THREE things we learnt from Man City’s Champions League opening
The big games don’t always deliver
When Manchester City and Bayern Munich, champions of their respective leagues meet in the greatest club football tournament, you expect to see a spectacle.
When Arjen Robben, Xabi Alonso, Robert Lewandowski, Mario Gotze & co are going toe-to-toe with Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany, amongst others, you expect to have 90 minutes of excitement.
Well, tonight failed to deliver!
Yaya Toure flatters to deceive
It is these big European nights that City need the marauding runs and physical presence that the Ivory Coast international brings. However, in a game where the Citizens were under the cosh for a lot of the 90 minutes, Yaya was unable to have his usual influence in the middle of the park.
This, as football fans like to do, brought about a lot of criticism for the midfielder:
Joe Hart is Manchester City’s No.1
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When Willy Caballero arrived from La Liga in the summer, many believed that England’s No.1’s place was under threat. However, after a string of superb saves tonight – Thomas Muller will be having Joe Hart-related nightmares – the ‘keeper has cemented his spot between the sticks for a few more games at least: