Rodri believes that Manchester City must focus on themselves — and not the poor form of their opponents — if they want to get their Champions League campaign off to a winning start.
22.08.2022 - 00:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Manchester City Women have been knocked out of the Champions League after they lost 1-0 to Real Madrid as Caroline Weir scored against her old club.
It was written in the stars ahead of kick-off for the former City player to break Blues’ hearts, and it took just 15 minutes for Weir to find the scoresheet. It was a lovely finish from the Scot as she perfectly controlled a cross to feet, calmly spun her marker on the penalty spot before firing the ball into the top corner past the helpless Ellie Roebuck in goal.
It was the type of finish that reminded City fans why she was nominated for Fifa’s Puskas award for Goal of the Year two seasons running during her time at the club.
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Things nearly turned from bad to worse for City after 35 minutes when Kathellen Sousa found herself unmarked inside the six-yard-box. Thankfully for the Blues, she somehow managed to head the ball off the crossbar in front of an open goal from three-yards out as the score remained 1-0.
City went into the break a goal down and the players needed to re-group after a first half that offered next to nothing for Gareth Taylor’s side. As the players emerged back into the 32-degree heat for the second-half, it was unfortunately more of the same as Madrid began to find their groove in a game where chances for City were few and far between.
City did eventually get their chance in the 80th minute after Lauren Hemp found herself in space on the left as she drilled the ball low across the box to pick out Deyna Castellanos. The player was desperately unlucky to see her first-time effort hit the inside of the post and eventually be cleared away to safety.
Roebuck was then called into
Rodri believes that Manchester City must focus on themselves — and not the poor form of their opponents — if they want to get their Champions League campaign off to a winning start.
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