It was the night Pep Guardiola reached his first Champions League final as a manager, and it was also the night Sylvinho’s inner-coach came bursting out.
The former Arsenal, Barcelona and Manchester City defender still puts his hands to his head as he retells the story from May 2009. Andres Iniesta had just scored at Stamford Bridge in the 93rd minute.
In the midst of the pandemonium on the Barcelona bench Sylvinho grabbed Guardiola by the lapels reminding him to use his last two changes to eat up the final minutes.