FIRST DEFEAT OF THE CITY HOME

The Basilea remembers to the City that his distractions also pay

Published:7/03/2018 - 21:00h

Updated:8/03/2018 - 02:49h

The Manchester City went back home knowing that his eliminatory of Champions was resolved, but his excess of confidence cost him expensive against the Basilea. The Swiss took advantage of the rival relaxation to start the first defeat of the Etihad Stadium

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Between the qualities that do special to the Champions is that the favouritisms never resolve the parties, and although the Manchester City lived it in his own meats, had the luck to do it with his eliminatory sentenced. The fault of interest was precisely what cost him a warning, against a Basilea brave that said goodbye to Europe to the big.

Because in addition to the 0-4 harvested in St. Jakob Park, the English, with rotations, saw as in hardly seven minutes already had fallen the first so much. It cut Leroy Sané the defence as if it was a knife, and after yielding for Bernardo Silva, repeated the played that one and so many times is giving him goals to the men of Pep Guardiola. Prolongation to the contrary stick, where appeared only Gabriel Jesus to start with to celebrate after only have to put the foot.

Too many advantages did that the rhythm of the duel went back slow and heavy, and the bajón of tension took advantage of it some rivals that in the Etihad Stadium himself played the honour. After a balloon rebounded, Mohamed Elyounoussi remained free of mark in the area of the 'citizens' and fusiló without thinking it too much to Claudio Bravo.

The Etihad Stadium is not inexpugnable

It did not go to be east the only pain that caused the Moroccan, although the definite hit arrived in the second half. They began as always the venues dominating the possession, but the occasions did not arrive and what himself did it was the traced back. Caracoleó Elyounoussi With a lot of freedom in front of Yaya Touré, filtered a pass that believed Michael Lang and tore by the short stick to a Bravo that seemed can do something more.

The thump did not have consequences, but served to see to Pep Guardiola mosqueado by a question that had empeñado in esquivar. The Swiss have started the first victory in a field that seemed inexpugnable, in which they have showed that in the Champions does not be necessary to give at all by fact. They happen the 'Sky Blues', but the glory, this time, went for the 'Rotblau'.

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