Get the biggest City stories, analysis and transfer updates delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City are on the verge of lifting their first-ever Champions League trophy.
However, as the countdown continues to that all-English showdown with Chelsea on Saturday, May 29, the newly-crowned Premier League champions might have been thrown a curveball by UEFA.
Indeed, as question marks remain over which city will actually host the final - originally scheduled for Istanbul - Pep Guardiola and City are set to be reunited with a controversial official who they have previous with.
Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz has been handed the whistle by the competition's governing body. You may remember him from a 2-1 defeat against Liverpool
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