Going into the game, Bodo/Glimt had never won in their six meetings with English sides in European competition and conceded at least two goals in five of their six games against English sides in major European competition (14 in total), including in each of the last four.
As for City, we came into the encounter unbeaten on the road (W2 D1) in the current edition of the tournament and boss Pep Guardiola was aiming to win his 25th away game in charge of the Citizens in the competition.
But how did it play out?
As always, we’ve kept the score off this page so those who didn’t watch live can look back with all the excitement of following at the time.
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