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#3 Basel are a halfway decent side
No one really gave the home team a chance and as it turned out, rightly so. The Swiss team were no match for the 'team of the season', as many would say. But there were a few positives for them to take away from the game.
They will feel hard-done by the referee as appeals for a penalty were not entertained early on, when Nicolas Otamendi seemed to have brought down the loanee from RB Leipzig in Germany, Dimitri Oberlin, with a shoulder barge.
Although the result was never really in doubt, Basel could've grabbed a couple of consolation goals in front of their home crowd and despite a few really presentable opportunities, struggled to provide the same level of finishing, as their English counterparts.
Despite all of the scoring from City finishing before the hour mark, the players wearing the Red and Blue didn't let their shoulders droop as they looked to make a mark on the game in the final quarter, and to be fair should've done.
The manager will take some heart in the character shown by his players, under trying situations, against one of the best teams on the planet.
