Manchester City got cold feet in the Arctic circle as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at tiny Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League. A nightmare trip to the far north of Norway got even worse for City when Rodri was sent off in the second half. It leaves the Spaniard suspended for their final League Phase game against Galatasaray next week, which is now looking like a must-win game for Pep Guardiola's side.
Centre-forward Kasper Hogh, who had been linked with a move to Norwich City earlier in the day, put the hosts in dreamland with two goals in quick succession in the first half before a scorching strike from Jens Petter Hauge after the break. Rayan Cherki responded for City but Rodri's sending off ruined their hopes of a comeback and they risk dropping out of the top eight places and potentially facing a play-off tie to make it to the knockout stages.
City still looked shaken by their emphatic defeat in the Manchester derby and almost fell behind in the third minute to a rapid counterattack from Bodo which broke up when they got into the area. Guardiola's side then started to play the game on their terms with short passing moves but, just as on Saturday at Old Trafford, they were vulnerable due to their high defensive line and inexperienced defence.
Alleyne failed to stop a through ball and it led to Bodo outnumbering City on the break and Ole Didrik Blomberg crossing for Hogh to head the ball through the legs of Gianluigi Donnarumma and into the net. Less than two minutes later Bodo struck again and again Alleyne was culpable, struggling to deal with a bouncing ball and allowing the hosts to pour forward and for Blomberg to feed Hogh once more.
Haaland missed two glorious chances to strike back before half-time and Bodo's dream night got even better when Hauge scored an outstanding goal, picking the ball up near the byline and beating two men before curling the ball into the far top corner from outside the area.
Bodo were brought back down to earth soon after when Rayan Cherki reduced the deficit but the sight of Rodri being shown red for two carless yellow cards in the space of two minutes put them back on track for the club's first ever win in the Champions League proper.
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