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Manchester City Completes Historic Trophy Sweep with Champions League Title

The English champions became European champions for the first time by downing Inter Milan 1-0 in Istanbul.

By Joshua Robinson
Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates winning the Champions League Final in Istanbul on Saturday. Photo: PHOTO: sedat suna/Shutterstock

ISTANBUL—Two years after he acquired Manchester City, then a sad-sack English soccer club in the shadow of a crosstown rival, a young royal from Abu Dhabi went to watch his team play in person for the first time. His name was Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his family was incalculably wealthy, and his new plaything was facing Liverpool. That was in 2010.

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