ARJEN ROBBEN

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben has rubbed salt into the wounds of Manchester City by saying that the Premier league outfit did not pose them a tough challenge in the Champions league group match. Manchester City entertained Bayern Munich at the Etihad stadium in the second group match. Manager Manuel Pellegrini was given the task of getting the club into the knockout stages of the competition after previously failing at the group stages under the management of Roberto Mancini. City, though, are totally outclassed by the Germans, who are the current owners of the competition.

Robben scored in his fifth straight Champions league match in order to give the second consecutive victory for Bayern in the group matches. Franck Ribery opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a fierce shot that could have been saved by City goalkeeper Joe Hart. Thomas Müller then doubled the advantage early in the second half by managing to beat the offside trap. Robben’s goal, though, was the pick of the bunch after he took on several defenders before hitting past Hart with his right foot, which does not happen very often. Bayern also dominated the game in several areas of the pitch – most notably possession.

Robben has alluded to this fact by saying that the Germans played some terrific football for 70 minutes.

“The first 70 minutes we played some terrific football. We were so dominant against a big team in Europe. We didn’t expect an easy game like that. It is a compliment to our team, but we expected more from City. We didn’t give them any space, we pressed them right up to the goalkeeper, and they just kicked it away. Sometimes they gave us too much space and we used the space well. City weren’t as organised defensively as we had expected,” said Robben.