Erling Haaland, Manchester City’s Norwegian star striker, said sorry to the team’s fans after being at the end of a stunning Champions League upset at Norwegian underdogs Bodo/Glimt.
City, on Tuesday night, slumped to a 1-3 away loss in a match that also saw star midfielder Rodri get sent off for two yellow cards in quick succession.
The unexpected defeat against the tournament debutant came three days after City was outplayed in a 2-0 loss at fierce rival Manchester United in the Premier League.
City has won just two of its last seven matches in all competitions — and one of those was against third-tier Exeter in the FA Cup.
“I don’t have the answers. I take full responsibility of not being able to score the goals I should do,” Haaland said.
“I just apologise to everyone — every single Man City supporter and every single supporter that travelled today. Because in the end, it’s embarrassing,” he added.
City manager Pep Guardiola said “everything is going wrong” for his team. “Today was an incredible opportunity for us,” Guardiola said, “but everything is going wrong, going against us in many details. That’s a fact and we have to try to change it. The players are there and we tried. I don’t have any doubt that in this competition, nothing is for granted, that’s for sure. United were better than us [Saturday]. Today it was momentum that punished us,” said Guardiola.
City has also been hit by injuries, especially in defense, where centre backs Ruben Dias, John Stones and Josko Gvardiol are all out and right back Matheus Nunes was absent due to illness. “We arrived in some departments without important players… we are a little fragile,” Guardiola said.
Meanwhile, A last-gasp Luis Suarez header condemned Paris Saint-Germain to a 1-2 defeat at Sporting Lisbon, jeopardising the title-holders’ chances of a top eight finish and direct qualification for the last-16.
Elsewhere, Gabriel Jesus pushed Arsenal into the last 16 with a double in 3-1 win at Inter Milan. Also, Kylian Mbappe struck twice against his former side Monaco as Real Madrid romped to an emphatic 6-1 victory.
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