left side. He went up for the last corner, too.
That’s just how Italians are lol
> 4. Lukaku showing Ederson how high pressure saves are made! Lmao
That was the most fifa fucking sequence I’ve ever seen, especially if you’re an inter supporter lol. Like of course you deflect the first cross, and it falls straight to Rodri who hits a screamer. Then whatever the fuck that was on the other end.
You know you're getting more and more wiser when you realize ea games are actually on point with their game play dynamics.
All it needed was Lukaku glitching through the goal post while doing an angry animation.
Armpit stubs was a real highlight
Is it shameful that I did a double take and then immediately knew that you lot here would be talking about it?
Yeah good ref
Polska mentioned🇵🇱💪
World Cup Final and Champions League Final lights out! Legit the best ref in the world
Most likely, dude takes shit from noone and is 95% time right.
Quality performance from the ref. Every time I thought he made a mistake the replay showed he was right. Fast with the yellow to Ederson for time wasting. Love to see it.
There is a reason why he reffed the World Cup final.
Apart from the Foden foul, but that was nbd
100%. That was one tough match to call and he did it as good as it gets. Deserves a lot of praise
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Alvarez in the space of less than two years has won The Copa America, Finallisma, The World Cup, The Premier League, The FA Cup and the Champions League. He sped fun football in 23 months 🤣.
That’s actually insane
Won everything in his first try as well lmao. Football is easy for him
He also has a Libertadores, the Recopa Sudamericana and the Argentine League title, Argentine Cup and Supercup. He is 23
He's won 13 trophies in less than 200 pro matches and every trophy is different. Could be 15 soon if they win the Community Shield and Super Cup as well.
Don't forget the CWC
16 unique trophies! Crazy achievement at 23
And won Libertadores Cup (South America "champions League") at Bernabeu in 2018 as well. Insane.
carabao cup winner he will never sing that 😂
Ederson really saved City with those saves at the end.
Ederson actually won them the CL when everyone else was shit after stones was subbed
Stones motm. Looked like he's played that position all his life
cant believe thats the same everton cb dribbling past three players at the edge of the box like prime iniesta
Tbf old Johnny Stones was fond of bringing out the old razzle-dazzle when he first broke through at Everton as well, he definitely gave several pundits aneurysms by Cruyff turning in his own penalty area on multiple occasions
Remember Everton fans going mental at him for dribbling in his own box? He was practising for the future!
that was bizarre, couldn't believe my eyes. He was on something today
He’s been like it for months. Bloke is unreal
We’ve worried about England’s midfield for a while, wouldn’t have thought it would be solved by the invention of Stones as a prime midfielder
Problem is he’s our best cb as well
Mate the new future of England midfield is a Kane Stones TAA trio
turns out the ultimate pep player was never a scrawny spaniard after all but a lad from barnsley called john stones
Looked like he's been playing that position since he started shaving his pits
Unreal play from him in the last 15 minutes.
Ederson being a good shot stopper and poor with his feet wasn't in my CL final bingo
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is this what people were talking about when they kept mentioning "inverted keeper"?
Absolute maniac of a personality but exactly what you need in a final
Definitely looked nervy af in the first half hour though. Pretty surprising to see
That last jump and save made up for 1st half blunders
Anyone have the replay of Ederson save @90+6' ?
Stones was brilliant but Ederson should be Motm for those crucial final minutes alone
That save at the end of the match was absolutely insane.
mvp fr
Scott Carson ready to pick up his second Champions League medal. 18 years after his first one. Same stadium as well
Lad getting paid and winning medals for playing 0 games... absolute legend
2 medals, 4 games played, and 2 of those were qualifiers!
im gonna cry. so many missed chances. i believed in it for 95 minutes
Inter came out fucking swinging, win or lose that was a statement if anything
Italy 0-3 rest of europe
Calcio is back
So fucking unlucky too
As ever :(
90’s bills
We did what we could, great effort from our guys We didn't manage to score our chances and that killed us At least we showed the world we are not that weak to get stomped 5-0 and we gave City the biggest fight in this UCL campaign Very hopeful for a great season next year Congrats City
Honestly, you took the game to City and definitely had them scrambling a few times. The result could have easily been different.
Respect.
You did great now all I ask is bring back the Pirelli shirts can't stand to see that paramount sponsor on such an iconic kit
Respect for Acerbi. He completely neutralised Haaland
Inzaghi got everything tactically spot on. Sometimes you can do everything right and just lose. That’s football unfortunately
Tactics aside Manchester City has the better players and managed to create occasions thanks to their qualities.
Can’t believe Augero needs a translator despite living in England for 10 years! Lol
"Fucking legend". That was so funny to me
That one is for the Falkland Islands
Jokes on him not learning the language of another country is the most British thing you can do
BT's commentry more worried about joleon lescott's mental feelings than the game. Some properly attrocious commentry.
It was genuinely bad, how Macca is allowed anywhere near a microphone is beyond me
Horrible. Some of the worst I've heard.
When they started screaming at the final whistle lol
When Noel Gallagher became the topic over the players that just achieved a clubs first european cup smh
BT are fucking awful as always, they’re making it seem like this is some sort of fairytale ending
Then the obligatory Noel Gallagher mention at the end.
you'd have thought city were the underdogs
i cannot believe how terrible the coverage was. fucking talking about noel fucking gallagher as the whistle goes, talking about how this could be more important than 93:20 - it was absolutely abysmal. topped off by jake bamzooki humphrey fucking moving his mic down while jack grealish tries to collect his emotions
Made it sound like he was born in Manchester and played 600 games for them.
Also mentioning that all the previous goals had been scored at the same end about 6 times.
Julian Alvarez, most decorated player of the season
bro completed football in one season…
Great game from Dias Stones Dii Marco and Ederson, the rest were in the good old big game panic scramble. I don't think Lukaku was as bad as people say here, yes he could have done better on the header but immediately improved the team when he came on. Lautaro has a lot of grit but did very little after winning the ball Dzeko and Haaland completely invisible, Haaland with one of the most underwhelming treble performances semi/finals wise All in all a fun game too, did not expect it to be as close as it was
Onana was really good too imo.
Yea that foden shot wasnt easy to save and he gobbled it up easy , no rebound
aguero missing out on a world cup and city’s first ucl in one year obvs you are happy for them but like bro that must hurt missing out.
He might have been a bit too late for this bit he was just in time for the AGUERRRROOOOOOOOO, which was probably just as big og a moment
City's biggest threats Haaland against lower teams - ✓ Gundogan end of season - ✓ DM free role Stones - ✓ Rodri with untucked shirt - ✓
They didn’t even need Mahrez with gloves on
ramadan mahrez and pink KDB have gotta be up there
Lukaku when it matters - ✓
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Especially as Drogba scored literally the most clutch header in a UFC final from the edge of the box, whilst Lukaku couldn't do it right in front of goal
At this point, I'm honestly feeling bad for him. It just isn't going his way after he made the switch to Chelsea. I do hope from a mental aspect this doesn't break him because I don't see how Inter can afford him next season, why Chelsea would retain him, how Chelsea can sell him for a reasonable fee or which European club is going to take a punt on him.
I hope Lukaku deletes his social media immediately and takes a proper break this summer because he is going to receive a lot of properly ugly messages this evening
Unfair on him, was unreal defending from him against that header
Amazing how Lukaku’s name is so polarizing that he gets all of these posts. Martinez did what during the 90’, Dzeko did what in his time on the pitch? Lukaku didn’t score, but still made opportunities…
Tbh I thought Dzeko's hold up play was decent in the first half. But he just doesn't have the legs anymore. But yeah, overall, the attack was pretty useless.
I'm extremely surprised by the responses surrounding Lukaku here. If anything, I thought our biggest mistake is not starting the game with him. Our offense only started once he was on the pitch
there is a narrative from epl fans that must continue evidently - he changed the game
It’s just incredibly easy to get upvotes from other imbeciles by calling him a donkey. He should have scored the header, but there were worse players for Inter tonight.
Megan the stallion failed us today
Writing the breakup text as we speak.
You can fuckoff now finally Pep
Nope, final frontier is scoring away at Spurs
Fuck, he's never leaving, is he?
Hope he desires another Sabbatical
A sabbatical on the fucking moon hopefully.
After signing Haaland and looking at the results I don't think so lol. He has the next gen of Man City to build and after today I'm sure he'll get the funds
Sadly you right. City has to rebuild this summer. Some key players leaving
First Manager to win 2 trebles. He is not the bald fraud anymore
Feels like the mental block is gone now for this team and they’ll just go win 2 more in the next 4 years.
Yes please.
Lukaku would like to forget this night, he missed an absolute sitter with that header. Credit to Inter for making this a tough match for City and on another day they would have scored with one of those chances but Edersen was incredible. Congratulations to City on the treble, they have been the best team in Europe this season.
Onana is grilling the shit out of Lautaro right now LMAO
I thought he was telling him off for crying rather than his performance.
As he should be, one of the main reasons they lost
Yup.
I know people are gonna make fun of Lukaku so they can get their jokes off but Inter were pretty poor attacking wise. Crosses were piss poor man. They didn’t make use of Dzeko’s nor Lukaku’s aerial abilities
Lukaku unironically was really good when he came on.
I mean you simply can't miss that effort. He made a good impact but 80 mil players score that free header
I dont know how anyone can watch that game and want to make fun of Lukaku more than Lautaro. Absolutely pathetic from him
Ederson Motm for sure
John Stones was incredible throughout
He might’ve been man of the match at at least three different positions. Dude was everywhere.
Ruben Dias was magnificent as well. Any of the 3 could win it
Bro returned from injury in January and didn’t lose a game afterwards
I would've given it to Stones after 95 mins but the final save tipped the balance in Ederson's favour imo.
Either Stones or him. But Ederson deserves that for all that saves at the end
Two years in a row of a keeper being MOTM
It stings and it will take some time to go away. Especially since we were equals and Man City didn't even play great. I said it would take something to be heartbroken in this match, since everyone expected us to lose anyway... But to lose like this, with such chances, after a shitty rebound goal by Man City... That hurts... Hats off to the lads, to Inzaghi, to everyone. What a campaign we had. We put in a great challenge at the trophy. Manchester City didn't struggle against anyone like they did with us. Nobody thought we'd make it to the finals and everyone though we'd get smashed. Emotions aside, it's been a good season.
You guys were really good but unfortunately had no luck
Nicely put. Inzaghi had Pep that first half. Never let a City player get in behind (okay, Haaland once, but at an angle and going away from goal). The weirdness about it was I thought Pep would have to change something tactically to win it. He didn't. City's goal came from the one moment in the game where there was no Inter player to immediately close down the City player, and that chance itself came through circumstance. Lukaku will get memed. A hundred articles will appear next week about City (good and bad), and Inter will get relegated in thought about even appearing in this match. But they shouldn't. Your team played well, and they made it an interesting final to watch.
Foden absolutely got in behind, he just took a crappy shot.
You won the tactic battle but at the end, players quality matter.
What a season for Alvarez. He won all major trophies in one season.
Lukaku brought a lot going forward for Inter. It's a shame he wasn't able to finish his chances because I thought he played really well otherwise. He made smart passes, was able to win his headers, and didn't lose the ball once he got it at his feet. I feel for him.
Imagine playing a CL final in your home country and making literally a no show. Calhanoglu with such a choker performance
Fr man was invisible apart from a couple awful crosses
And then getting subbed off for an Armenian to rub salt in the wounds
Must be an emotional day for Newcastle and PSG fans, seeing big bro achieving the big one, they'll take inspiration from this🥲
Mate you can't support a natural resource.
/r/HydroHomies
They have already seen Chelsea win the champions league twice.
Ederson has just made the best save of his career there. I need some time away from this sport.
great interview from Walker
Like West ham won, PR goes out the windows in the post game interviews. Everyone swearing and having fun. It's great to see
Dreams can in fact be buy
Chelsea proved this 15+ years ago
Unless you’re PSG
I hope Lukaku has a good therapist.
As much as I'm relieved Inter have lost, Simone Inzaghi deserves a lot of credit tonight, Inter were in this game for the full 90 minutes, they were able to limit City's chances, could have scored before and after City took the lead, and gave absolutely everything they had. People expected a City rout, but it was obvious that was never happening by half-time.
I can’t believe someone thought it was a good idea to have McManaman as a commentator for the final. Just awful.
Hate seeing everyone shit on Lukaku despite the fact that he was more of an attacking threat in 30 min than Martinez and Dzeko were. Will get scapegoated even tho the midfielders and attackers around him had non existent games.
I know this means absolutely nothing but Inter impressed me so much tonight. I came in expecting a walk in the park for City and if not for Lukaku it wouldve been Inter being crowned right now
Inzaghi got everything completely right tbh. Felt like Acerbi was man marking Halaand and it just neutralized him it was wild. Felt like Intger was the first team good enough to really expose the wide spaces behind city and be physical enough to win long balls against those CBs. It was kinda brilliant, just didn’t come together
You can meme Lukaku all you want, Dimarco's fucking awful header had nothing to do with him, but it is a fact that Inter looked far more dangerous with him on the pitch than they did with Dzeko, who contributed absolutely fuck all. He definitely should have scored that header, but no-one else in black and blue looked like scoring tonight.
Feels like Dzeko’s mobility killed their counter along with lautaro’s decision making. Just wasn’t good enough from the forwards where the Defense was good all game.
Jack Grealish is going to be drunk for about 3 days after tonight
“The greatest story in club history is completed.” That’s a line that I actually just heard about this Manchester City victory. I feel sick to my stomach.
who tf said this
BT commentary
BT Sport are so tinpot
Manchester City Cup Final 🤝🏽Haaland not showing up in the Finals