The Premier League's last champion suffered a shock defeat at his home. Lyon wins 2-1 against Manchester City.

At the Manchester City House, one of the favorites of the Champions League, the French team hosted Lyon. Despite the big power difference between the two teams, Lyon didn't give up.

With this result, Manchester City lost the 4th consecutive defeat in the champions league.(This is the first time that British teams)

Lyon takes the lead with Maxwel Cornet in 26th minute. (1-0) with Nabil Fekir 43 minutes found the second goal. In the second half of the match the host could only find 1 goal. In the 67th minute, with Bernardo Silva's goal difference was reduced to 1 but not enough.

Manchester City created disappointment

Manchester City lacked Pep Guardiola because of his sentence. But that can't be an excuse. Lyon have good signals that would qualify out of the group with this result.

There's not much to worry about in Manchester City. They have the power to take the lessons out of this match and beat the other teams.

Man of the match

  • Nabil Fekir (1 goal & 1 assist)

Nabil Fekir proved to be a very special player in this game. The player, who was called Liverpool in the transfer period, performs very well this season in Lyon. Nabil Fekir had previously scored 1 goal in Ligue 1. (4 goals & 1 assist 5 matches this season)

Club Careers (60 goals & 29 assists in 169 matches)

Goals: Maxwell Cornet (26'), Nabil Fekir (43') / Bernardo Silva (67')

In the other match in the group, Shaktar Donetsk 2-2 draws with Hoffenheim.

Next matches (02 October 2018):

Hoffenheim - Manchester City / Wirsol Rhein-Neckar-Arena

Lyon - Shaktar Donetsk / OL Stadium

Points table after the first matches

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