Fans were not allowed in the stadium Sunday night to watch German club Bayern Munich squeeze by Paris St. Germain 1-0 in the tightly contested final of the 2020 Champions League, the top event in European club soccer.
16.08.2020 - 18:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Garcia started against the French side in a new-look back three, in what was only his second ever Champions League appearance.
The show of faith from Pep Guardiola came just over a week after it was announced the Spaniard has told City he will not sign a new contract at the Etihad.Guardiola had hinted that Garcia's demotion to the bench for the Real Madrid game was for 'other reasons', but he was recalled for the quarter final against Lyon.A lot has changed since Guardiola told the media of
.Fans were not allowed in the stadium Sunday night to watch German club Bayern Munich squeeze by Paris St. Germain 1-0 in the tightly contested final of the 2020 Champions League, the top event in European club soccer.
straight to your inboxManchester City Women have signed Rose Lavelle for the upcoming Women's Super League season, joining fellow US international Sam Mewis.Lavelle won the Bronze Ball in the 2019 World Cup to be named the third best player of the tournament, and scored in the final as the US won the trophy in France.The 25-year-old joined OL Reign this week from Washington Spirit, but signed a contract allowing her to play outside America.
Champions League defeat is hard to accept. City had been poor by their own high standards in the quarter final, but had just got themselves level against Lyon thanks to Kevin De Bruyne.
straight to your inboxPep Guardiola refused to comment on the VAR decisions that went against Manchester City during their Champions League quarter-final defeat to Lyon.Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring for the French side in the first-half before Kevin De Bruyne finally levelled proceedings after the interval.City should have been ahead but Raheem Sterling missed an open goal from five yards out which sparked a counter-attack from Lyon.Moussa Dembele raced clear and appeared to trip Aymeric
straight to your inbox Kevin De Bruyne warned his Manchester City team-mates they “need to learn” after their Champions League upset against Lyon. Pep Guardiola’s side suffered yet more heartache in Europe as they were beaten 3-1 in their quarter-final clash in Portugal.
straight to your inboxManchester City must add fight to their pre-match preparations if they want to progress in the Champions League quarter final against Lyon on Saturday.That is according to defender Aymeric Laporte, who insists City are prepared after a week of training in Portugal, but that will count for nothing if they are not up for a battle against their French opposition in Lisbon."The team is prepared," Laporte told reporters in the pre-match press conference, where he appeared
straight to your inboxManchester City will be hoping to claim their place in the Champions League semi-finals when they take on Lyon on Saturday night.City booked their spot in Lisbon for the conclusion of Europe's top competition after once again defeating Real Madrid 2-1 in the last 16 in the long awaited second leg at the Etihad, advancing with a 4-2 aggregate victory.The Blues arrived in the Portuguese capital earlier this week and have been training in preparation for French giants Lyon,
straight to your inboxLyon striker Karl Toko Ekambi feels that Manchester City might overlook them in Saturday night’s Champions League quarter-final clash.With a huge clash with Barcelona or Bayern Munich awaiting the victors, the Blues’ meeting with the French side is not the most eagerly-awaited of the ties in the last-eight tournament being staged in Lisbon.And Cameroon international Ekambi thinks that City might just neglect to pay attention to the “Tom Thumb” side who finished seventh in