He Manchester Citycurrent European champion, has put its place on track to the quarterfinals of the Champions League by beating this Tuesday the Copenhagen (1-3), in the first leg of the round of 16, in which the stellar performance of the midfielder Kevin de Bruynewith a goal and two assists, knew how to guide Pep Guardiola’s team.
It only took ten minutes for the Belgian to achieve superiority citizen in the Danish capital, with a goal that gave an advantage to an English team that still had to suffer with the Jack Grealish injury at quarter of an hour and with the tying goal from Jacob Neestrup’s side. Two new pieces of genius from Ghent in the form of assists to Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden resolved the match for his team, who will arrive at the Etihad for the second leg with a solid income.
The brilliant start of Pep Guardiola’s team met the expectations of the European champion at the Parken Stadion. A header from Kevin de Bruyne opened the season; After five minutes, Rúben Dias ran into the goalkeeper of the Danish team and Nathan Aké, on the rebound, was unable to finish successfully. In that festival of occasions, the Belgian midfielder appeared to certify the sky blue dominance: after a long move by Rúben Dias, Phil Foden receives a ball behind and assists in the unmarking of Kevin de Bruynewho crossed it perfectly to inaugurate the light (min.10).
Only the injury after a quarter of an hour to Jack Grealish, who had to leave the field to make way for Jérémy Doku, spoiled the party. citizen, which continued with a shot from Bernardo Silva that hit the post. However, the indisputable superiority of the English was surprised after half an hour. In the 34th minute, a serious mistake in Ederson’s departure It was taken advantage of by the Norwegian Mohamed Elyounoussi to take the ball and create a shot that repelled the Danish defense; he caught the rejected ball Magnus Mattssonwho with a right foot from outside the area was in charge of balancing the contest.
The blow failed to knock out a City team that took the lead again in extra time of the first half. Bernard Silva He took advantage of a loose ball after a fight between De Bruyne and Mattsson to subtly finish against Grabara and make it 1-2 at half-time (min.45+1).
The Polish goalkeeper prevented City’s third as soon as the match resumed, with a saving hand on a shot from De Bruyne, and Erling Haalandmissing during the first half, was about to surprise with a header in a play that ended in a corner.
The harassment of the continental champion increased in the final stretch, and Phil Foden He was rewarded for English insistence assisted by, of course, the Belgian midfielder (min.92). Pep Guardiola celebrated it euphorically, knowing that 1-3 will be a prize for the return leg at the Etihad.
2024-02-13 22:05:46
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