By THE SCM SPORTS DESK
PEP GUARDIOLA’S superstars were left shivering in the Norwegian cold last night as minnows Bodø/Glimt pulled off the greatest heist in Champions League history.
On a night where the temperature dropped to -2°C, it was Manchester City’s defense that truly froze.
The Treble winners were humbled 3-1 at the Aspmyra Stadion, a tiny ground that could barely fit the population of a single Etihad parking lot.
The headline act, ERLING HAALAND, returned to his homeland expecting a hero’s welcome.
Instead, he was bullied and shut out by a Bodo defense that treated the world’s most feared striker like a Sunday League amateur.
Haaland missed a sitter from six yards that will haunt his flight back to Manchester, looking a shadow of the man who usually eats defenders for breakfast.
If Haaland was toothless, RODRI was brainless. The Ballon d’Or winner suffered a total meltdown in the Arctic Circle. With City already trailing, the Spaniard lost his cool, picking up two yellow cards in just 53 seconds.
He was sent packing for a petulant tug on Blomberg, leaving his teammates stranded in the snow without their captain. It was a 1/10 performance from a man usually hailed as the best in the world.
The hosts didn’t care for reputations. Kasper Høgh became a national hero in the space of 120 seconds, firing home a quick-fire double in the first half (22’ and 24’) that left City keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma staring at his boots in disbelief.
Jens Petter Hauge then put the icing on the frozen cake in the 58th minute, weaving through a static City midfield to curl a “Goal of the Season” contender into the top corner.
Rayan Cherki grabbed a consolation goal for the visitors, but it was too little, too late. This wasn’t just a defeat; it was a demolition of City’s dignity.
Guardiola watched on, stone-faced, as his £1billion squad was outplayed by a team from a town of just 55,000 people. If City don’t wake up soon, their European dreams will be on thin ice.
