Manchester City slumped to one of the most humiliating upsets in Champions League history, losing to a 3-1 at tiny Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt on Tuesday.
The second-half sending-off of Rodri completed a miserable evening for big-spending City in Bodø, a fishing town with a population of around 55,000 and located north of the Arctic Circle — more than 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) north of Oslo.
Kasper Høgh scored close-range goals in the 22nd and 24th minutes to set Bodø/Glimt — a tournament debutant this season — on their way to their first-ever win in the competition.
Jens Hauge sent the home fans wild inside the 8,000-capacity Aspmyra stadium by curling into the top corner in the 58th to make the score a scarcely believable 3-0.
City replied through Rayan Cherki in the 60th but hopes of a comeback were damaged by Rodri — the Ballon d’Or winner in 2024 — getting sent off in the 62nd minute for collecting a second yellow card in quick succession.
The loss piled on the misery for City after their weekend derby loss to Manchester United and left them facing a crunch clash against Galatasaray in their final league phase match next week.
City could make excuses about the climate, a string of absentees or the artificial surface but they were ultimately outplayed.
Erling Haaland, on his return to his native Norway, was again kept quiet as Bodø produced one of the best results in their history.
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City were without 11 senior players through either illness, injury, suspension or ineligibility. Nevertheless, the manner in which Bodo repeatedly troubled them on the break was alarming.
They had a warning when Bodø’s pacey forwards got behind the defence — which again featured inexperienced centre-backs Abduokodir Khusanov and Alleyne — but failed to capitalise.
Typically City controlled a lot of possession but despite winning a series of corners, could not test home goalkeeper Nikita Haikin.
Alleyne spurned a chance when he missed a header from a corner and things got worse for the youngster as Bodø pounced on two errors in quick succession.
Alleyne first missed a tackle on halfway that allowed Bodo to counter. Ole Didrik Blomberg raced into the area and recovered his footing after a collision with Khusanov to chip a cross to the far post.
Høgh headed firmly past Gianluigi Donnarumma and doubled his tally less than two minutes later after another Alleyne mistake.
This time the under-21 international dwelt too long on the ball and Blomberg again got clear to tee up Høgh for a tap-in.
Høgh almost had a hat trick after getting on the end of another moments later but this time Donnarumma saved.
City missed chances to level as Rodri fluffed a header and Haaland shot narrowly wide. Tijjani Reijnders also fired at Haikin early in the second half but Bodø threatened again as Hakon Evjen tested Donnarumma.
Rodri then endured a nightmare few minutes, starting as he gave the ball away in the build-up to Bodø’s third. Hauge powered forward and curled a fine shot into the top corner from distance.
City replied immediately as O’Reilly won the ball outside the Bodø area and Cherki drove in a deflected low shot.
But Rodri was booked twice in quick succession, the second time for pulling back Blomberg, and was dismissed.
Bodø sensed a chance for more and Hauge hit the bar before Høgh had another disallowed for offside.
City wanted a penalty after Cherki went down in the area but their appeals were dismissed and Bodo claimed a deserved win.
The Associated Press and PA contributed to this report.
