Manchester City and Chelsea go head to head in Porto tonight in an all-English Champions League Final.
Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea saw off Real Madrid in the semi-finals, while Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions City knocked out PSG to set up a showpiece final against their English rivals.
Both Guardiola and Tuchel are looking to lift the European Cup for the first time at their respective clubs: Pep won the trophy three times at Barcelona - once as a player and twice as a coach - but it eluded him at Bayern Munich, and remains the ultimate aim of City.
As for Tuchel, tonight’s final caps a whirlwind start to life at Chelsea since succeeding Frank Lampard in January. The German guided the Blues to a top-four finish ad got the better of Guardiola twice, but an FA Cup Final defeat to Leicester City puts extra pressure on him not to come out empty-handed again.
Chelsea have won the Champions League for the second time in their history as they beat Manchester City in the final in Porto. Chelsea's tactics proved too much for City as they forced the Premier League champions to play narrow before looking for a threat on the counter-attack. League One
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