Pep Guardiola must be wary of biggest threat to Man City's treble hopes vs Inter

After their FA Cup final victory this past Saturday, Manchester City are just one win away from the treble as they prepare for the Champions League final against Inter Milan.

City are overwhelming favourites to win; regular viewers of Champions League football would be hard-pressed to remember a final in which the predictions have been so heavily in favour of one side.

But Inter Milan will be determined to make sure the clash is harder work for City than the FA Cup final against Manchester United and the Champions League semi-final second leg against Real Madrid were for Pep Guardiola’s side.

Inter won both legs of their semi-final against their fierce, San Siro-sharing rivals AC Milan in games which were dubbed the biggest for both sides in decades. Inter scored at crucial moments, with two early goals in the first leg and a second-half clincher in the second.

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An imperious and bright presence in these games was Inter’s number 10 and captain on the night, Lautaro Martinez. The Argentine was fantastic in the tie. He glided around the pitch in the first leg, using his pace to trouble AC Milan’s backline with both direct runs and movement in the channels.

He then scored the crucial goal for Inter in the 74th minute of the second-leg which took the game beyond their rivals as he squeezed in a shot from a narrow angle to make it 3-0 on aggregate. In celebration, he stood atop the railings separating the Inter fans from the pitch as the adoring masses branded posters and flags with his face emboldened on.

Martinez has a right to drink in the celebrations. He netted 21 times in the Serie A this season, including 9 in his last 10 in all