UEFA Champions League Final Highlights: Chelsea Beat Manchester City to Win Their Second UCL Title

Manchester City will have to wait for their first UEFA Champions League for at least one more year as Estádio do Dragão. Kai Havertz's goal in the 43rd minute of the match proved to be enough for Thomas Tuchel's boys to win their second UEFA Champions League title.

🏆 Chelsea are kings of Europe! 🎉#UCL #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/90drIfCgRL

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Thomas Tuchel wins his first Champions League title in his career, just six months after joining Chelsea. This is what dreams are made off.

🏆 Chelsea have won the UEFA Champions League for a second time! 👏👏👏#UCL #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/3ogfCK5C71

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FULL TIME

Chelsea FC are UEFA Champions League Champions for the second time.

90+7 ' | Mahrez's try from the edge fo the box goes agonizingly wide.

Ngolinho, my bae ❤️

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7 MINUTES ADDED#

90' | The referee has decided to add seven minutes of injury time

90' | Christensen puts his body on the line to keep the score intact.

84' | Fernandinho has been busy since coming on. His foul on Rudiger is deemed unfair by Lahoz and the fouls is given.

Mason Mount OUT, MAteo Kovacic IN

80' |  Thee-time Champions League winner Mateo Kovacic replaces Mason Mount. Despite winning three titles with Madrid, this is Kovacic's first appearance in a Champions League final.

Sergio Aguero IN, Raheem Sterling OUT

76' | Sergio Aguero's last dance for Manchester City starts, can the club's record goalscorer bail them on his final night for the Cityzens?

74' | Raheem Sterling creates another opportunity down the left Man City plank, he plays a square pass from the byline but there's no one there to put the ball into the back of the net.

73' | HUGE CHANCE!! Pulisic should have put Chelsea ahead by two goals. In a move that began with Kante, and ended with Pulisic being one-on-one with Ederson, his dink is wide. That miss can come back to haunt Chelsea.

68' | Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta denies a defintie goal for Manchester City with a last-second intervention.

66 ' | Timo Werner's night is over, he is replaced by Christian Pulisic, he becomes the first player from the USA to feature in a Champions League final.

63 ' | Bernardo Silva is replaced by Fernandinho

60' | Manchester City's claim for handball/penalty against Reece James denied, VAR check also confirms that the ball hit the English defender's chest first.

59' | Kevin De Bruyne is unable to continue, Gabriel Jesus replaces him

56'| Kevin De Bruyne collides with Antonio Rudiger, both looking in some discomfort here, especially the Belgian. He is still on ground. Rudiger is shown a yellow card

55' | Chelsea wins a free-kick

48' | Manchester City has started the second half exactly the way they started the first, high-press and seeing most of the ball but they are yest to test Eduoard Mendy.

46' | Action resumes at Estadio do Dragao, a massive second half in store for Manchester City of they want to break their UEFA Champions League duck tonight.

Can Pep Guardiola's Manchester City break the patern.
 

The last 6 teams to score first in a #UCLfinal have gone on to win...

Will City break the trend? 🤷‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/GKyU4bLcYT

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Chelsea have their noses ahead at the break, thanks to Kai Havertz's goal on the 43rd minute. They were dominated by Manchester City in the first half tin terms of possession but the Blues were looking like the team who woul take the lead, and they did. A big 15 minutes in store for Guardiola for the 'Pep' talk.

MANCHESTER CITY 0-1 CHELSEA

43' | Chelsea take the lead thanks to Havertz.The German reaches Mason Mount's fantastic through ball disecting the City defenders. Ederson rushed out, but couldn't gather the ball as HAvertz rolled the ball into an empty net.

38' | Chelsea Substitution, Thiago Silva who was struggling with his hamstring has been replaced by Andrea Christensen

37' | End-to-end football at Estadio do Dragao, Kante was leading Chelsea's attack which was ably dealt with by Man City backline, the Mahrez ball was easily picked up by MEndy

Tussling for possession since 2014 🥰#UCL #UCLfinal pic.twitter.com/YzLJs9EFFQ

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34' | Ilkay Gundogan is the first player to be booked tonight. The referee booked the German for his tackle on Mason Mount