Erling Haaland: Pep Guardiola best coach in the world after Man City win Champions League

Erling Haaland said Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world after Manchester City won their first Champions League title on Saturday night.

A 1-0 victory over Inter Milan inside the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, courtesy of Rodri's 68th-minute strike, crowned City the kings of Europe and ensured Guardiola's team became just the second English club to win the treble after rivals Manchester United in 1999.

Haaland has played a central role in City's remarkable success this season. The Norwegian striker, signed from Borussia Dortmund last summer, has enjoyed a record-breaking campaign to fire City to a third straight Premier League title and the FA Cup. Of his 52 goals, 12 came in the Champions League to finish well clear as the tournament's top scorer. Liverpool's Mohamed Salah was second with eight goals.

"It's such a big game, the pressure is unbelievable, you all know that," Haaland, 22, said.

"To work with Pep is really special. We have a good relationship and he's helped me a lot. I look forward to developing even more.

“I'm still young, I have a lot of years left. To be getting trained by him every day, the best coach in the world, it's a good place to be.”

Haaland has been happy to admit throughout the season that the primary reason City signed him was to win the Champions League, and the club have done exactly that in his first year.

"Unbelievable. In my wildest dreams I would never think of this as a 22-year-old me to be honest," Haaland said. “But it shows that it's possible for a guy from a small town in Norway.

“This also gives, I think, motivation to other young people in my same kind of situation playing football in the indoor hall in my hometown."

The City celebrations are expected to last