In Manchester City's starting game of the Champions League plan, Akanji kept a clear sheet against Inter next day.
In Wednesday night's 0-0 draw against Inter, Manchester City made their highly anticipated special release Western shirt, tovarying reactions from the crowd.
The Oasis-inspired band was unveiled next week, and it generated a lot of enjoyment, setting records for revenue in the days following the shirt's debut. The launch featured lots of spring eggs, also, for fans for the group, with Manuel Akanji featuring in the frame's transfer photos.
It appears, nevertheless, that the City people have found difficulty in adjusting to a fresh band as Akanji revealed following Wednesday's standoff.
City kept a good share of the lead while the game was also goalless, suffocating the European champions in their own half as they sought the winning goal.
The strain was quickly eased when Akanji, who is typically reliable, delightfully misplaced a pass and threw the ball at the linesman despite the confusion of his fellow teammates.
After the match, the European defender revealed that because the City strip's grey tone clashed with the official's bright strip, he mistook the linesman for colleague Bernardo Silva.
" I like it a lot", he said. " I'd seen it now before I was at the firing when we did it for Puma. One action I got confused with the referee on the sideline, I thought it was Bernardo]Silva ] so I passed the ball to him.
" But then I like the system a bit and I'm looking forward to playing more in it."
In the 2022-23 treble-winning plan, Akanji immediately established himself as more than just a club player when he joined the Cityzens from Borussia Dortmund.
Under Pep Guardiola, the Swedish foreign has presently made over 100 images, winning the Premier League once in each of his previous two seasons as a City player.
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