Final score
10 June 2023 21:00
Manchester City
23' (2nd half) Rodri
1 - 0
Inter
Referee: Szymon Marciniak / Linesmen: P Sokolnicki, T Listkiewicz / Fourth official: I Kovács
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| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | All square at the break: 0-0 between City and Inter. Lots of good play by Inter in that first half, with City having a couple of chances. All to play for in the second half. |
| 46' | Akanji shifts the ball onto his left and unleashes a fierce shot, but it flies over. |
| 45' | Two minutes of first-half injury time. |
| 40' | Inter slowing the game down and controlling more possession as half-time looms. Inzaghi's side are moving the ball around well, trying to shift the opposition's defensive lines around. |
| 36' | De Bruyne cannot carry on and comes off, with Foden taking his place. |
| 36' | Foden (De Bruyne) |
| 30' | Muscular problem for De Bruyne, who is down in the middle of the park. Guardiola sends Foden to warm up. |
| 29' | City pushing forward again: this time it's De Bruyne, whose attempt from the edge of the box is straight at Onana. |
| 27' | ONANA! Our number 24 gets a strong left arm to keep out Haaland's effort. |
| 26' | Inter playing well. From a poor pass out by Ederson, and the City keeper out of his goal, Barella tries his luck from distance, but it's way off target. |
| 20' | Some good link-up play between Lautaro and Brozovic sees Marcelo shoot over from distance, following a good break away by Dimarco. |
| 16' | Only the Nerazzurri fans can be heard inside the stadium. It's feels like we're back home at San Siro! |
| 10' | Barella breaks through the middle, lays the ball off to Calhanoglu, who plays it wide to Dimarco. He puts a ball into the box, which the City defence clear away. |
| 9' | A difficult start for Inter, who are struggling to construct anything due to City's immediate pressure on the ball. The English side are dominating possession. |
| 6' | City close to opening the scoring. Silva dribbles into the box on the right, goes past Dimarco and curls one towards the far corner with his left, but it just goes wide. What a chance for the English side. |
| 3' | A ball over the top for Haaland, who turns and shoots over the bar with his left. But he's flagged for offside. |
| 1' | The Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter is underway. Come on, boys! |
| 1' | The pre-match show at the Ataturk Stadium has started. |
| 1' | The teams are out warming up. The Inter fans inside are singing and roaring on the players. The stadium is slowly filling up. 15 minutes to go until kick-off! |
| 1' | INTER (3-5-2): 24 Onana; 36 Darmian, 15 Acerbi, 95 Bastoni; 2 Dumfries, 23 Barella, 77 Brozovic, 20 Calhanoglu, 32 Dimarco; 9 Dzeko, 10 Lautaro. |
| 1' | MANCHESTER CITY (3-2-4-1): 31 Ederson; 6 Akè, 3 Dias, 25 Akanji; 5 Stones, 16 Rodri; 20 Bernardo Silva, 17 De Bruyne, 8 Gundogan, 10 Grealish; 9 Haaland. |
| 1' | The day of the Champions League final has arrived. Inter face Manchester City in Istanbul on Europe's biggest stage. Kick-off is at 21:00 CEST. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 51' | Full time. Manchester City beat Inter 1-0 to win the Champions League. |
| 51' | NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ederson keeps out Gosen's header at the death. |
| 48' | Ederson |
| 48' | Barella's hit from the edge of the box goes just wide. City starting to time waste and run the clock down. |
| 47' | Haaland |
| 47' | Onana |
| 45' | Five minutes of stoppage time. One last push, lads! |
| 45' | Lukaku drives into the box, but drags it wide with his left. |
| 44' | UNBELIEVABLE! Ederson somehow saves from Lukaku's header from two yards out. How did that not go in! |
| 41' | Mkhitaryan straight into the action playing in Gosens on the left, but his cross is too strong and the ball goes out for a throw-in. |
| 39' | D'Ambrosio (Darmian) |
| 39' | Mkhitaryan (Calhanoglu) |
| 38' | Lukaku |
| 37' | Walker (Stones) |
| 35' | Inter putting the pressure on: Barella's right-footed effort sails over. The Nerazzurri need to up the tempo. 10 minutes plus stoppage time to go. |
| 32' | ONANA! City nearly double their lead. The Inter goalkeeper makes a superb save low down to his left from Foden. |
| 31' | Bellanova (Dumfries) |
| 31' | Gosens (Bastoni) |
| 28' | Inter giving it their all: Lautaro sets up Lukaku, but his right-footed drive is too central and Ederson saves comfortably. |
| 26' | DIMARCO HITS THE BAR! Inter on the hunt for an equaliser, as Dimarco picks up the ball in the box and heads it over Ederson, but it comes back off the woodwork. On the rebound, he heads it again towards goal but it hits Lukaku and is cleared away. |
| 23' | Manchester City take the lead. A ball through for Foden in the box, whose cross deflects off Acerbi and falls to Rodri 18 yards out. Running onto the ball, he places perfectly past Onana, who has no chance. |
| 23' | Rodri |
| 22' | Monumental defensive play from Bastoni to stop Haaland, after a lucky bounce of the ball in favour of the Norweigian forward. |
| 19' | Inter trying to push forward at every opportunity, but City always dangerous on the break. |
| 13' | Barella |
| 13' | Big chance for Inter: indecision in the City defence gives Lautaro the chance to pick up the ball on the left byline, but the angle is too tight to beat Ederson, who saves. |
| 11' | Lukaku (Dzeko) |
| 11' | Dzeko down with cramp and is immediately replaced by Romelu Lukaku. |
| 10' | City forcing Inter onto the back foot, but the English side can't find a way through. |
| 6' | City have started the half better, with Inter camped in their own half. Inzaghi's lads closing down the spaces well and winning second balls. |
| 1' | Back to it. |
| D'Ambrosio |
6.33
6.33
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| Dimarco |
7.33
7.33
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| Brozovic |
6.66
6.66
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| Martínez |
5.33
5.33
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| Barella |
7
7
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| Bastoni |
6.66
6.66
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| Lukaku |
6
6
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| Darmian |
6.33
6.33
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| Calhanoglu |
5
5
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| Dzeko |
5.66
5.66
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| Dumfries |
6
6
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| Gosens |
6.33
6.33
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| Onana |
7
7
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| Bellanova |
6
6
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| Mkhitaryan |
6.33
6.33
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| Acerbi |
7.33
7.33
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| Average rating | 6.33 | SEND RATINGS |
| 4 | shots on target | 6 |
| 3 | shots off target | 8 |
| 11 | fouls committed | 17 |
| 2 | corners | 4 |
| 1 | offsides | 1 |
| 56% | ball possession | 44 |
Manchester City won their last Champions League tie, beating Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals. After playing out a 1-1 draw in the first leg, they ran out 4-0 victors in the return match at home. Bernardo Silva netted a brace to lead the scoring in the second leg. They are unbeaten in their last 18 home games in all competitions (W17 D1 L0).
Inter won their last Champions League tie, beating Milan 3-0 on aggregate in the semi-finals. After earning a 2-0 victory in the first leg, they ran out 1-0 victors in the return match at home. Lautaro Martínez scored in the second-leg win. They have three straight wins in all competitions.
Manchester City won the last meeting between the clubs, triumphing 3-0 in July 2011.
Manchester City have been led by Erling Haaland in Champions League play. He is the side's leading scorer with 12 goals, with no other player managing more in the competition in 2022/2023, four of those having been the critical first of the match. Edin Dzeko, Nicolò Barella, and Martínez are Internazionale's leading scorers in the current Champions League campaign, netting four, three, and three times, respectively.
Both sides are on Champions League scoring streaks, as the hosts have netted in their last seven games in the competition while the visitors have found the target in four straight.
Hosts Manchester City have been perfect at home this Champions League season with six wins in six contests at home with 24 goals scored and 2 conceded. City are in the midst of an 18-match home unbeaten streak (W17 D1 L0) in all competitions.
Inter have three wins, two draws, and one loss away from Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the competition this season.
In their last six matches in all competitions, Manchester City have won four, drawn one and lost one. They scored 11 and conceded three in that stretch, scoring first in five of the six contests. A majority of their goals (seven) came in the first half, while their opponents netted two times in the first 45 minutes. Inter have won five and lost one in their last six. They scored 12 and conceded eight over that period, netting first in four of the six. They had six goals in the first half, while their opponents netted two times before the break.
Inter's record in European Cup finals is W3 L2:
1963/64: Inter 3-1 Real Madrid
1964/65: Inter 1-0 Benfica
1966/67: Celtic 2-1 Inter
1971/72: Ajax 2-0 Inter
2009/10: Inter 2-0 Bayern
Victory would take Inter on to four European Cups, level with Ajax and behind only Real Madrid (14), Milan (seven), Bayern, Liverpool (both six) and Barcelona (five). They are currently on three alongside City's local rivals Manchester United.
Inter are the last Italian side to win the UEFA Champions League; indeed, only one Serie A club has featured in the final since they beat Bayern in Madrid 13 years ago, Juventus losing in 2015 and 2017.
Italian clubs have triumphed in 12 European Cup finals, losing 16. In the UEFA Champions League era their record is five wins and eight defeats.
The Nerazzurri lost 3-2 to Sevilla in the 2020 UEFA Europa League final, making their record in UEFA finals overall W8 L5.
Inter have won three of their five UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals, both European/South American Cups and lost to Atlético de Madrid in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup.
This is the Nerazzurri's 16th UEFA Champions League campaign and a fifth in a row, their longest run since they appeared for ten successive seasons between 2002/03 and 2011/12. This is their 12th appearance in the knockout stage.
Simone Inzaghi's side ended the club's run of three successive group stage eliminations last term by finishing second behind Real Madrid in Group D; Inter recovered after taking only one point from their first two fixtures to finish on ten and reach the round of 16 for the first time since 2011/12.
Inter's campaign ended in the first knockout round, however, despite a 1-0 second-leg win at Liverpool, the damage having been done by a 2-0 loss in the first game in Milan.
Inter were second in Serie A in 2021/22, finishing two points behind Milan.
This season Inter's Group C campaign started and finished with 2-0 defeats against Bayern, but they remained unbeaten in between those losses, collecting ten points including a decisive four against Barcelona (1-0 h, 3-3 a) and wrapping up progress with a 4-0 success at home to Viktoria Plzeň on Matchday 5.
The Milan club edged past Porto in the round of 16, winning 1-0 in Milan before holding out for a goalless draw in Portugal, and overcame another Portuguese side in the last eight, a 2-0 first-leg win at Benfica preceding a 3-3 draw in Milan in which Inter led 3-1 until the 86th minute.
Inter then overcame city rivals AC Milan in the semi-finals, winning 2-0 in the away leg and 1-0 at home.
The Nerazzurri have scored 199 goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final.
Inter have kept clean sheets in eight of their last 11 UEFA Champions League matches, including five of the six in this season's knockout phase. They have, however, conceded ten goals in the competition this season – twice as many as Manchester City.
Last season's round of 16 loss to Liverpool made Inter's aggregate record in knockout ties against English clubs W6 L6. The six defeats have come in the last eight contests, including four of the last five.
All three of the Nerazzurri's European Cup triumphs have included victories against English opponents. They beat Everton in the 1963/64 preliminary round (0-0 a, 1-0 h) and Liverpool in the semi-finals the following season (1-3 a, 3-0 h), defeating Chelsea in the 2009/10 round of 16 (2-1 h, 1-0 a).
The win at Liverpool last season was Inter's first against an English club outside Milan since that 2010 victory at Chelsea.
Inter have seven wins in their last 12 games against Premier League opposition, losing the other five.
Inter have played five previous UEFA matches in Türkiye (W1 D2 L2) with no victories in the last four. Their two previous encounters in Istanbul brought a goalless draw against Beşiktaş in the first leg of the 1987/88 UEFA Cup first round, a tie they won 3-1 on aggregate, and a 1-0 defeat by Fenerbahçe in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage. They have therefore yet to score in Istanbul.
Inter's record in four UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W2 L2:
5-4 v Celtic, 1971/72 European Cup semi-final
3-4 v Aston Villa, 1994/95 UEFA Cup first round
5-3 v Grazer AK, 1996/97 UEFA Cup second round
1-4 v Schalke, 1996/97 UEFA Cup final
Edin Džeko scored 72 goals in 189 games in all competitions for City between 2011 and 2015. He was part of the Premier League title-winnings sides in 2011/12, scoring the second goal in the decisive 3-2 comeback win against Queens Park Rangers on the final day, and 2013/14, the FA Cup in 2010/11 and the English League Cup in 2013/14.
Have also played in England:
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Manchester United 2016–18, Arsenal 2018–19)
Matteo Darmian (Manchester United 2015–19)
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea 2011/12, 2013, 2021/22, West Brom 2012/13 loan, Everton 2013–17, Manchester United 2017–19)
Lukaku's record in his 18 games against City is W3 D3 L12. He has scored five goals, all for Everton, most notably in 2016/17 in a 1-1 draw at the City of Manchester Stadium and a 4-0 home success at Goodison Park. The Belgian striker is currently on loan to Inter from Chelsea.
Guardiola finished his playing career in Europe with spells at Brescia (2001/02, 2003) and Roma (2002/03).
Inzaghi scored in Lazio's 5-0 win against Guardiola's Brescia on 4 November 2001. Lazio were also 3-1 winners in Rome against Brescia on 17 May 2003, the penultimate game of Guardiola's European playing career.
One of Guardiola's three Serie A goals was a penalty for Brescia in a 2-1 defeat away to Inter on 14 April 2002.
Guardiola's staff at City includes Enzo Maresca, who played in Italy with Juventus, Bologna, Piacenza, Fiorentina, Sampdoria, Palermo and Verona.
Inter goalkeeper André Onana was in the Barcelona academy when Guardiola was the first team coach between 2010 and 2012.
Onana, who has made more saves (45) than any other goalkeeper in this season's UEFA Champions League, is the only player from either side to have played every minute of the campaign. Džeko, Mkhitaryan and Lautaro Martínez have also appeared for Inter in all 12 matches – as have Bernardo Silva, Gündoğan and Jack Grealish for City.
Have played together:
John Stones & Romelu Lukaku (Everton 2013–16)
Kevin De Bruyne & Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea 2013)
İlkay Gündoğan & Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund 2013–16)
International team-mates:
Nathan Aké & Stefan de Vrij, Denzel Dumfries (Netherlands)
İlkay Gündoğan & Robin Gosens (Germany)
Julián Álvarez & Lautaro Martínez, Joaquín Correa (Argentina)
Kevin De Bruyne & Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
Álvarez and Martínez were both members of Argentina's victorious squad at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Nicolò Barella and Lukaku were both on the scoresheet as Italy defeated Belgium 2-1 in the UEFA EURO 2020 quarter-finals. De Bruyne played 90 minutes for Belgium.
Barella went on to play in Italy's victories on penalties against a Spain team including Rodri and Aymeric Laporte in the semi-finals and, in the final, an England side fielding Walker, Stones, Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish.
Walker, Stones, Phillips, Grealish and Foden all played as England won 2-1 in Italy, Barella and Francesco Acerbi appearing for the home side, in a UEFA EURO 2024 qualifier on 23 March.
Barella scored against De Bruyne's Belgium as the Azzurri again prevailed 2-1 in the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals third-placed play-off.
Gündoğan and Alessandro Bastoni both scored – the latter with his first international goal – as Germany defeated Italy 5-2 in the UEFA Nations League on 14 June 2022. Barella and Federico Dimarco also played for Italy.
Dumfries scored in the Netherlands' 4-1 defeat of De Bruyne's Belgium 4-1 in the UEFA Nations League on 3 June 2022.
Gosens scored for Germany in a 4-2 win against Dias's Portugal at UEFA EURO 2020, the Manchester City defender also scoring an own goal.
starting lineups
| Ederson | 24 Onana |
| Aké | 36 Darmian |
| Dias | 15 Acerbi |
| Akanji | 95 Bastoni |
| Stones | 2 Dumfries |
| Rodri | 23 Barella |
| Grealish | 77 Brozovic |
| De Bruyne | 20 Calhanoglu |
| Gundogan | 32 Dimarco |
| Bernardo Silva | 9 Dzeko |
| Haaland | 10 Martínez |
substitutes
| Ortega | 1 Handanovic |
| Carson | 21 Cordaz |
| Walker | 5 Gagliardini |
| Phillips | 6 de Vrij |
| Laporte | 8 Gosens |
| Alvarez | 11 Correa |
| Gomez | 12 Bellanova |
| Mahrez | 14 Asllani |
| Perrone | 22 Mkhitaryan |
| Foden | 33 D'Ambrosio |
| Palmer | 37 Skriniar |
| Lewis | 90 Lukaku |