Then, the Lyon players broke away from their celebrations to console an opponent distraught at being knocked out of the Champions League without reaching the semifinals for a fourth straight season. City, the most expensively assembled squad in football history, had lost 3-1 to the team that finished seventh in the French league. “Different year, same stuff.”It leaves Pep Guardiola still waiting for a first Champions League title since 2011 with Barcelona, falling short in three attempts with Bayern Munich before repeated failures with City. The semifinals will pit France against Germany in this unique pandemic-enforced conclusion to the Champions League in Lisbon, with single games rather than two-legged semifinals. He scored three goals against the then-Premier League champions across the two group stage games last season.

Source: Hindustan Times August 16, 2020 01:36 UTC