This is how the betting favorite begins to take the Champions League. Those directed by Guardiola supposedly the best coach in the world that with all the millions of the Sheikh continues to disappoint in Europe.

Manchester City on one of its worst nights in a long time was not like it. Without Sané or Agüero, both substitutes by technical decision, the front of attack was reserved for Sterling, Bernardo and Gabriel Jesus that shone by his absence in a match where City could not with the intensity imposed by Lyon.

The French team would surprise Etihad Stadium with an unusual personality for a Manchester City visitor, with goals from Cornet and Fekir Lyon reflecting the obvious superiority he had in the first half. In the second half, I enter Sané and Agüero to look to reduce distances. And found results. Sané overflowed and with a center back, Bernardo Silva put the discount and City did not have time for more. With this defeat, Manchester City adds their third consecutive loss at home in the Champions League after the harvests last season against Basel (1-2) and Liverpool (1-2) in the eighth and quarterfinals.

Guardiola, on the other hand, was serving a penalty and could only watch the game from the stands, the positive thing of being alone in the stands for Pep was that he was able to cross out all the days free of his players and find a way to torture them so they do not return to lose at home, and less for Champions. We already know that Guardiola does not shake his hand to punish his players when they win, we do not want to know what he will do to them when they lose or what the Manchester City owner, Mansour, will do after having invested 1,500 million euros. for the team that is seventh in the French league, Lyon.