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01/20 16:11 CST Man City stunned by tiny Bodo/Glimt in huge Champions League
upset and Arsenal into round of 16
Man City stunned by tiny Bodo/Glimt in huge Champions League upset and Arsenal
into round of 16
By STEVE DOUGLAS
AP Sports Writer
Manchester City lost 3-1 at tiny Norwegian club Bodo/Glimt in one of the most
humiliating upsets in Champions League history on Tuesday, while defending
champion Paris Saint-Germain also was on the end of an unexpected defeat at
Sporting Lisbon.
Vincius Jnior turned jeers from his own fans to cheers by scoring for Real
Madrid in a 6-1 win over Monaco and Arsenal became the first team to secure
direct qualification for the round of 16 after a 3-1 victory at Inter Milan,
maintaining its 100% record in the league stage after seven rounds.
Pep Guardiola's squad of City superstars was humbled inside an 8,000-capacity
stadium in Bodo, a Norwegian fishing town north of the Arctic Circle whose
soccer team is playing in the Champions League for the first time this season.
City fell 3-0 behind at one point and had 2024 Ballon d'Or winner Rodri sent
off in the second half.
"Everything is going wrong," said Guardiola, whose team was coming off an
abject derby loss to Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday.
Colombia international Luis Suarez's 90th-minute goal earned Sporting a 2-1 win
over PSG, which --- like City --- now has work to do in next week's final round
to qualify automatically to the last 16 and avoid needing to go through the
two-legged playoffs for the second straight season.
PSG dropped to fifth and City to seventh --- and are likely to slip lower after
Wednesday's games.
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