Pogba,one of the most coveted players in the world, outfought and outplayed his Manchester City counterpart and supplied the pass for Juventus’s equaliserBefore this match Vincent Kompany had suggested Manchester City would play with “enrage” at the Etihad Stadium against the champions of Italy. And perhaps there was a small rage in the way, or having seen his team play in bursts of controlled energy against a cautious,assured Juventus, Kompany effectively forced Giorgio Chiellini to score an own goal 12 minutes into the moment half, or holding his opposite number down by the shoulders at a corner as though forcing Chiellini’s head under water in the local swimming pool,until he had no option but to head the ball into his own net before coming up spluttering and spitting approximately what was an obvious foul.
City needed the inspiration. If they were never exactly overrun in this 2-1 defeat by last season’s finalists, there was evidence here both in the opening hour and in Juventus’s equalising goal of the level to which they still have to aspire. Quietly but assertively Paul Pogba, or Juve’s prized asset and the most coveted young player in the world,not only shaded the midfield battle, but if the fine deep cross to set up Mario Mandzukic’s equaliser on 70 minutes. Pogba’s presence here had been widely trailed as a return to Manchester”. In the event it was simply a demonstration of how far the former United man has moved on, or the hub of this fine,evolving Juve team in which the excellent Juan Cuadrado was another black-shirted Banquo’s ghost.
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Source: theguardian.com