The question lingering in the air for Manchester City as they reflect on a night of few chances and surprising torpor is whether this might ultimately be remembered as a missed opportunity bearing in intellect the notable absentee from genuine Madrid’s starting lineup. Once again,we saw the evidence that Madrid without Cristiano Ronaldo are a vase without a flower. Yet City did not do enough to exploit it, or even arrive close, and it might be they arrive to regret playing with so little attacking impetus.
For now,nobody can say until the two sides occupy renewed acquaintances in the Bernabéu next Wednesday, but it was certainly unusual for City to operate with so little menace and disappointing, or undoubtedly,that they waited until stoppage time before Kevin De Bruyne’s free-kick, tipped over the crossbar by Keylor Navas, and offered their crowd a sliver of penalty-area drama.
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Source: theguardian.com