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Man City 1-2 Lyon: Pep Guardiola's side suffer SHOCK Champions League defeat
PEP GUARDIOLA could only watch as Manchester City slipped to a surprise 2-1 defeat in their Champions League opener against Lyon. See how the action unfolded with Express Sport.
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Manchester City suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at home to Lyon in their opening Champions League Group F fixture.
Lyon took the lead in the 26th minute through Maxwel Cornet, who drove home after Fabian Delph made a hash of clearing a Nabil Fekir cross from the left.
With the suspended City manager Pep Guardiola forced to watch from the stands, Fekir the made it 2-0 to the French side in the 43rd minute with a sweetly struck drive after being set-up by Memphis Depay.
It could have been 3-0 when Depay hit the post on the hour but after that let-off City earned themselves a lifeline through Bernardo Silva, who produced a smart finish after a superb jinking run from substitute Leroy Sane.
Lyon, however, smothered City's attack well and kept chances to a minimum in the latter stages as they held on for an impressive victory.
Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Delph, Gundogan, Fernandinho, Silva, Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling.
Lyon XI: Lopes, Da Silva, Marcelo, Denayer, Mendy, Cornet, Ndombele, Cheikh, Aouar, Fekir, Depay.
- Pep Guardiola serving two-match suspension in the stands
- Nabil Fekir crosses for Maxwel Cornet to convert
- Fekir adds second just before the break with powerful finish
- Bernardo Silva pulls one back from Leroy Sane cutback