Bodø showed up with northern lights in the sky for Haaland and the City gang, the next day yellow-clad Bodø/Glimt players stood for a yellow northern lights at Asmpmyra. Kasper Høgh took over the role of £525,000-a-week-waged Erling Haaland, and gave the club his goals to victory. Several English journalists had made the trip up to Bodø to catch a potential surprise, the “yellow surprise” thundered on Donnarumma in the City goal for a 3-1 victory.
It is always entertaining to see how the largest English media channels describe “the phenomenon in the north”.
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Here is the BBC’s match report, the English state channel sees Bodø/Glimt’s feat against one of the world’s best clubs as historic:
“Norwegian debutants Bodø/Glimt secured one of the biggest surprises in Champions League history by crushing Premier League players Manchester City 3-1 in the cold at the Arctic Circle. Pep Guardiola’s youngsters froze at -9 degrees, as City suffered another embarrassing loss after Saturday’s derby defeat to Manchester United.”
“Glimt deserved the victory, after taking a shocking lead in the 22nd minute when Ole Didrik Blomberg’s cross to the back post was headed in by Kasper Hogh. City were everywhere defensively and young defender Max Alleyne, who was responsible for the first goal by running to the halfway line but unable to intercept a pass, miscontrolled the ball in his own half just two minutes later.”
“It proved costly, and the home team doubled the lead when Blomberg again cut the ball over the 16-meter line that Hogh scored on a nice first finish.
“Hogh could have scored a third goal for the frantic Glimt before the half-hour mark when he slid in at the far post, but his attempt on the line was stopped on the line by Gianluigi Donnarumma. The usually prolific Erling Haaland has had a difficult period of form, and his recent performances were summed up just before half-time when a chance fell to him eight yards away, but he was unable to find the target with his shot.”
“In the second half, Jens Petter Hauge’s sensational solo effort, which curled brilliantly into the upper corner, put Kjetil Knutsen’s team in dreamland, and while Rayan Cherki reduced a goal, City were reduced to ten men when Rodri was sent off for two yellow cards.”
“There was no going back for City after that, and they need a win against Galatasaray in the last group game to secure a place in the top eight, while Glimt kept their hopes alive of reaching the play-off round.”
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