I saw Pep Guardiola's Man City nerves turn to anger as reaction to Matheus Nunes error says it all
Manchester City scraped through in the Champions League as they beat Club Brugge with a second half comeback.
A sluggish first half ended with the visitors taking the lead as City struggled to make a breakthrough against their deep defence and fast counter-attacks.
But Mateo Kovacic, Savinho and an own goal turned the game around and ensured City face Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the play-off round to try and keep their Champions League hopes alive.
These are the moments you might have missed from City's clash with Club Brugge:
Guardiola's touchline nerves turn into anger
It was a better opening to the game than the weekend's calamity vs Chelsea, but Guardiola had his head in his hands on just two minutes against Brugge. Matheus Nunes and Manu Akanji jumped for the same header on the halfway line but neither took ownership, sending Christos Tzolis free into the City half.
Tzolis hadn't even taken his first touch before Guardiola was turning away in disgust, before watching Josko Gvardiol bail out his teammates with a block. Guardiola told his side to 'be themselves', and play without emotion in the build up. But it was evident in the opening stages that he was both nervous and feeling the nerves of his players.
One comical moment saw Guardiola race to retrieve a ball that bounced into the technical areas, only to hit Brugge coach Nicky Hayen as he tried to restart play quickly. It prompted a run to his counterpart to apologise and a sheepish jog back to his own area. Guardiola was kicking every ball and remained stood on the extremity of his area throughout, trying to raise the energy of his players and the supporters wherever he could.
When Matheus Nunes kicked fresh air rather than the ball on the stroke of


