Generally you watch matches like these, with the house facet robust favourites however failing to attain, and instinctively assume, “Hmm, possibly they only want a correct No 9 to supply a penalty field presence?”.

However, after all, having scored eight targets in his earlier three video games, Erling Haaland is exactly that man for Manchester Metropolis. Haaland had an honest try roll simply large within the first half, however Inter deserve credit score for largely shackling him.

Nonetheless, Metropolis would possibly really feel they might have brought on them extra issues, notably within the large areas the place Inter have been undermanned of their 3-5-2 form.

There was some good mixture play, notably involving Rico Lewis in the appropriate channel, and varied gamers supply a long-range capturing risk, with Josko Gvardiol and Rodri making an attempt their luck.

Metropolis’s xG ended up above 1.5 — and but you continue to felt that Inter’s defending had merited a clear sheet.