Manchester City have overcome an early scare to get their Champions League defence off to a solid start, but manager Pep Guardiola says his side are now “in trouble” after Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva joined the club’s lengthy injury list.
Elsewhere, Barcelona cruised past Antwerp, and Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain to an opening win on a breathless beginning to the group stage of Europe’s top club competition on Tuesday.
Manchester City have overcome an early scare to get their Champions League defence off to a solid start, but manager Pep Guardiola says his side are now “in trouble” after Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva joined the club’s lengthy injury list.
Elsewhere, Barcelona cruised past Antwerp, and Kylian Mbappe helped Paris Saint-Germain to an opening win on a breathless beginning to the group stage of Europe’s top club competition on Tuesday.
In Manchester, Guardiola’s side were stunned when Red Star’s Osman Bukari opened the scoring in first-half stoppage time. But Julian Alvarez continued his sparkling early season form by levelling two minutes after the break.
The Argentine then got some help from Red Star goalkeeper Omri Glazer as he flapped at Alvarez’s free kick to allow the ball to fly into the far corner. Rodri rounded off a 3-1 win with a composed finish 17 minutes from time.
But City midfielder Silva was forced off before half-time, and the manager said the Portuguese playmaker “won’t be able to play for the next games”.
City are already without key players Kevin De Bruyne, John Stones, Jack Grealish and Mateo Kovacic due to injury.
