Boateng’s late strike gives City the blues
The day before this game their captain, Vincent Kompany, said the time for talking was over and that they had to win the Champions League to repay the lavish €1.2bn investment of their owner, Sheikh Mansour.
As such a draw here would have been a fantastic start and it appeared in reach thanks largely to a stunning display from their goalkeeper, Joe Hart.
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