Manchester Metropolis’s unhealthy week continued with an embarrassing and merited defeat in Norway – with Rodri despatched off.
Metropolis had been off the tempo as rivals Manchester United beat them at the weekend and Pep Guardiola’s facet had been once more punished by a rampant Bodo facet who excelled on the counter assault on the way in which to a primary ever win within the Champions League group stage.
There have been simply 117 seconds between two Kasper Hogh strikes within the first half because the Danish striker scored his first ever targets within the Champions League.
And Jens Petter Hauge – who scored twice against Tottenham earlier this season – added a 3rd to pile on the distress for Metropolis.
Rayan Cherki momentarily put Metropolis again in contact however Rodri was then proven two yellow playing cards inside a minute for his first sending off within the Champions League.
Defeat leaves Metropolis nonetheless nicely positioned to safe a spot within the high eight and keep away from the play-off spherical however they could be sweating in subsequent week’s finale.
Metropolis had been with out 11 senior gamers by way of both sickness, harm, suspension or ineligibility as inexperienced centre-backs Abduokodir Khusanov and Max Alleyne had a troublesome evening.
Alleyne spurned an opportunity when he missed a header from a nook and issues received worse for the teen as Bodo pounced on two errors in fast succession.
Alleyne first missed a deal with on midway that allowed Bodo to counter. Ole Didrik Blomberg raced into the realm and recovered his footing after a collision with Khusanov to chip a cross to the far submit.
Hogh headed firmly previous Gianluigi Donnarumma and doubled his tally lower than two minutes later after one other Alleyne mistake.
Rodri then endured a nightmare couple of minutes, beginning as he gave the ball away within the build-up to Bodo’s third. Hauge powered ahead and curled a tremendous shot into the highest nook from distance.
Metropolis replied instantly as Nico O’Reilly gained the ball exterior the Bodo space and Cherki drove in a deflected low shot.
However Rodri was booked twice in fast succession, the second time for pulling again Blomberg, and was dismissed.
