The Independent Premier League
There are ways to bring up a century. This was scarcely the most fitting. Pep Guardiola’s 100th Champions League game in charge of Manchester City ranked as one of the worst. And for that, he really only has himself to blame.
City were beaten by managerial complacency and their own lacklustre display as well as by a rather impressive Bayer Leverkusen side. As the teams third in the Premier League and the Bundesliga met, Guardiola picked his second-string side. They came off second…
