“Least we can do”: Man City leadership to repay tickets for fans at Bodo/Glimt after European setback | OneFootball

Manchester City will refund the fans who made the trip to watch their 3-1 Champions League loss at Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday.

Pep Guardiola's side crashed to defeat against the Norwegian tournament debutants, in a shock European result.

The clash in the Arctic Circle was played in conditions of minus nine degrees celsius, with the Citizens struggling on a plastic pitch. The result followed the club's disappointing derby defeat to Manchester United in thePremier League last weekend.

Kasper Hogh scored twice for the Norwegians, with Jens Petter Hauge's superb solo effort sealing the win. City, meanwhile, had Rodri sent off for two quick-fire bookings.

Bodo/Glimt's win was their first-ever in the Champions League and first against an English opponent in any European competition.

Manchester City's leadership group, which features captain Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, Rodri and Erling Haaland, have now issued a statement informing all fans of their intent to refund the cost of tickets.

“Our supporters mean everything to us. We know the sacrifice that our fans make when they travel across the world to support us home and away and we will never take it for granted. They are the best fans in the world.

“We also recognise that it was a lot of travelling for the fans who supported us in the freezing cold throughout a difficult evening for us on the pitch. Covering the cost of these tickets for the fans who travelled to Bodo is the least we can do.”

Following the defeat, Guardiola said 'everything' is turning against his side at the moment.

"Everything is a little bit turning against us for many, many things," Guardiola said at full-time.

"When we started New Year's [Day] in Sunderland, we missed what we missed and then we started to get injuries. Matheus [Nunes] with the flu cannot be with us so it's many, many things that are against [us].

"At that level, theChampions League or United at the top level, it's always more difficult to have consistency that we had -- one, two months, winning seven, eight games.

"Now, OK, we've lost important players, we've lost a little bit, but in general the tone of the team was much, much better than the last one."