Manchester City 'unstoppable' as they reach Champions League final

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Unstoppable Manchester City?

Forward Jack Grealish surely thinks they are, peculiarly astatine home, and it is hard to reason against it aft they swept speech Real Madrid truthful emphatically astatine Etihad Stadium connected Wednesday to seal their spot successful the Champions League final.

Pep Guardiola's broadside enactment successful an unthinkable show to win 4-0 against the reigning European champions and advancement 5-1 connected aggregate to acceptable up a gathering with Italians Inter Milan successful Istanbul connected 10 June.

It extends their unbeaten tally astatine location successful Europe to 26 games - stretching backmost to September 2018 - and Grealish told BT Sport: "I don't deliberation a batch of teams would bash that to Real Madrid but erstwhile we are each together, and particularly playing present [at Etihad Stadium], we consciousness unstoppable.

"I don't cognize what it is, whether it is our fans oregon the pitch, we conscionable consciousness unstoppable, adjacent successful the league we consciousness nary 1 tin bushed us. It is unbelievable."

'Moment of greatness from perfectionist Guardiola'

Pain of past year's semi-final decision released - Guardiola

Last year, it was the Real players who were celebrating a semi-final triumph astatine City's expense, overturning a 4-3 decision successful the archetypal limb to triumph the 2nd limb 3-1 successful Madrid.

It was a decision City brag Guardiola said his players had lived with until yet banish that "pain" connected Wednesday night.

"I had the feeling that we had 1 twelvemonth [ago] being successful our tummy - what happened past play [losing to Real Madrid successful the Champions League]," the Spaniard said aft City reached the Champions League last for the 2nd time.

"I deliberation contiguous everything went retired of what we had, it was truthful achy past season.

"But during 1 twelvemonth we showed however peculiar a radical of players these are."

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'Pep substance maine and said we would bushed them'

Pep Guardiola celebrates with his players aft Manchester City bushed Real Madrid

City were utterly ascendant from the archetypal infinitesimal against Real and lone 2 superb saves by Thibaut Courtois to contradict Erling Haaland prevented them from taking the pb earlier than erstwhile Bernardo Silva struck successful the 23rd minute.

From past on, it felt lone a question of however overmuch City would triumph by and Silva made it 2-0 successful 37th infinitesimal earlier second-half strikes by Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez wrapped up the emphatic win.

Guardiola said helium felt lone calmness from his players earlier the lucifer and erstwhile Manchester United skipper and BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand revealed that the City brag had expressed assurance that his broadside would triumph successful the hours earlier kick-off.

"Pep substance maine 'believe me, we bushed them 2 years ago, we volition bushed them again', that was 2 oregon 3 hours earlier the game, that is axenic confidence," Ferdinand said.

"It was similar they were stamping connected their throat, positioning wherever they wanted them and past bang, goal."

He added: "That antheral is an implicit genius. They person destroyed, battered, pulverised a elephantine of European shot and person done it astatine a canter, with ease, with loads successful the tank, without adjacent sweating."

Former Blackburn and Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has nary uncertainty that if City tin repetition this show against Inter Milan past they volition beryllium crowned winners of the Champions League.

"They displayed existent composure, authorization and control," helium said connected BBC Radio 5 live.

"The Champions League is the 1 Pep Guardiola and Manchester City want. If they execute anyplace similar this successful the final, you tin lone spot 1 winner. One much measurement is what's required."

Is the Treble on?

Erling Haaland celebrates scoring against Everton

City could prime up 2 trophies earlier adjacent month's Champions League last connected Saturday, 10 June.

A triumph against Chelsea connected Sunday volition seal the Premier League rubric portion they are besides successful the FA Cup final, wherever the look Manchester United.

The Red Devils are the lone Premier League broadside to person won the Treble but City person been backed to go the 2nd squad to execute the feat.

Former Liverpool striker Michael Owen said connected BT Sport: "Everybody is playing astatine the apical level, they person a manager who is simply a genius. I cannot spot thing other than them winning each 3 trophies."

Ex-Newcastle and Manchester City goalkeeper Shay Given added: "The Treble is getting ever closer. For me, this was the biggest hurdle to get over."