Manchester City 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb: 5 Hits and Flops | Champions League 2019/20

#2 Benjamin Mendy – Flop

Benjamin Mendy

The French full-back featured from the start against Zagreb as Guardiola handed Oleksandr Zinchenko a rest. The game represented quite an important junction on Benjamin Mendy’s road to recovery, especially with his Ukrainian replacement flourishing in his absence.

However, the Frenchman was far from his best at the Etihad as he came up with a shabby performance.

Though Mendy forayed forward frequently, he wasn’t able to utilise his attacking adventures optimally. On quite a few occasions, the Frenchman failed to pick out a teammate in the box, invariably hitting the first man while attempting crosses.

Additionally, he looked just a touch rusty defensively with a string of agricultural fouls. Thus, it wasn’t a surprise that the visitors got more change out of Mendy than Joao Cancelo on the other flank.

On his day, the Frenchman is certainly one of the most marauding full-backs going around, considering his propensity to run powerfully with the ball and maintain composure in the final third. However, the latter aspect deserted him completely on Tuesday, meaning that he failed to make the impression many expected him to.