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Rodri: Manchester City have learned from past European setbacks ahead of Champions League final

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Manchester City have learned from past failures in Europe as they prepare to face Inter Milan in the Champions League final, according to Rodri.City were beaten to the trophy in 2021 by Chelsea after a 1-0 defeat in Porto before throwing away a late lead to crash out against Real Madrid in the semi-final a year ago.It leaves Europe's top competition as the only major honour the club has yet to land, but they go into next Saturday's meeting with the Serie A side in Istanbul as firm favourites to complete an historic treble.The second leg of that feat was achieved with a 2-1 victory against Manchester United in the FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday, with a goal in either half from Ilkay Gundogan sealing the win and adding the cup to the Premier League title they won in May.With Europe's biggest prize having continued to elude them, Rodri pointed to last month's sensational win against Real in the last four as confirmation that the team can right the wrongs of previous seasons."As I tell you before, we try to learn a lot from the past," he said."It's something you learn and I think the desire...how we played Real Madrid, for example, before a defeat there last year, so we're going to play in the same way, trying to solve the situation, come back from the situation and try to win the final."The 4-0 victory at the Etihad against the reigning European champions that sent them to Istanbul saw City at their dazzling best, Bernardo Silva scoring twice together with goals from Manuel Akanji and Julian Alvarez to complete a 5-1 aggregate win.It was in stark contrast to the feeling surrounding the club as they were eliminated by the same opponent at the same stage the previous campaign, letting a two-goal aggregate lead slip in

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