Manchester City and RB Leipzig made a sleepy first half for the Champions League, but the English team is in front of the scoreboard in the knockout stage
The Champions League match between manchester city It is RB Leipzig, it was not the way the fans expected, as the few chances created reduced the expectation of goals. Even so, the English team managed to open the scoring in the opponent’s error in the defensive ball output.
After a lot of touching the ball in the attacking field, City managed to score the first of the game after Schlager play wrong and Grealish stay with the ball. The number 20 shirt activated Gundoganwhich made a light cut for Mahrez move the goalkeeper to leave your team ahead in the quest for classification.
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De Bruyne is not playing because he is enjoying the carnival in Osasco pic.twitter.com/ImMqlonHbD
— De Sola (@desolaoficial) February 22, 2023
📸 Mahrez celebrates after scoring his 2️⃣0️⃣ Champions League goal ⚽️#UCL| @ManCityPT | @Mahrez22pic.twitter.com/pE1skTVjLH
— UEFA.com in Portuguese (@UEFAcom_pt) February 22, 2023
Kyle Walker up top? I like it.
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 22, 2023
Game of 74% possession of the ball for City, but without accelerating the pass to take RB Leipzig out of the good position. Possession of the ball was sterile, until Schlager was on the ball and it ended up at Mahrez’s feet to open the scoring.
RB Leipzig 0 x 1 M. City.#CasaDaChampions.
— Vitor Sergio Rodrigues VSR (@vitorsergio) February 22, 2023
Source: sportbuzz
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