![]() One air shot later the City left back had missed his opportunity to connect with the ball and could only watch as Maxwel Cornet gathered the cross behind him and slipped a low shot into Ederson’s bottom-right corner. The Lyon captain duly skipped away to send over a cross from the left, yet it was poorly directed and gave Delph every chance to clear. First, Fernandinho gave the ball away on halfway with City in attack mode, inviting Nabil Fekir to exploit the space that would normally have been filled by Walker. To the joint disbelief of Guardiola in the stand and Mikel Arteta on the touchline, 26 minutes of inept football were capped by an absolute gift of a goal to offer the visitors the encouragement they barely deserved. ![]() David Silva giving the ball away on the edge of his own area then crashing into Fabian Delph in his efforts to retrieve it Kyle Walker passing the ball straight to Houssem Aouar Aymeric Laporte being turned by Memphis Depay – these are all sights to which Manchester City coaches are no longer unaccustomed. This time City were not just wasteful in the opposition penalty area, they were guilty of errors all over the pitch. Watching from the stands, Guardiola must have felt like pulling the brim of his flat cap lower and lower as he surveyed one mistake after another. ![]() Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reacts in the stands during the Champions League Group F match against Lyon at the Etihad Stadium. ![]()
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