Without forcing, Manchester City won on the field of Copenhagen (1-3) in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, thanks to Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden.
This was supposed to be a formality, and it’s getting there. Manchester City took a very big option on qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Champions League by winning on the field of Copenhagen (1-3), Tuesday evening, in the round of 16 first leg.
The Danish club had managed to get out of the groups by beating Manchester United in their heated Parken (4-3). But City are not United, we have known that for several years, and the Skyblues did not fall into the trap set by Jacob Neestrup’s men.
Foden still decisive
After a first double opportunity for Ruben Dias and Nathan Aké from a corner (6th), Manchester City quickly opened the scoring with a goal from Kevin De Bruyne, perfectly launched by the in-form man Phil Foden (0-1, 10th) . There will be a small alert, with a missed clearance from Ederson which led to a victorious strike from Magnus Mattsson (1-1, 34th), but Pep Guardiola’s team quickly regained the upper hand, this time with De Bruyne at the start and Bernardo Silva at the conclusion, with a nice dive from the left (1-2, 45th+1).
In the second half, Man City continued to control their subject, without really forcing (75% ball possession, 26 shots to 4), but the reigning European champions said to themselves that they would approach the return more calmly with a second goal before. So after a great opportunity for Erling Haaland, who remained silent (90th+2), Phil Foden went for his goal to put his team out of harm’s way (1-3, 90th+2). For suspense, we will probably have to wait until the quarter-finals, at least.
