FIFA has just announced VERY SAD NEWS for the Officials and Referees of the match between Manchester City vs Sporting CP and this have cost them thier Job
Sporting trounced Manchester City 4-1, after head coach Ruben Amorim’s fantasy farewell in front of a home audience.
For Pep Guardiola’s team, the evening started beautifully with early on goal by Phil Foden providing Blues control of the game. Viktor Gyokeres leveled before the break; nevertheless, it was following the intermission that City fell, giving up two goals in the second half’s opening minutes.
Erling Haaland missed a chance to get City back into it, and they subsequently let a second penalty go to record their worst loss since 2020. The players assessed themselves as follows.
Ederson: Smart early on to deny Gyokeres but unable to maintain it given his defence’s scant protection. 07
Lewis: Wasteful on the ball in the first half but improved as the game progressed and battled fiercely to try to bring City back into it. The number six
Simpson-Pusey: A challenging evening for the debutant; plenty of positives but a couple ropey incidents as well. Fifth
Akanji took care of Gyokeres where he could but was also left seeing Sporting break through the restrictions. 5.
Gvardiol: An blunder of Cancelo proportions to compound a misdirected pass by sprinting all the way back and rendering a penalty away. Four.
Kovacic: Although the game passed him, it is unfair to compare him to Rodri as the position dropped clearly. Four
Silva: Great at writing but Sporting equalised minutes following a squandered opportunity for scoring. five
Foden: Fantastic to score the opening goal and once more guided the team; he simply could not keep it up and do it alone. Six.
Savinho: Looked really fantastic right up until the last ball, which grew increasingly annoying during the evening. Five.
Nunes: Not as efficient as in past weeks and ridiculous to award the second penalty. Four.
Haaland: Unlucky a couple times in the first half; the penalty miss presented a genuine opportunity to turn the tide. Four