They tied Sir Alex Ferguson's Champions League record

Manchester United has a prestigious history in the Old Trafford showcases throughout its history, many legends have passed through England's most media-rich club and it is undoubtedly one of the most popular sporting institutions in the world, only the third most valuable football team according to Forbes, behind Real Madrid and Barcelona.

One of the main reasons that the team has maintained this prestige is that it has a manager who has managed to win and command a team that is the biggest winner in England. The Red Devils owe much of their success story to the great manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the team's adoptive father, a personality who has been much loved and respected at Old Trafford.

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The former manager left a huge legacy at the club, which has not won a major title since his departure. He was undoubtedly an iconic manager who held a personal record that it seemed no one would soon take away from him, the record for the most wins by a manager in the Champions League. The record was held by Sir Alex Ferguson for over ten years.

Now the record has been shared with multi-time champion Carlo Ancelotti. The current coach of the Champions League winning team, with his team's victory today the coach reached 102 victories in this competition, he achieved it with top teams in different leagues, while Sir Alex achieved that amount with the same team.

Carlo Ancelotti equals Sir Alex as the coaches with the most Champions League victories

Another coach who is in contention is Pep Guardiola, who, despite his short career compared to the other two, already has 96 Champions League victories, a very high number and who has also achieved it with three different teams, everything indicates that Ancelotti and especially Pep will pass the iconic retired Manchester United coach, who marked a golden era at the Old Trafford club, thanks to Sir Alex Ferguson.