A year after facing Euro ban, Man City chase elusive Champions League title 

It is a journey they may have hoped would have been completed before now, with the Champions League knockout stages having become a source of recurring frustration in recent years, but their day of destiny could now be coming

Thomas Tuchel and Pep Guardiola will go head to head in the Champions League final 

A year ago Manchester City were facing up to a ban from the Champions League while Chelsea were in a battle to qualify for it.

Yet on Saturday the clubs will meet in the competition’s second all-English final in three years after emerging from bruising experiences with a stronger outlook.