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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Jackson at the Aspmyra Stadion

Bodø/Glimt give Manchester City one hell of a Champions League beating

Kasper Høgh scores Bodø/Glimt’s first goal past Gianluigi Donnarumma
Kasper Høgh scores Bodø/Glimt’s first goal past Gianluigi Donnarumma. He put them 2-0 up before half-time. Photograph: Martin Ole Wold/Getty Images

To channel Bjørge Lillelien and his famous commentary on Norway’s win against England in 1981: Pep Guardiola, your Manchester City boys took a heck of a beating here on the shores of the Norwegian Sea, below the skies of the aurora borealis, and on the Aspmyra Stadion’s ­artificial pitch graced by this immortal Bodø/Glimt victory which downed a ­continental superpower.

Jonas Gahr Støre was present to witness a win that came courtesy of Kasper Høgh’s two first-half goals plus Jens Petter Hauge’s curled peach after the interval, as Norway’s prime minister escaped Donald Trump’s curious obsession with the Nobel peace prize: another measure of how this result will never be forgotten.

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