Incredible.
A storybook ending for who I consider one of the greatest fighters - not to mention ambassadors and class acts - the fight game has ever seen.
No one deserves this more than Katie. So happy she is finally getting the moment she has long dreamed of.
Khaldoon Al Mubarak on #ManCity: “We're far from peaked. This is a Club designed, built to win. We're used to [being successful], because it’s in our DNA. I look at where the Club was in 2008, then at every part of these last 18 years.
“Roberto Mancini brought that first Premier League title, we'll never forget those moments. A great period, [after] a first FA Cup win in many, many years. Then Manuel [Pellegrini] came, [the] same, another Premier League title and more success.
“Then Pep [Guardiola] came in, and it was getting that mindset, DNA of a winning club. Now, this Club is the way we all know it now. What Pep has given us has taken us to the next level, and I think we’re so thankful for what he’s helped build.
"Winning is hard, it’s not easy, a lot of hard work by a collective. Look over these 18 years how many different generations of teams we've collectively put together, each one special. From that first group of the [Sergio] Agueros, Yaya Toures, the [David] Silvas, the next group of Kevin De Bruynes, Ilkay Gundogans, Bernardos [Silva], to this group of Erling Haalands, [Rayan] Cherkis, [Phil] Fodens, [Abdukodir] Khusanovs.
“We continue and, in every aspect, it’s different because it’s different players but the success will come because I think we do a very good job in maintaining a winning mindset. Hence, when you look at our records in English football over these last 18 years, @ManCity is the most successful Club in this country. I think top down, [from] Sheikh Mansour, myself, Ferran [Soriano], the whole organisation, we have a team. A winning team.
“That team will continue, there will be players, coaches, executives, that’s part of life, but we will keep going and we will continue to deliver..." [via @ManCity]
.@sterling7 scored 200 goals for City and won ten trophies. Whatever shit he currently has to deal with, he played a big part in realising our dreams and hope he knows Blues remember that and wish him and his family well. 💙 🏆
Arsenal have set the record for the lowest possession percentage for a team playing in a Champions League final (since records began in 2003-04).
The previous lowest record was also Arsenal, set in the 2006 Champions League final, which they played 72 minutes with 10 men.
Pep Guardiola on having a stand named after him at the Etihad Stadium: "What can I say? It's the biggest recognition, more than anything else. In generations, 'Who is that guy? Who is that name?' They'll say, 'Ah he was a guy, a bald guy, won some trophies'..." [via @ManCity]