It was another night to admire the awesome power of Bayern Munich and, in the process, a collective ordeal for Manchester City and a personal one for Joe Hart. They have never been outclassed like this, on their own ground, in the Abu Dhabi era.Hart was responsible for Franck Ribéry's opening goal after six minutes and, to a lesser extent, Arjen Robben's strike on the hour.For the first goal, Rafinha had played a long, diagonal pass, right to left, out to Ribéry. The Frenchman was given too much space to step inside Jesús Navas before pulling back his right foot to take aim from 25 yards. His shot was struck cleanly enough, but Hart had a good view at it and, at this level, the bottom line is that a goalkeeper should never be beaten at his near post from that distance. Diving to his right, Hart managed to get his right hand on the ball only for it to flick off his glove and into the net.The goal was such a soft one to concede, as well as being at such an early juncture, that the effect was considerable. The crowd were flat, taking out their anger on the referee. More importantly, the players looked short of belief, misplacing passes and letting themselves down with moments of hurried carelessness.The second goal was a calamity for Clichy, who simply stopped and hoped for an offside flag as Dante floated the ball forwards. Müller simply ran clear, took the ball round Hart and slipped it into the empty net.Four minutes later, Fernandinho lost possession in midfield and Robben set off on a weaving run through the right-hand channel, picking up speed, advancing on goal and then beating Hart with a right-foot shot. Again, Hart got his hand on the ball without changing its path.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Man City 1-3 Bayern Munich
It was another night to admire the awesome power of Bayern Munich and, in the process, a collective ordeal for Manchester City and a personal one for Joe Hart. They have never been outclassed like this, on their own ground, in the Abu Dhabi era.Hart was responsible for Franck Ribéry's opening goal after six minutes and, to a lesser extent, Arjen Robben's strike on the hour.For the first goal, Rafinha had played a long, diagonal pass, right to left, out to Ribéry. The Frenchman was given too much space to step inside Jesús Navas before pulling back his right foot to take aim from 25 yards. His shot was struck cleanly enough, but Hart had a good view at it and, at this level, the bottom line is that a goalkeeper should never be beaten at his near post from that distance. Diving to his right, Hart managed to get his right hand on the ball only for it to flick off his glove and into the net.The goal was such a soft one to concede, as well as being at such an early juncture, that the effect was considerable. The crowd were flat, taking out their anger on the referee. More importantly, the players looked short of belief, misplacing passes and letting themselves down with moments of hurried carelessness.The second goal was a calamity for Clichy, who simply stopped and hoped for an offside flag as Dante floated the ball forwards. Müller simply ran clear, took the ball round Hart and slipped it into the empty net.Four minutes later, Fernandinho lost possession in midfield and Robben set off on a weaving run through the right-hand channel, picking up speed, advancing on goal and then beating Hart with a right-foot shot. Again, Hart got his hand on the ball without changing its path.
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