Mason Mount picked up possession from Ben Chilwell in midfield and played a defense splitting pass, leaving City’s high line floundering. Havertz waltzed through the lines, bearing down on the area and hurdling the onrushing Ederson before putting the ball into an empty net.
Desperately needing to score early in the second half City lost Kevin de Bruyne around the hour mark due to a head injury after a clash with Antonio Rudiger and hardly ever troubled the Edouard Mendy.
USA’s Christian Pulisic made history in the 66th minute, becoming the first American male to appear in a UCL final when he was subbed on for Werner, and nearly made an immediate impact but saw his dink over Ederson to go well wide of the post.
Pep, who started off with a rather surprisingly attacking line-up, brought on Fernandinho, Gabriel Jesus and Aguero but in vain as Kante and co slammed the doors shut.
City waited for 13 years since Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Mansour took over the club just to get to the Champions…