Ilkay Gundogan, the captain of Man City, explained how his teammates had to handle the pressure of trying to win the Treble as soon as he scored the winning goals in the FA Cup Final last weekend.
The German midfielder, who may have played his final game for City last night, scored twice against Manchester United to give his team the victory.
He said, “We knew everyone was talking about the Treble, especially after the FA Cup,” as he raised an even larger trophy this time. Although there was pressure, this team is designed to handle it as effectively as possible.
“This night is unbelievable.” I’m overjoyed. Even though it is challenging to fully express everything, what happened, and what we learned, today we made history.
In the Champions League final, both teams will always find it challenging. The first half didn’t include our finest play. We weren’t sure. We had a few nice chances, but we also understood we needed to improve, which we did in the second.
It was possibly a 50-50 game in which the deciding goal was scored. It’s lucky for us that it was.