Errors leave Man City in brand new territory in the Champions League
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Guardiola has had his traumas in the Champions League, but usually in the quarter- and semi-finals, amid City’s exits on penalties, away goals and late drama. open image in gallery City’s stars have failed to produce match-saving performances Viewed one way, City’s only continental wins so far have come against the minnows of Slovan Bratislava and Sparta Prague. And if that was last month’s trip to Sporting CP, City’s record could still have given Guardiola sufficient confidence to feel he could rest players when 3-0 up against Feyenoord. For the 19-year-old defender Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, who came on for Nathan Ake, it gives him the unenviable record of playing 111 minutes in the Champions League, in which time City have conceded seven goals.