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Man City star blames embarrassing moment vs Inter on Noel Gallagher-designed kit as strip branded 'awful'

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Published 08:30 19 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Man City star blames embarrassing moment vs Inter on Noel Gallagher-designed kit as strip branded 'awful'

One player called out the new kit.

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One Manchester City star has called out their new fourth shirt designed by Noel Gallagher as fans all take to social media to slam the new kit.

It had been a perfect start to the season for Pep Guardiola and Manchester City, but the Premier League champions couldn't extend their 100% record in the Champions League.

City were held to a 0-0 draw at the Etihad to Serie A winners Inter Milan, and the home side can probably count themselves lucky to get away with a point.

Despite an even affair, Inter will probably walk away from Manchester, thinking they should have had all three points as they looked extremely dangerous during the counterattack but failed to land the killer blow.

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Although they were at home, City debuted a brand new fourth kit in Wednesday's game which had been designed by Oasis member Noel Gallagher.

The kit was released to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic Definitely Maybe album, however, one City star pointed the finger at the kit for the team's poor performance.

Despite reiterating he WAS a fan of the kit, Manuel Akanji claimed the design made it hard to pick out his teammates during his post-match interview.

“I liked the kit a lot, but I got confused with the referee on the sideline and thought it was Bernardo and passed the ball to him," the City defender explained.

Although Akanji may have been a fan of the pale yellow, navy, turquoise, and teal number, the internet reacted in a very different way to the new strip.

Former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys took to X to call out the design, posting: "If this City strip really was co-designed by Noel Gallagher I’d suggest sticking to music. It's awful. See you at Wembley."

Man City kit- Getty
Man City kit- Getty

Fans also weren't impressed.

One fan wrote: "First time I’ve seen this and yikes. Looks like they’ve stuck tired bibs over their shirts."

Another added: "That Man City kit is awful, I honestly thought they were wearing bibs over their home kit for a minute."

A third commented: "Wearing this kit at home is a bigger crime against football than the 115 charges combined. Automatic Relegation."

Featured Image Credit: TNT, Getty

Topics: Manchester City, Premier League, Champions League, Fan Reactions

Tom Jenkins
Tom Jenkins

Tom Jenkins is a Social Editor and Journalist for SPORTBible. Specialises in Football and F1 but has experience covering a variety of sports such as MMA, Boxing and Cricket. Suffers weekly as an Evertonian.

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