Juventus 2 - 0 Man City: Old Ladies compound Pep Guadiola's woes with counterattacking masterclass
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Goals from Vlahovic and McKennie gave Juventus all three points against Man City |Photo Credit: X/@juventusfcen

Juventus 2 - 0 Man City: Old Ladies compound Pep Guadiola's woes with counterattacking masterclass

Asukwo Oduo 23:02 - 11.12.2024

Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City team suffered another routine defeat in their Champions League clash with Juventus

Manchester City came into the game desperate to prove a point after enduring a terrible run of just one win in their last nine fixtures. Juventus on the other hand have recorded four draws with only one victory in five matches. 

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Ederson who has conceded 7 goals in City's last two European games got the nod ahead of Stefan Ortega but there was no place for Phil Foden in the starting eleven.

As it happened

The Cityzens dominated the first few minutes of the game with some intricate passings but draw specialists Juventus did grow into the match and Yildiz almost put the Old Ladies in front in the 20 minutes but his long-range effort was just inches wide of the far post.

However, from there on, Manchester City looked the most likely to score.

With eight minutes to halftime, both teams have only registered three shots (2 from Juventus, 1 from City) but none was on target.

But within two minutes, the game sprang into life, Haaland was put through on goal by Kevin De Bruyne, but the Norwegian was thwarted by the Juventus goalkeeper before the Old Ladies went up the other end and tested Ederson. The first half ended goalless.

Second Half 

Less than 10 minutes into the restart, Juventus were in front courtesy of a Vlahovic header, assisted by Yildiz. The ball hit Ederson before crossing the line by a few millimetres.

Gundogan's superb curler in the 67 minutes was equally met with a good save from Michele Di Gregorio.

Some solid defending from Juventus prevented City from drawing level before the Old Ladies rang some changes to freshen things up.

Juventus got a second against the run of play. Substitute Weston McKennie with a glorious pass found Timothy Weah up front who ran into space before finding McKennie after his first attempt was block. The American  applied an acrobatic finish to compound Pep Guardiola's woes.

Manchester City did huff and puff but there was nowhere past a well-marshalled Juventus backline, with Thiago Motta having the last laugh over Pep Guardiola.