stonerblue
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Manchester City’s night of triumph against Bayern Munich ended in farce as Manuel Pellegrini and his players misunderstood goal difference rules and sacrificed a late opportunity to top their Champions League group.
City recovered from two goals down in the Allianz Arena to beat the European champions 3-2, but had they scored one more in the closing stages they would have avoided a potential nightmare draw in the knockout stage.
Pellegrini’s side was tasked with bettering the 3-1 loss they suffered to Bayern at the Etihad, and while that was broadly considered to be a 3-0 win, a 4-2 victory would have sufficed courtesy of superior away goals.
Midfielder James Milner, who scored the winner, admitted the players thought they needed a 5-2 win. It was evident from post-match comments from manager Pellegrini that he too did not know a 4-2 win would have been enough.
When Milner put City ahead, Pellegrini made a tactical change by taking off David Silva and Edin Dzeko and his team played on the counter-attack in the closing stages.
Milner, an outstanding performer on the night, said: “We didn’t know if 4-2 would be enough or if we would need 5-2. We thought it needed to be 5-2 to be honest. It’s not easy to score three goals here, so to score four would have been a tough task. It’s pleasing to score three goals at a place like this and we’re going to need to do that in the next round.
“We’re slightly disappointed we did not finish top of the group. But to be slightly disappointed at beating Bayern Munich in their own ground is pretty pleasing.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ity-chance-to-top-Champions-League-group.html
Manchester City’s night of triumph against Bayern Munich ended in farce as Manuel Pellegrini and his players misunderstood goal difference rules and sacrificed a late opportunity to top their Champions League group.
City recovered from two goals down in the Allianz Arena to beat the European champions 3-2, but had they scored one more in the closing stages they would have avoided a potential nightmare draw in the knockout stage.
Pellegrini’s side was tasked with bettering the 3-1 loss they suffered to Bayern at the Etihad, and while that was broadly considered to be a 3-0 win, a 4-2 victory would have sufficed courtesy of superior away goals.
Midfielder James Milner, who scored the winner, admitted the players thought they needed a 5-2 win. It was evident from post-match comments from manager Pellegrini that he too did not know a 4-2 win would have been enough.
When Milner put City ahead, Pellegrini made a tactical change by taking off David Silva and Edin Dzeko and his team played on the counter-attack in the closing stages.
Milner, an outstanding performer on the night, said: “We didn’t know if 4-2 would be enough or if we would need 5-2. We thought it needed to be 5-2 to be honest. It’s not easy to score three goals here, so to score four would have been a tough task. It’s pleasing to score three goals at a place like this and we’re going to need to do that in the next round.
“We’re slightly disappointed we did not finish top of the group. But to be slightly disappointed at beating Bayern Munich in their own ground is pretty pleasing.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...ity-chance-to-top-Champions-League-group.html