Manchester City fell to a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen with Pep Guardiola displaying clear frustration at three players.

While the players stood in the tunnel waiting on the away side to emerge for the second half, a group huddled around Guardiola as he reeled off tactical instructions. He spoke with Phil Foden, Nico O’Reilly and Jeremy Doku, filling their head with enthusiastic messages, as Rico Lewis, Oscar Bobb and Rayan Ait-Nouri were sacrificed.

It was a starting XI more befitting of the Carabao Cup than the Champions League and Leverkusen took full advantage, taking a first-half lead with an arrowed strike from Alex Grimaldo and then doubling it in the second half with a glancing header from Patrick Schick after some careless defending from Nathan Ake.

Reijnders was one of 10 new faces for the Champions League tie and believes they can bounce back over the coming weeks - starting against Leeds United on Saturday.

Man City fans are worried with the form of Oscar Bobb post-injury after his poor display against Bayer Leverkusen on 25 November.

Bayer Leverkusen stunned Manchester City with a memorable 2-0 Champions League win, punishing Pep Guardiola’s heavily rotated side with a disciplined and fearless performance. Kasper Hjulmand’s team produced one of the competition’s biggest shocks this season,

A total of nine Leverkusen Women players will be on international duty during the last international break in 2025. While three players return to the Germany squad, another is set to make her international debut for Austria.

Manchester City welcomed Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the Etihad Stadium earlier tonight as they hoped to secure a good result at home in the UEFA Champions League. The Mancunian giants made a slow start