Former Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola watches the Champions League tie against PSG
Pep Guardiola watches Manchester City take on PSG in the Champions League
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It's been f***ing fun said Pep Guardiola when he last left the Etihad Stadium.
On Wednesday night the Catalan was back 'home' in a show of support to the club, staff, fans and players in the wake of the guilty verdicts in the 115 case against the Premier League.
And while City ultimately came up short against two-time defending Champions League winners PSG, few can argue that the match wasn't f***ing fun.
Six goals, a hatful of chances, some brilliant moments, some bizarre ones, a missed penalty and referee Sven Jablonski getting flattened by Enzo Fernandez.
At the end of it all City were beaten 4-2, undone by two goals in 99 seconds in the opening quarter as PSG threatened to run away with a contest they led 3-0 at the break.
Enzo Maresca's side had barely had a sniff but they were a team reborn after the break, creating - and spurning - chance after chance and conceding a goal that left Gianluigi Donnarumma scratching his head.
Plenty around the Etihad were scratching theirs as well given how this contest unfolded. PSG could have been out of sight at half time but come the final whistle, plenty were wondering how City hadn't got a result.
They hit post and bar in the second half, saw an effort cleared off the line and made the star-studded visitors look distinctly ordinary for large parts of a second period they dominated, even if PSG still found a way to win a penalty which Donnaruma saved.
Guardiola felt it all too, celebrating Haaland's goals with gusto, reacting like every other Blue as chances came and went. He was set to catch up with Maresca after the final whistle on his return to Manchester. It wasn't the result either man wanted, but boy was it fun.
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