Bodo/Glimt 3-1 Manchester City: City humbled in Norway as Rodri sees red

Manchester City’s bad week continued with an embarrassing and merited defeat in Norway – with Rodri sent off.

City were off the pace as rivals Manchester United beat them at the weekend and Pep Guardiola’s side were again punished by a rampant Bodo side who excelled on the counter attack on the way to a first ever win in the Champions League group stage.

There were just 117 seconds between two Kasper Hogh strikes in the first half as the Danish striker scored his first ever goals in the Champions League.

And Jens Petter Hauge – who scored twice against Tottenham earlier this season – added a third to pile on the misery for City.

Rayan Cherki momentarily put City back in touch but Rodri was then shown two yellow cards inside a minute for his first sending off in the Champions League.

Defeat leaves City still well placed to secure a place in the top eight and avoid the play-off round but they may be sweating in next week’s finale.

City were without 11 senior players through either illness, injury, suspension or ineligibility as inexperienced centre-backs Abduokodir Khusanov and Max Alleyne had a tough night.

Alleyne spurned a chance when he missed a header from a corner and things got worse for the youngster as Bodo pounced on two errors in quick succession.

Alleyne first missed a tackle on halfway that allowed Bodo to counter. Ole Didrik Blomberg raced into the area and recovered his footing after a collision with Khusanov to chip a cross to the far post.

Hogh headed firmly past Gianluigi Donnarumma and doubled his tally less than two minutes later after another Alleyne mistake.

Rodri then endured a nightmare few minutes, starting as he gave the ball away in the build-up to Bodo’s third. Hauge powered forward and curled a fine shot into the top corner from distance.

City replied immediately as Nico O’Reilly won the ball outside the Bodo area and Cherki drove in a deflected low shot.

But Rodri was booked twice in quick succession, the second time for pulling back Blomberg, and was dismissed.