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Manchester City 0-0 Inter: Post-match reaction
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18/09/2024
Michael Plant gives his thoughts after Manchester City fail to find a way past Inter Milan in their opening game of the 2024/25 Champions League.
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So it was 0-0 tonight in the Champions League game between Manchester City and Inter Milan.
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I think a point that City will be slightly disappointed with, albeit they'll know that
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Inter are a pretty solid side and a difficult opponent, perhaps the most difficult team
00:12
they will play in the Champions League this season.
00:15
But it was a game for Lone Spells that actually Inter defended really well, they made it really
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compact and really difficult to break down.
00:20
They started with a 3 at the back but as soon as City got on the ball the two wing backs
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dropped back and made it 5.
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Really difficult for City to operate, to find spaces to break down.
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Erling Haaland struggled to get on the ball and to create too many chances.
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There wasn't a huge amount of opportunities for the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, although
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he did come off at half time, but he couldn't really pull the strings quite as effectively
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as he would tend to do.
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It was the same for Jack Grealish who I thought had a good game, had plenty of good opportunities
00:43
pushing inside but he couldn't quite create that moment of magic.
00:47
And of course the game against Inter Milan, famous in City folklore, of course for winning
00:52
the Champions League.
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16 months ago that was a game that Rodri managed to provide the decisive late goal, well it
00:58
wasn't the case this afternoon or this evening because Ilkay Gundogan had two late headers
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which he couldn't quite convert.
01:03
One in particular I think could be really disappointed, that he headed right at the
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Inter goalkeeper Jan Sommer and Phil Foden also had two good chances as well, again right
01:12
at Jan Sommer.
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And by the end, I think that City for long spells were happy enough keeping it tight
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but they really went for it in the last 20 minutes, pushed and pushed to try and get
01:20
that late goal but they couldn't quite get it.
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I think, as I say, a point City would be slightly disappointed with, albeit I don't think they'd
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be too concerned about it because they'll know that Inter are probably the most difficult
01:31
side they will face.
01:32
Now I'm recording this video straight after the game so I don't know any update in terms
01:37
of team news but Kevin De Bruyne came off at half time, went down at the end of the
01:42
first half, appeared to kind of clutch his leg, seemingly picked up a knock.
01:45
We'll have to find out, Pep Guardiola provides more information on that in his press conference
01:49
in, well, the next 15 minutes or so.
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Savino also went off at half time, he's had really bad luck with injuries since he's come
01:55
in in the summer so we'll have to wait and see if there's any update on both of those
01:57
players.
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And I suppose a final point to finish off is that much of the build-up into this game
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has been talked about how UEFA pitched this as a new Champions League format which is
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going to provide more jeopardy, more entertainment and big clashes between, you know, the champions
02:10
of England and the champions of Italy, as an example.
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On the flip side, you've got Rodri talking about, look, the players are tired, the players
02:15
are burnt out and to be honest with you, I think that Rodri, his argument looks more
02:18
convincing after tonight's game because for 70 minutes there wasn't a huge amount in this
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game, although City, as I say, did push late on to try and get back goal but, yeah, a point
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that City will be happy enough with, albeit perhaps disappointed they didn't get that
02:31
winner in the end.
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