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Can you hear me, Pep Guardiola? Your boys endured a lot of abuse.
Bodo/Glimt’s victory over Manchester City is near the top of the list in terms of victories for Norwegian football teams against English teams.
Premier League giants City were “battered in Bodo,” falling 3-1 in the Champions League on a gruesomely cold Tuesday night in the Arctic Circle.
Former Premier League striker Chris Sutton said on BBC Radio 5 Live, “They’ve caused themselves a little trouble by not winning the game.”
“That could happen if they don’t defeat Galatasaray,” the statement read. With the squad already exhausted, that’s not where they want to be.
They must find a victory and begin to develop that confidence. They have an embarrassing experience here.
Following a poor run in the Premier League, City has never won in the top flight since 2026, making it embarrassing on Tuesday in the Champions League.
Glimt’s “pummelled” Man City
According to Lillelien, Lord Nelson, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir Winston Churchill, and then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher witnessed their sons take “a hell of a beating.”
Bodo’s performance by City can be interpreted as a similar humiliation.
Similar to south Croydon or Sale, the city has a population of around 55, 000, with under 8, 000 locals evicting the Aspmyra Stadion.
Bodo and Glimt were competing in the second-tier of Norwegian football ten years ago. Since then, they have soared, finishing second on two occasions and four times in the previous six years as top-flight champions.
They won their first match of the Champions League against City, who had already won the trophy just three years ago, as a result of qualifying this year.
The fact that a club posted revenues of £52 million in their 2024 accounts surpassed those of Manchester City, who had reported a sizable $694 million in their accounts last year, is a remarkable achievement.
Glimt were well rested before facing City, who hadn’t played for six weeks since drawing against Borussia Dortmund, as their league season came to an end in November, agonizingly losing the title to Viking.
What a performance did Bodo/Glimt say, “said Sutton.” We questioned whether they had a break before the game or if they had been undercooked. Manchester City was the one who froze in the evening.
Bodo/Glimt had a strategy, they said. They were content to give up control, but when they did, they did so with speed and pace. More than three was appropriate.
They have a lot of deserved it, according to the critics who will view this as a farmers league match between a Premier League team.
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“Everything is going wrong,” the statement read.
There is a similar feeling this time around, despite the injuries that City suffered last year.
Without eight injured players, Bernardo Silva, Antoine Semenyo, who is not eligible to play in the Champions League’s group phase, and Guardiola, who was also forced to travel to Norway.
Four players under the age of 21 and under were required to start for Guardiola in the Champions League game against City’s youngest-ever starting XI.
Max Alleyne, a centre-back from Championship side Watford to help with the injury crisis, rose to the biggest stage but struggled on his Champions League debut and was culpable for the first two goals.
City have had a miserable start to 2026, winning only two of their seven games and going away with back-to-back defeats, thanks to their humiliating defeat on Saturday by Manchester United, who had already won eight straight games.
Guardiola remarked, “We must come back.” In terms of Premier League performance and today, “the results have not been good since]the end of] 2025.”
We must now move on with Galatasaray and Wolves. We had a fantastic opportunity today, but we now have a bad feeling about everything.
The players who are present will try their best to change it, he said.
Erling Haaland, a star striker who traveled to forget to his native country, will also cause a stir. With only one penalty in each of his previous eight games, he has now gone a month without scoring in open play.
Guardiola requested a minimum 72 hours of rest between games on Saturday, but the Spaniard chose to play Haaland for the entire 90 minutes against Bodo/Glimt, giving Egypt’s Omar Marmoush only 20 minutes to feature.
Rodri will miss Galatasaray’s crucial game from next week. His side had a chance to turn things around when he sent off after receiving two yellow cards in 53 seconds.
Guardiola continued, “We lost, and]there are] many things against]us since the new year,” adding. However, I am aware of how effective a team they are. We didn’t undervalue them. We arrived in some departments without significant players because they were in the Europa League semi-finals last year.
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