The moments you might have missed as Manchester City took on Club Brugge in their win-or-bust Champions League fixture.
Matheus Nunes has settled into the Manchester City starting lineup at right back and is giving Pep Guardiola something to think about.
In the early stages of his Manchester City career, it appeared that Matheus Nunes just didn’t quite fit into Pep Guardiola’s squad. Typically the Portuguese international plays in midfield. But
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has openly discussed the qualities that Matheus Nunes brings to his side in the right-back role. The Portugal international has been entrusted by his Etihad Stadium head coach on numerous occasions already this season, and particularly in high-profile, crunch contests for the reigning Premier League champions.
The forward came off the bench and inspired the 2023 winners to a comeback victory which clinched a play-off place
Second-half goals from Mateo Kovacic and Savinho helped Manchester City to a second-half comeback over Club Brugge that saves their Champions League campaign... for now.
Here are the City player ratings as Manchester City came from 1-nil down to beat Club Brugge 3-1 at the Etihad. It was a tale of two halves for Pep Guardiola’s side as they were poor in the first half but they clicked into gear in the second half.
Despite trailing at half-time, Manchester City found a way to keep their Champions League campaign alive by beating Club Brugge.
The victory in their league-phase finale secured Pep Guardiola's men a spot in the two-legged play-off knockout round
The entire Manchester City team was below their best in Paris. But during City’s 3-1 win over Chelsea, we saw the good of Nunes’ game. He played one of this best games for the club at right-back in City’s crucial win.
It was status quo at the top of the Premier League to some extent with Arsenal and Liverpool both winning last time out, keeping the Reds six points clear with a game in hand over Arsenal. Nottingham Forest lost ground after sustaining a shock 5-0 defeat at Bournemouth with Chelsea's loss at Manchester City drawing the Cherries level on points,