Column: After Manchester City clinched the best two-year run in British soccer by claiming the FA Cup and a rare treble, it still has fallen short in Champions League, writes kbaxter11.
For manager Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, a sweep of the English Premier League, League Cup and FA Cup left them one title short of supremacy.
That last part has never happened before, and it’s a bit of history that takes some of the luster off Manchester City’s accomplishments.City’s back-to-back league titles made it the first team to repeat as champion since crosstown rival Manchester United in 2008-09. The FA Cup win makes it the first team to sweep all three domestic competitions — the EPL, League Cup and FA Cup — in the same season.
Yet for all that domestic dominance, City finished the season without the one prize it most covets: a European title,City coach Pep Guardiola, who won three Champions League titles as a player and coach at Barcelona, said as much last week.
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