Joe Hart’s time at Manchester City appears to be drawing to a close after the England No.1 was benched by Pep Guardiola for the second game in a row.
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There are widespread reports Barcelona keeper Claudio Bravo is on his way to City and, if that deal goes through, Hart is expected to accept his career at the Etihad is over and will look for a move.
“Of course this was a big step forward to being in the Champions League this season but we need to finish it off now next week”.
“I’m really pleased with the display and the fact we’re nearly in the Champions League”, said the City boss.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart was dropped once again, with boss Pep Guardiola preferring to start with Willy Caballero.
“But we played really good, and when you win 5-0 in the Champions League against the best team in Romania, it’s because you play very well”. “The result is awesome; I am so satisfied with the way we played – a big compliment to these fantastic players”.
Pablo Zabaleta and Nicolas Otamendi come into the back four in place of Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy, with Aleksandr Kolarov shifting to left-back.
City though capitalised on more sloppy defending from the home side shortly after as Sterling stole the ball from Alin Tosca, the winger squaring for Silva to drill beyond a helpless Nita.
Summer signing Nolito twice struck the woodwork, as well as netting his first City goal by rounding the goalkeeper following Kevin de Bruyne’s inch-perfect pass.
Former European champions Ajax Amsterdam were held 1-1 at home by Russians Rostov while Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb also had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Austrians Salzburg.
Aguero did make amends four minutes before half-time, and he completed his hat-trick with a late double.
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Dundalk continue their improbable bid to become the first League of Ireland club to reach the Champions League group stage when they take on Legia Warsaw in Dublin.
