Chelsea won the Champions League for the second time as a Kai Havertz goal secured a tense 1-0 victory over Manchester City in Saturday's final in Porto, shattering Pep Guardiola's dream of lifting the trophy for the third time, a decade on from his last triumph. The London club may have finished fourth in the Premier League, a huge 19 points behind the champions City, but this, remarkably, was their third win over Guardiola's side in six weeks. Now, in a final watched by a limited crowd of just over 14,000 fans who created a raucous atmosphere, they have denied City the first Champions League crown they and Guardiola so crave. - Abramovich's second European Cup -City have had to wait 13 years since being taken over by Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Mansour just to get to the Champions League final. Chelsea also lost when they first got to the final, on penalties against Manchester United in Moscow in 2008.

Source: Mint May 30, 2021 01:11 UTC