SILVA REVEALS LATE DRAMA INSIDE CITY'S DRESSING ROOM

BLUES WATCHED ON AS MOURINHO CAME TO THE RESCUE

- By ALEX JAMES @MENSports

IN the end, it came down to the final minute of the final match.

City's players applauded the Etihad crowd as they made their way off the pitch having beaten Galatasaray, Bernardo Silva and a member of the coaching staff looked up the Champions League table state of play on a screen, supporters made for the exits still unsure of what was to come.

The Blues had won, comfortably enough really - but their 2-0 victory was not enough in isolation.

They needed favours from others and as the full time whistles blew across Europe, the one man with Pep Guardiola's side's fate in his hands happened to be Jose Mourinho.

The old adversaries, so often intertwined over the past two decades, were again thrown together by the narrative of a dramatic conclusion to the Champions League first phase. Mourinho's Benfica were leading his old club Real Madrid 3-2 in injury time.