Manchester City’s destruction of Madrid has the feel of an era-defining triumph | Jonathan Wilson

Blend of intelligence and power should see off Inter in final and confirm petrostate clubs have finally surpassed traditional eliteFor 15 years, Manchester City have had one ambition above all others. Since Sheikh Mansour acquired the club, the Champions League has been their goal. They’ve quested over high mountains and through dark forests. They’ve lost in quarter-finals and semi-finals, once in the final itself, thwarted by heroes and monsters, undone often as much by themselves a