Chelsea have been crowned European club champions for the second time after completing a 1-0 victory over Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League final thanks to Kai Havertz's first-half goal.
In the third all-English final in the competition there were chances for both sides as Raheem Sterling’s backheeled attempt was smothered by Edouard Mendy before Timo Werner twice threatened for Chelsea in the opening quarter-hour.
N’Golo Kante headed over at the back post from Ben Chilwell’s cross on 17 minutes before Antonio Rudiger executed a timely block to deny Phil Foden an opening goal 10 minutes later.
Thomas Tuchel’s side took the lead three minutes before half-time when Mason Mount picked out Havertz with a defence-splitting diagonal and the German rounded Ederson to score.
WHAT A FEELING!!! 🏆#ChelseaChampions #UCLFinal pic.twitter.com/CVS8N3zXmY
— Champions of Europe 🏆 (@ChelseaFC) May 29, 2021
Matters worsened for the Premier League champions when Kevin De Bruyne was replaced by Gabriel Jesus on 59 minutes after suffering an injury in a collision with Rudiger.
An excellent Cesar Azpilicueta interception soon afterwards prevented Ilkay Gundogan from equalising, while on 72 minutes, substitute Christian Pulisic clipped a glorious chance wide following a sweeping counter-attack.
Riyad Mahrez fired narrowly wide in the seventh minute of added time but Chelsea held on to realise their second triumph in the competition.
See: Chelsea report | Man City report
PL winners of UEFA Champions League
1999 Man Utd
2005 Liverpool
2008 Man Utd
2012 Chelsea
2019 Liverpool
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