Man City's humiliating defeat exposes fundamental flaw of the Champions LeagueManchester City were stunned by Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League and have struggled in recent games but the relatively new Champions League format still gives them plenty of hopeView 3 Images Manchester City may have bene humiliated - but it will ultimately count for little (Image: )Manchester City’s defeat in the Arctic Circle should have been a result that froze European football in its tracks. ‌A squad with a market value of under £50million beats a squad with a market value of well over £1billion. And this coming on the back of one of City’s worst Premier League performances in recent memory. ‌It is certainly not stretching matters to see City’s current run of form as a crisis. They have won only two of their past seven matches, one of those victories coming against Exeter City, a League One mid-table team.

Source: Express January 21, 2026 15:14 UTC