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The plans for UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations sped up Manchester City’s plans to join the Champions League, forcing them into splashing huge amounts of cash to break in quickly, but their accelerated ascension to the European elite hasn’t helped them now they are in the inner circle. A lack of pedigree has left them with consistently difficult groups, putting them in an endless cycle of failing to improve their stature because they face such hard opponents. This season is no different, with City facing familiar foes in Bayern Munich and CSKA Moscow but also a very promising Roma side buoyed by the coaching of Rudi Garcia. Nevertheless, the expectation ahead of their clash should have been resting more heavily on City. On home soil, the Premier League champions were able to put what was essentially their strongest line-up out in their favoured 4-4-2, while Roma were without several first-teamers, most notably Daniel de Rossi and Morgan de Sanctis in goal, giving Lukasz Skorupski a rare appearance in their 4-3-3. Their position only looked stronger when they took the lead after three minutes from a penalty. There’s a tenuous link that could be made that the penalty came from their […]
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