City's women fought back from two down at Bayern
Bayern Munich 2–2 Manchester City. Your team was two goals down in Munich on Tuesday and came back to draw the Women's Champions League league phase opener (4).
A point away at Bayern in the first game of the new format is a real result, and it came the hard way.
Europe will test this squad
The draw at Bayern showed how demanding this campaign will be. City get a point on the road, but the analysis is blunt: the Champions League will fully test their limits (6).
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Reijnders has not closed the door on Europe
Tijjani Reijnders left City for Al-Qadsiah this summer. He told NOS he wants to return to Europe as a player one day.
Asked about the money, he did not dodge it: "Ik een zakkenvuller? Dat kan ik niet ontkennen" (1).
City watching Porto's Froholdt
Victor Froholdt is on City's radar. The 20-year-old Danish central midfielder has been at Porto for a year and a half and played 57 games for them (5).
Ben White on the list, Arsenal want €30m
Arsenal value Ben White at around €30 million, and City are among the clubs interested along with Chelsea and Newcastle (7). Arsenal are pushing to tie the 28-year-old right-back to a new deal (7).
Brobbey's hat-trick against you got noticed
Brian Brobbey scored three for Sunderland in their 5–3 defeat at the Etihad on Sunday, and Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United are now tracking him (8).
Liverpool are up next
Liverpool could be without three players for the City fixture, while they hope to bring two back from injury over the international break (3).
City top the table on 15 points from five games, with five wins from five and a goal difference of +8.
