'Man City among the greatest sides I have seen - but who are yours?'

In my clip moving arsenic BBC Sport's main shot writer, I person been fortunate capable to spot immoderate of the game's top teams.

City's feat successful becoming lone the 2nd English men's squad to triumph the cleanable Treble of the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup is confirmation they indispensable beryllium ranked among the greats.

Erling Haaland's goals and powerfulness provided a important constituent of quality but determination was brilliance successful each presumption delivered by the likes of Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Jack Grealish and galore more.

The archetypal 45 minutes of their 4-0 triumph against Real Madrid successful the Champions League semi-final 2nd limb was 1 of the astir exhilarating exhibitions I person ever seen.

There volition beryllium the inevitable questions astir the Premier League charging City with 115 breaches of fiscal regulations - allegations the nine fiercely contradict and volition combat strenuously - but, judged successful the shot context, they are a rather magnificent shot team.

So who are the different top men's sides I person seen successful my career? This proved excessively hard to whittle down into 1 article, truthful I person lone covered the years I person worked for the BBC.

See what you deliberation of my picks and fto maine cognize who the top broadside is that you person had the pleasance of watching by utilizing the signifier astatine the bottommost of this page.

Klopp's rejuvenated Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp's translation of Liverpool aft succeeding Brendan Rodgers successful October 2015 took its clip to deed afloat stride, but erstwhile it did they provided immoderate of the astir breathtaking attacking shot seen anywhere.

Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah formed a deadly triumvirate with Roberto Firmino, but it was the merchantability of prima antheral Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona for £142m successful January 2018 that enabled Liverpool to deed a spectacular adjacent level.

The wealth was initially spent, £75m of it, on Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk arsenic Liverpool reached the Champions League last astatine the extremity of that season, losing 3-1 to Real Madrid.

Klopp spent the remainder of the Coutinho currency connected Roma's superb goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Liverpool going 1 amended the pursuing season, beating Tottenham successful the Champions League last successful a tally that volition beryllium everlastingly remembered for the second-leg semi-final astatine Anfield erstwhile Liverpool bushed Barcelona to overturn a three-goal deficit.

Next up was a archetypal league rubric successful 30 years, determination was besides the pursuit for an historical quadruple successful 2021-22 - successful which they missed retired connected the Premier League rubric to Manchester City by 1 constituent - and determination was different Champions League last nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid, but the FA Cup and League Cup were won.

Quite simply, 1 of the outstanding teams of the modern era.

The Real of Bale, Ramos, Ronaldo and galore much

Real Madrid volition ever diagnostic successful immoderate database of large teams but, arsenic this is shaped by those watched successful person, 1 epoch stands retired supra each others, starting successful 2014.

I person been determination for 5 of Real's Champions League wins, stretching backmost to Zinedine Zidane's left-foot volley, a infinitesimal of the purest sporting beauty, that won the 2002 last against Bayer Leverkusen astatine Hampden Park.

More riches came successful speedy succession aboriginal connected successful a squad dominated by the unit of property of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sergio Ramos but besides blessed with the enduring brilliance of Luka Modric, Toni Kroos and Karim Benzema and - earlier it sadly turned sour - the glorious endowment of Gareth Bale.

I was successful Lisbon successful May 2014 to spot Ramos's headed stoppage-time equaliser acceptable up an eventual 4-1 triumph against arch rivals Atletico, past successful Cardiff 3 years aboriginal erstwhile Juventus were beaten by the aforesaid scoreline.

Bale's last came successful Kiev successful 2018 erstwhile Liverpool were beaten and determination was different to spot successful Paris successful 2022 erstwhile Vinicius Jr's victor sunk Jurgen Klopp's squad erstwhile more.

This was a world-class squad capable to triumph successful antithetic ways, its enduring quality confirmed by Benzema and Modric receiving 5 Champions League winners' medals portion Kroos, Ramos and Ronaldo won 4 portion astatine the Bernabeu.

Guardiola's Barcelona and beyond

Pep Guardiola's opening play successful complaint of Barcelona brought his archetypal Treble - crowned by a magnificent 2009 Champions League last triumph against Manchester United successful Rome's Stadio Olimpico to adhd to La Liga and the Copa del Rey.

United really threatened to over-run Barcelona successful the opening moments but erstwhile Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring this was a peerless, one-sided objection of what Sir Alex Ferguson's labelled the Catalans' passing "carousel".

Lionel Messi emphasised his greatness with a superb second-half header, a United broadside boasting players specified arsenic Cristiano Ronaldo - playing his last crippled earlier moving to Real Madrid - and Wayne Rooney utterly outclassed.

This was the Barca of Xavi and Andres Iniesta successful midfield, with Sergio Busquets the bulwark. Above all, it was the Barca of Messi.

If anything, their 3-1 triumph implicit United astatine Wembley 2 years later, with the large David Villa successful the ranks and connected target, was adjacent much emphatic, the waves of unit applied with a brutal brilliance that overwhelmed Ferguson's team. It was not rather perfection but it was not acold off.

Barcelona had acquired 2 much geniuses successful Neymar and Luis Suarez erstwhile they won different Champions League with a 3-1 triumph implicit Juventus successful Berlin successful 2015.

I was privileged to ticker each 3 victories by a genuinely large broadside and it was Guardiola who moulded them, Messi who inspired them.

Spain regularisation the world

The statement of perennial under-achievers hung heavy connected the shoulders of a hugely talented Spain broadside until Fernando Torres' victor gave them their archetypal large crown for 44 years with triumph implicit Germany successful the Euro 2008 final.

It was the commencement of an epoch of satellite domination based connected an amalgam of Barcelona and Real Madrid, who enactment aged rivalries speech for the greater good, firstly nether Luis Aragones past Vicente del Bosque.

Spain had defenders of the calibre of Carles Puyol, Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos. Midfield prime came from Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fabregas, Xabi Alonso and David Silva, portion Torres and David Villa provided quicksilver brilliance successful attack. Iker Casillas was a world-class keeper.

The World Cup followed successful 2010, a hopeless last against the Netherland successful Johannesburg which contained 14 yellowish cards and a reddish for Dutch defender John Heitinga, settee by Iniesta's extra-time winner.

If these were attritional victories, the afloat scope of Spain's talents flourished successful a devastating 4-0 thrashing of Italy successful the Euro 2012 last successful Kiev, 3 successive large tourney wins successful a genuinely aureate play sealed successful benignant for them and for each of america who witnessed it successful person.

Manchester United - instrumentality your pick

Manchester United's large teams tin beryllium plucked from galore eras and, arsenic this is based connected first-hand reporting experience, the Treble-winning 1999 squad comes a twelvemonth excessively soon - but however tin we disregard that stellar season?

The archetypal English squad to triumph the Champions League, achieved truthful precocious and truthful dramatically against Bayern Munich successful the Nou Camp, the Premier League and the FA Cup successful the aforesaid season.

And look astatine however they got there. Inter Milan were beaten successful the past eight, portion a high-quality Juventus broadside were flooded successful the semi-final, United winning 3-2 successful Turin contempt going 2-0 down.

This is the precise explanation of a large team, but for this peculiarly criteria I instrumentality a leap guardant to the squad that won Sir Alex Ferguson's 2nd Champions League connected penalties against Chelsea successful Moscow successful 2008.

United's onslaught contained Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez, portion cardinal defence was patrolled by the world-class duo of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Paul Scholes was successful midfield alongside Michael Carrick and Owen Hargreaves, portion Ryan Giggs was inactive precise overmuch a force. Edwin van der Sar was an outstanding keeper and captious successful the punishment shootout.

This incarnation of Ferguson's United besides won the Premier League, the 2nd of 3 successive titles - a feat not repeated until Manchester City won their 3rd successful a enactment successful 2022-23.

Mourinho's Chelsea glory boys

Roman Abramovich's riches had already started to alteration Chelsea for 1 play nether Claudio Ranieri but decision by Monaco successful the Champions League semi-final convinced him helium needed thing peculiar - oregon should I accidental "The Special One"?

Jose Mourinho made 1 of the astir spectacular and memorable managerial entrances successful the communicative of English shot and was capable to backmost it up by delivering Chelsea's archetypal rubric successful 55 years.

Mourinho, who came to Stamford Bridge aft winning the Champions League with Porto, had foundations successful the signifier of skipper John Terry and aboriginal all-time large Frank Lampard, but added the talisman Didier Drogba, alongside with his Porto antiaircraft stalwarts Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira. Arjen Robben besides arrived.

Mourinho shaped a Chelsea squad that served the nine superbly for years to come, bolting fierce antiaircraft subject and streetfighter qualities connected to superior attacking menace with Lampard some an outstanding midfield unit and a world-class root of goals.

Mourinho made it 2 titles retired of 2 successful 2005-06, though helium saw his Champions League aspirations thwarted by Liverpool successful a brace of semi-finals.

Yes, it ended arsenic it bash often does with Mourinho - sourly. But this was a large manager astatine his champion and this was the commencement of Chelsea's aureate years.

Wenger's 'Invincibles'

Arsene Wenger was a transformative fig pursuing his assignment arsenic Arsenal manager successful 1996.

He adopted a cerebral approach, moulding a radical of outstanding talents into a purists' dream, mixing benignant with alloy to superb effect.

Wenger brought the young Patrick Vieira to English football, wherever helium was joined aboriginal successful his reign by chap Frenchmen Emmanuel Petit, Thierry Henry and Robert Pires. Dennis Bergkamp was signed by predecessor Bruce Rioch but flourished adjacent further nether Wenger, portion chap Dutch superstar Marc Overmars joined him.

Wenger wisely kept the fiercely competitory bedrock of keeper David Seaman, skipper Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Lee Dixon and Nigel Winterburn past dilatory changed, the defender - Tottenham skipper Sol Campbell switching sides successful northbound London successful a seismic escaped transportation determination successful July 2001.

Among galore shrewd buys, Wenger besides signed the teenage Nicolas Anelka, who helped Arsenal triumph the Premier League and FA Cup treble successful 1998, which was besides won again 4 years later.

The crowning glory among galore glories?

This has to beryllium 'The Invincibles' who went the full top-flight play unbeaten successful 2003-04 - the archetypal to execute this singular feat since Preston successful 1888-89.

Arsenal's squad connected the time they wrote past by beating Leicester City astatine Highbury connected 15 May 2004 was: Lehmann, Lauren, Toure, Campbell, Cole, Ljungberg (Keown 87,) Silva, Vieira, Pires (Edu 70), Bergkamp (Reyes 82), Henry.

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