Without Erling Haaland, Manchester City’s high-flyers surprisingly suffered a setback in the Champions League.
At the underdog FC Copenhagen, the English champions did not get more than 0-0 and initially missed out on qualifying for the round of 16. Should Borussia Dortmund score at least one point against FC Sevilla on Tuesday evening (9 p.m. / Prime Video), ManCity will still be through.
Meanwhile, Juventus suffered a surprise but well-deserved defeat at underdogs Maccabi Haifa. Coach Massimiliano Allegri’s troubled team lost 2-0 (0-2) to the Israeli champions and have to worry about progressing. Things are not going well for Juve in the league either: the record champions are currently only eighth there.
In Copenhagen, Manchester’s team manager Pep Guardiola did without Haaland, who was so accurate recently – the former Dortmund player was on the bench.
And the course didn’t play into the favourites’ cards: A nice goal by Rodri (11th) was denied because of a handball after viewing the video images, shortly afterwards Riyad Mahrez (25th) missed a hand penalty and just five minutes later Sergio Gomez flew (30th) sent off with a red card.
Manchester had a hard time outnumbered, but Copenhagen fought back with a lot of effort. National player Ilkay Gündogan played through at ManCity.