City - Borussia M'Gladbach to go ahead on Wednesday
The Champions League group stage match between Manchester City-Borussia Mönchengladbach was postponed due to heavy rain.
Manchester City - Borussia Mönchengladbach postponed
The Champions League Group C match between Manchester City - Borussia Mönchengladbach was cancelled this evening due to torrential rain in the city of Manchester.
Pitch inspection
After an afternoon of torrential rain Dutch match official Björn Kuipers held a pitch inspection around 20:30 and decided the game could not go ahead. Manchester City confirmed the decision on their Twitter account.
Club announcement: Tonight’s #UCL match between #mcfc and @borussia_en has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions. #cityvbmg
— Manchester City (@ManCity) September 13, 2016
Danger
"The game could have gone ahead as the pitch was draining well but the thunderstorm presented a danger to supporters" explained Borussia's, Rainer Bohnhof.
The game will finally go ahead tomorrow evening at the Etihad Stadium (kick-off 2045 CET)