Patrick Vieira interview on Pep Guardiola's Man City legacy, why he's under pressure and winning trebles

Manchester City have bucked the trend in recent years, going well season after season to maintain their astonishingly high standards under Pep Guardiola and keep the baubles rolling in.

There have been five league titles in six seasons now and 11 domestic trophies since Guardiola arrived at the Etihad in 2016, but tonight is the one they really want.

A second Champions League final in three seasons has presented City with a gilt-edged opportunity to conquer Europe. By doing so they would become the second English team to win a treble. The history books await in Istanbul.

But if a first European Cup is won and 2023 is etched into City folklore just like 1999 is now forever associated with Manchester United, what happens next? Is it the end of something, or just a glorious chapter in the story?

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There are likely to be some farewells on the pitch. Ilkay Gundogan could depart and every summer features the possibility of a Bernardo Silva departure, but Guardiola has also refused to rule out the idea of riding off into the sunset if he wins the trophy he cherishes above all others.

But former Inter Milan and City midfielder Patrick Vieira knows Guardiola well and he believes this is now all about legacy for the Catalan. And if City do win the treble Vieira expects them to try and repeat it again next season.

"To do it again, that's gonna be the challenge. I don't have any doubt that this is a football club that is hungry for success," Vieira told the Manchester Evening News in Istanbul.

"You're looking at the last six years in the league they finished between first and second. That consistency is not easy to have in a football club.

"Now they managed