Sporting crushed by Bernardo
Sporting cannot have had anything but the faintest hope that they would qualify for the Champions League quarter-finals, yet they must have thought they could maybe catch Manchester City out on the night. Pep Guardiola's team have shown before they can very easily lose when they are so sure of victory that they begin concentrating on other matches and competitions.
That glimmer of opportunity that Sporting arrived with was crushed by Bernardo Silva within the opening 90 seconds though. As goalkeeper Antonio Adan looked to roll the ball to one of two defenders stationed in his area to get the team moving, he was instead paralysed as every time he went to throw it Bernardo looked ready to pounce like a rottweiler and intercept.
