How to watch the Champions League final free on YouTube: BT Sport to show live stream of Man City vs Chelsea

An all-English Champions League final will bring the domestic football season to a close this weekend before the European Championships begin.

Manchester City booked their first ever tilt at the title with a 4-1 aggregate victory over PSG in the semi-final, and will face Chelsea after they overcame Real Madrid 3-1.

They will meet at Estadio do Dragao in Porto, which replaced Istanbul after Turkey moved onto the UK’s travel red list, with Portugal one of a handful of green list destinations.

It means that 6,000 fans from each team are allowed to make the trip, with the vast majority having to watch on TV from the UK – so it’s fortunate that you’ll be able to tune in for free.

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How to watch the Champions League final free

The 2021 Champions League final is taking place on Saturday 29 May, with kick-off at 8.00pm.

BT Sport has shown the final for free in the UK since they won the rights to broadcast the Champions League from the 2015-16 season.

So while the match will be broadcast on TV on BT Sport 1, with coverage beginning at 6.00pm, there will also be a free live stream on the BT Sport app and BTSport.com, as well as on BT Sport’s YouTube channel here.

The Dragao stadium in Porto is pictured on May 28, 2021 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Manchester City and Chelsea. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty Images)
The final has been moved from Istanbul to Porto’s Estadio do Dragao (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Man City vs Chelsea: Predicted line-ups

Manchester City squad in full

Goalkeepers: Ederson, Scott Carson, Zack Steffen, James Trafford

Defenders: Kyle Walker, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Nathan Ake, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Aymeric Laporte, Benjamin Mendy, Joao Cancelo, Eric Garcia

Midfielders:Ilkay Gundogan, Rodrigo, Fernandinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Ferran Torres

Forwards: Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero, Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden

Predicted XI to face Chelsea: Ederson; Walker, Stones, Dias, Cancelo; Fernandinho, Rodri, Bernardo; Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 08: Rodrigo of Manchester City and Christian Pulisic of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Chelsea at Etihad Stadium on May 8, 2021 in Manchester, United Kingdom. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/Getty Images)
Man City and Chelsea have met several times this season already (Photo: Getty Images)

Chelsea squad in full

Goalkeepers: Edouard Mendy, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Willy Caballero

Defenders: Antonio Rudiger, Marcos Alonso, Andreas Christensen, Thiago Silva, Kurt Zouma, Ben Chilwell, Reece James, Cesar Azpilicueta, Emerson

Midfielders: Jorginho, N’Golo Kante, Mateo Kovacic, Mason Mount, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Billy Gilmour, Tino Anjorin

Forwards: Tammy Abraham, Christian Pulisic, Timo Werner, Olivier Giroud, Hakim Ziyech, Kai Havertz

Predicted XI to face Man City: Mendy; Rudiger, Silva, Azpilicueta; Chilwell, Jorginho, Kante, James; Mount, Pulisic; Werner

What can you expect from the Champions League final?

Kevin Garside, Chief Sports Correspondent

Porto is for Manchester City the gateway to another realm, a dimension that is host to the great institutions of the game.

The Champions League final against Chelsea is framed entirely around City’s quest to move among the grand houses of European football, to shed the inferiority complex that has held them back since the petrodollars rolled into east Manchester more than a decade ago.

Ideally City would be smashing Barcelona, Real Madrid or Bayern Munich to smithereens in the Estadio do Dragao to rubber stamp their elevation with the scalp of an historic power. Instead Chelsea bring them back to the domestic arena, robbing the fixture of its exotica and introducing the prospect of an ambush against a familiar foe.

Two of City’s Champions League defeats in the past three years came at the hands of domestic rivals, Liverpool and Spurs. They were ties City were expected to win, but somehow got sucked into the drama of the local dispute despite the altered European context.

City carry forward, too, the memory of recent defeats to Chelsea, twice in the space of three weeks in April and early May, once in the FA Cup at Wembley and again at the Etihad in the league. At least here they meet on foreign turf, which ought to dilute the local flavour a little if not the intensity.

Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel fits well into the spoiler category, a devotee of the Pep Guardiola method, a passionate figure flush with the same mania for detail and micro-management. Guardiola is unlikely to outwit his disciple or surprise him. It will come down to the quality of the players and their ability to execute. And, as always, providence.



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