Man City caught cold in Arctic Circle as Bodo/Glimt win Champions League clash

Manchester City’s hopes of avoiding the Champions League play-off round suffered a blow as they crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat at Norwegian upstarts Bodo/Glimt.

Rodri was sent off on a dismal night for Pep Guardiola’s side in the Arctic Circle.

Two first-half goals from Kasper Hogh, both after mistakes by Max Alleyne, and a later effort from Jens Petter Hauge stunned the visitors.

Rayan Cherki pulled one back but the scoreline actually flattered City, who struggled to trouble their impressive hosts.

The loss piled on the misery for City after their weekend derby loss to Manchester United and left them facing a crunch clash against Galatasaray in their final league phase match next week.

City could make excuses about the climate, a string of absentees or the artificial surface but they were ultimately outplayed.

Erling Haaland, on his return to his native Norway, was again kept quiet as Bodo produced one of the best results in their history.

City were without 11 senior players through either illness, injury, suspension or ineligibility.

Nevertheless, the manner in which Bodo repeatedly troubled them on the break was alarming.

They had a warning when Bodo’s pacey forwards got behind the defence – which again featured inexperienced centre-backs Abduokodir Khusanov and Alleyne – but failed to capitalise.

Typically City controlled a lot of possession but despite winning a series of corners, could not test home goalkeeper Nikita Haikin.

Alleyne spurned a chance when he missed a header from a corner and things got worse for the youngster as Bodo pounced on two errors in quick succession.

Alleyne first missed a tackle on halfway that allowed Bodo to counter. Ole Didrik Blomberg raced into the area and recovered his footing after