‘Hart-breaking’: Twitter on Claudio Bravo’s jittery debut for Manchester City

Manchester City’s newly acquired goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had a jittery start to his Premier League career asas Manchester City clung on for a win at Old Trafford.

Updated on: Sep 10, 2016, 20:46:31 IST

Hindustan Times | By Sayan Ghosh, New Delhi

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Manchester City’s newly acquired goalkeeper Claudio Bravo had a jittery start to his Premier League career asas Manchester City clung on for a win at Old Trafford.

Manchester United's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2nd L) shoots past Manchester City's Claudio Bravo. (AFP Photo)

The former Barcelona player spilled an easy catch which allowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic to score for United and then, he was fortunate to avoid conceding a penalty after he overran the ball and lunged in on Wayne Rooney.

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Bravo, who arrived at the Etihad in a £16.5m move, was hand-picked by Pep Guardiola for his supposedly superior ball-playing skills.As a result, City’s former first-choice keeper Joe Hart decided to join Italian club Torino on loan for the season.

Twitter erupted after Bravo’s horrible outing and here are some of the tweets:

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Sayan Ghosh works for the sports desk at Hindustan Times. He mostly covers football, but his interests include cricket and UFC.

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