Despite all of their spending and their place in the Premier League, Manchester City have gone crashing out of their first attempt at UEFA Champions League glory.
Manchester City Vs. Bayern Munich, 2011 UEFA Champions League: City Out Despite 2-0 Win
It certainly didn’t matter to Bayern, who were happy to sit around doing approximately nothing while City’s players desperately tried to summon some motivation from somewhere, hoping for a miracle from Villarreal. They didn’t get it. Napoli won, and suddenly the result (it finished 2-0 to City) was completely meaningless.
Read Article >Manchester City Vs. Bayern Munich, 2011 UEFA Champions League: Lineups
Manchester City need a win to have any hope of advancing from UEFA Champions League Group A and therefore field a strong lineup. Bayern Munich do not. The Bundesliga leaders are already through as group winners and therefore can afford to faff around a little bit, with coach Jupp Heynckes apparently trying to answer that age-old question ‘can I field a starting eleven that my bench could beat?’ Happily for City, it looks like Heynckes might have managed it.
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