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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio do Dragão - Porto Saturday 29 May 2021 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Manchester City FC Matchday 13 - Final Chelsea FC Last updated 24/05/2021 12:24CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 14 Competition facts 17 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Manchester City FC - Chelsea FC Saturday 29 May 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 28/04/1971 SF Manchester City FC - Chelsea FC Manchester Healey 43 (og) agg: 0-2 14/04/1971 SF Chelsea FC - Manchester City FC 1-0 London Smethurst 46 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester City FC 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 Chelsea FC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 Manchester City FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sterling 4, 21, Manchester City FC - Tottenham 4-3 Bernardo Silva 11, 17/04/2019 QF Manchester Hotspur agg: 4-4 ag Agüero 59; Son 7, 10, Llorente 73 Tottenham Hotspur - 09/04/2019 QF 1-0 London Son 78 Manchester City FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - Liverpool 1-2 Jesus 2; Salah 56, 10/04/2018 QF Manchester FC agg: 1-5 Firmino 77 Salah 12, Oxlade- Liverpool FC - Manchester City 04/04/2018 QF 3-0 Liverpool Chamberlain 21, FC Mané 31 Chelsea FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mané 48, 95 ET; 2-2 14/08/2019 F Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC Istanbul Giroud 36, Jorginho (aet, 5-4 pens) 101 ET (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Giroud 49, Pedro Rodríguez 60, E. 29/05/2019 F Chelsea FC - Arsenal FC 4-1 Baku Hazard 65 (P), 72; Iwobi 69 2 Manchester City FC - Chelsea FC Saturday 29 May 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hernández 43, Park Manchester United FC - Chelsea 2-1 12/04/2011 QF Manchester Ji-Sung 77; Drogba FC agg: 3-1 77 Chelsea FC - Manchester United 06/04/2011 QF 0-1 London Rooney 24 FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Drogba 51, Alex 57, Lampard 76, 89; 4-4 14/04/2009 QF Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC London Fábio Aurélio 19, Xabi agg: 7-5 Alonso 28 (P), Lucas Leiva 81, Kuyt 83 Torres 6; Ivanović 39, 08/04/2009 QF Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC 1-3 Liverpool 62, Drogba 67 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - Chelsea 1-1 Ronaldo 26; Lampard 21/05/2008 F Moscow FC (aet, 6-5 pens) 45 Drogba 33, 105 ET, 3-2 Lampard 98 ET (P); 30/04/2008 SF Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC London agg 4-3 (aet) Torres 64, Babel 117 ET Kuyt 43; John Arne 22/04/2008 SF Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC 1-1 Liverpool Riise 90+4 (og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 01/05/2007 SF Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC agg: 1-1 (aet, 4- Liverpool Agger 22 1 pens) 25/04/2007 SF Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC 1-0 London J.Cole 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/12/2005 GS Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC 0-0 London 28/09/2005 GS Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC 0-0 Liverpool UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 03/05/2005 SF Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC Liverpool Luis García 4 agg: 1-0 27/04/2005 SF Chelsea FC - Liverpool FC 0-0 London UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Reyes 45+1; Lampard 06/04/2004 QF Arsenal FC - Chelsea FC London agg: 2-3 51, Bridge 87 3 Manchester City FC - Chelsea FC Saturday 29 May 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto UEFA Champions League Gudjohnsen 53; Pirès 24/03/2004 QF Chelsea FC - Arsenal FC 1-1 London 59 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester City FC 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 5 5 11 Chelsea FC 8 3 4 1 8 3 2 3 3 1 2 0 19 7 8 4 25 19 4 Manchester City FC - Chelsea FC Saturday 29 May 2021 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio do Dragão, Porto Match background Manchester City's first UEFA Champions League final pits them against domestic rivals Chelsea, who are in the decider for the third time and looking to add to their 2012 triumph. • This is the sides' first European meeting in 50 years, but both have already endured plenty of UEFA Champions League heartache at the hands of Premier League sides, City being eliminated by domestic rivals in 2018 and 2019 while Chelsea's first final appearance ended in defeat by familiar foes. • This is the third all-English UEFA Champions League final, Chelsea having been involved in the first, when they lost on penalties to Manchester United in Moscow in 2008. Two years ago, Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid. • There have been seven previous UEFA Champions League finals between clubs from the same country, all since 2000. Real Madrid were victorious in all-Spanish affairs in 2000 (Valencia), 2014 and 2016 (both Atlético de Madrid) while AC Milan beat fellow Italian side Juventus on penalties in 2003 and Bayern München overcame Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 all-German final. • City are the ninth English club to appear in a European Cup final, more than any other country; Italy and Germany are next on the list with six each. • This final will now be held at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto, the venue for City's goalless draw against the local side in the group stage – the only game they have failed to win in this season's competition – and where Chelsea have won only once in four attempts. • City and Chelsea have both conceded just four goals en route to this final, the lowest total for the two finalists since Barcelona (four goals against) took on Arsenal (two) in the 2006 decider. Neither side have conceded more than once in a UEFA Champions League game in 2020/21. Final pedigree Manchester City • City are the 42nd club to reach the European Cup final, and the third newcomers in successive seasons after Tottenham in 2019 and Paris Saint-Germain in 2020. They are the 21st team to reach the UEFA Champions League final. • City could become the 23rd side to win the European Cup, and the first new name on the trophy since Chelsea's 2012 triumph. • This is City's second European final. They beat Polish club Górnik Zabrze 2-1 at Vienna's Prater Stadion in the 1969/70 European Cup Winners' Cup final. • Josep Guardiola, a winner with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, could become the sixth coach to win the European Cup with two different clubs, after Ernst Happel (Feyenoord 1970, Hamburg 1983), Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund 1997, Bayern München 2001), José Mourinho (Porto 2004, Internazionale 2010), Jupp Heynckes (Real Madrid 1998, Bayern 2013) and Carlo Ancelotti (AC Milan 2003, 2007, Real Madrid 2014). • İlkay Gündoğan is the only member of the City squad who has previously played in the UEFA Champions League final. Having scored Dortmund's goal from the penalty spot in their 2-1 defeat by Bayern in 2013, he could become the fourth player to find the net for different clubs in the European Cup final. Velibor Vasović (Partizan 1966, Ajax 1969), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United 2008, Real Madrid 2014, 2017) and Mario Mandžukić (Bayern 2013, Juventus 2017) have all previously managed it. Chelsea • This is Chelsea's third UEFA Champions League final, with both previous appearances decided by penalties (W1 L1): 2008 Manchester United L 1-1 (aet, 5-6 pens), Moscow 2012 Bayern München W 1-1 (aet, 4-3 pens), Munich • Thomas Tuchel led Paris Saint-Germain to last season's final, where they were beaten 1-0 by Bayern in Lisbon; he is the first man to take two different clubs to the European Cup final in successive seasons. • Thiago Silva was captain of the Paris side that lost in last season's final; he is the only Chelsea player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League decider. • Mateo Kovačić was an unused substitute in Real Madrid's final wins in 2017 and 2018; he also made eight appearances in their victorious 2015/16 campaign, but missed out on the matchday squad for the final. • In addition to their two UEFA Champions League appearances, Chelsea were also victorious in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals in 1971 (2-1 replay vs Real Madrid) and 1998 (1-0 vs Stuttgart) and the UEFA Europa League finals in 2013 (2-1 vs Benfica) and 2019 (4-1 vs Arsenal).