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Manchester City became just the second English team to win a continental treble when they claimed their Champions League following a 1-0 win over Inter Milan.
The Cityzens had already boxed off their third Premier League title on the bounce and had the joy of dispatching their Manchester rivals in the final of the FA Cup.
But, as with life, in the world of football time moves fast. Already Pep Guardiola's side are doing their upmost to reclaim all three trophies that were gleefully lifted aloft last term.
Thankfully, there is a something to refresh the dusty memories of 12 months ago. The Netflix documentary Together: Treble winners is available to stream from 8am on April 2 and it chronicles the ups and downs of the momentous campaign.
Here, Mail Sport's Jack Gaughan takes a look at 10 things we noticed from the behind-the-scenes show.
Man City won the first Champions League in their history to complete a historic treble last year
A new documentary charting City's path to glory has given a glimpse into their dressing room
It also provides unrivalled behind-the-scenes access into the inner workings of the club
Jack Grealish took in the acclaim of the City fans in the rain during the trophy parade in June
Grealish and his cockapoo
Before he purchased a new property in Cheshire earlier this season, Jack Grealish was in the same apartment building as Erling Haaland and Kalvin Phillips near the famous Northern Quarter in the city centre.
It had its advantages. A five-minute drive to work for one. But a lack of green spaces to take his cockapoo, Skye. So he used the training ground for walkies instead.
‘There are not a lot of parks for her – and me, really – to just walk around and do stuff.’
Do stuff did go one further when Syke defecated on a first-team training pitch. Fortunately City don’t have the need to install one of those red refuse bins on campus now Grealish’s moved to the suburbs.
Jack Grealish's relationship with his cockapoo Skye was a heartwarming feature of the show
Grealish and Skye went for walks at City's training ground before he moved to the suburbs
KDB's pre-match routine
Kevin De Bruyne might look like one of the more intense midfielders in the sport, huffing and puffing his way through the biggest of games, but that’s in stark contrast to his attitude an hour before kick off.
City’s dressing room is alive with footballs pinging around and general motivational comments from the usual suspects (Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias) but De Bruyne is oblivious. He leaves getting changed quite late and just sticks his headphones on, often found playing the basic video game Candy Crush on his phone. He says he focuses on that to stop him fidgeting.
Kevin De Bruyne likes to stay relaxed before a game and often plays Candy Crush on his phone
'It doesn’t matter that you play s***'
Pep Guardiola can be quite self-reflective and in the documentary talked briefly about his attitude towards the players during the 2021 Champions League final in Porto.
City lost 1-0 against Chelsea and the manager decided to aggressively get stuck into his players at half time, which didn’t garner the expected response. So he switched it up. ‘I controlled my emotions much better (this time),’ he claimed.
In Istanbul, with it goalless, Rodri had gone inside perturbed after an uncharacteristically poor display. ‘Rodri, you are exceptional, it doesn’t matter that you play s***,’ Guardiola told him. Maybe not aggressive but certainly cutting. It did work though, in fairness.
Erling Haaland had already turned to Rodri and told him to not to worry because Guardiola ‘will change it, relax’. He wasn’t wrong, Guardiola had predicted that Inter would offer space at the byline and had told Rodri to loiter in on the edge of the box for a pullback.
The impact of Pep Guardiola's team talks on Man City's treble success were also revealed
Walker's moving message
Walker’s omission from the starting XI was the big shock that night but the right back had been given time to get his head around the fact after Guardiola broke his own usual custom by announcing the team 24 hours earlier.
The veteran wanted to be the last one to speak before
