Updates from the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City take on Inter Milan in the Champions League in a rerun of the 2023 final
Old ground is being dug up this week in a London conference room as Manchester City and the Premier League battle it out over historical charges - and it was certainly a battle on the pitch as City faced Inter Milan in the Champions League.
That's the whistle and City open their Champions League campaign with a point. A fair result on reflection. Inter have once again got into some good positions but let themselves down with various imaginative ways of seeing a move come to an end. The referee also isn't helping things by blowing his whistle every 30 seconds.Foden and Gundogan on. We're back underway.Gundogan for De Bruyne feels a straight enough swap but this is a real chance for Foden to show what he can do.
Inter threaten with a three-on-two break but Marcus Thuram drags his shot wide of the near post. Another dangerous break - this time after Rodri is dispossessed - ends in Hakan Cahanoglu spooning a shot well wide. No surprises in the line up, Lewis is at right-back nominally, Grealish is wide left and Savinho right. And City haven't conceded in the first 30 seconds which is nice.It's been a lovely late-summer's day but it's suddenly feeling a bit festive as the Halle Orchestra are pitchside for a City medley of Blue Moon, Live Forever and other City-themed songs. The brass sections and big blue and white scarves make it look like a Christmas carol concert.
It's extremely rare that City don't wear their home kit at the Etihad - almost 20 years since the last time in fact - but the fourth kit has proven incredibly popular and broke sales records on the first day it went on sale. One goal is all he needs to break Cristiano Ronaldo’s record at Real Madrid for the quickest to 100 goals for a club. Ronaldo took 105 and Haaland has played 103 for City, so it’s now or never.
Sixteen points from eight games and you can avoid a play-off and go straight into the last-16. The format may have been tweaked but Guardiola spoke yesterday about the same formula: win your home games. Bet Boosts + Bet Builder Boosts: Kevin De Bruyne to score from outside the box @ 9/1, Erling Haaland to score two or more goals @ 9/2
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