Manchester City are finally Champions League winners and John Stones put in a sensational display in Istanbul – and former Etihad star Samir Nasri sent a message to him last night that few will disagree with.
City are flying back to Manchester as Champions of Europe, and Treble winners.
It was Rodri who got the game’s only goal at the Ataturk Stadium against Inter.
The Spanish midfielder converted after a deflected cut back from Bernardo Silva, and good work from Manuel Akanji.
City had to work hard for the win. Inter gave a really good account of themselves and were really organised on the night.
They also threatened a few times, with Ederson being called into action. The Brazilian is certainly coming in for a lot of praise today.
Someone else who is getting serious praise is Stones, who was just magnificent.
Samir Nasri sends message to John Stones after his masterclass against Inter in the Champions League final
Many ex-City players were present last night to watch the game.
Mario Balotelli was a pundit for BT Sport. And Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez and Fernandinho were all there too.
And whoever wasn’t there was likely watching at home.
Samir Nasri caught the game, and he was really impressed with £250,000-a-week star Stones.
The Frenchman, who spent five seasons at the Etihad Stadium, was among those commenting on Stones’ Instagram post after the game.
The England international has actually done a few posts, the first of which he captioned ‘CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE’.
It was on that post that Nasri replied, writing ‘Congratulations brother happy for you. What a player’
Samir Nasri speaks for Manchester City fans everywhere as John Stones shines in Champions League final
You will be hard pressed to find a City fan that does not agree with Nasri here about Stones.
The 29-year-old was sensational last night in the biggest game you can possibly play in in club football. Stan Collymore couldn’t even wait for the game to finish before branding Stones the best player on the park.
It has truly been a remarkable transformation at City for Stones.
He was like a rabbit in headlights for his first couple of seasons.
But he now simply has to be in the conversation as being one of the best players in world football.
