For the weight of your investmentManchester City He is a clear candidate to win the Champions League, but it has always remained in the aspirational. On his visit to Leipzig gave a recital in the first part, without “innovations” of Pep Guardiola, but he went to the roots with a 4-3-3 with well-defined functions. But in the plugin the relaxation took its toll, so it ended 1-1.
Without Kevin de Bruyne, injured and far from his level for a while, Bernardo Silva and Ikay Güngodan were released to play. The opening of the scoring was the work of Riyad Mahrez with a shot, after a great backheel pass from Gundogan. The problem came in the second half, when Manchester City took their foot off the accelerator, a cardinal sin in the Champions League. A header from Joško Gvardiol put the key on a table. The victory for the citizens was in the end Erling Halaand, but he was not fine.
Reflections of the City after the tie
“We did not take a step forward (in the second half). They pushed even higher. We recovered after the goal and played a good last 20 minutes. We had good chances in both halves. It is a good result”, analyzed Pep Guardiola, DT of Manchester City after this Champions League match. While İlkay Gündoğan commented: “We had the best chances throughout the 90 minutes, we had to decide even before the break. We are quite satisfied with the performance, but not so much with the result.”
The Germans recognized their reaction in the snap. “Two very, very different times. In the first half we didn’t do anything, we limited ourselves to chasing the ball, we were very bad when we had it. The second was very different, we were better with the ball, we got it back better and we played as we had planned,” said Marco Rose, after equalizing against Manchester City in the Champions League.
Inter Milan advanced task in the Champions League
In an even match, where the two goalkeepers, both Onana (Inter Milan) and Diogo Costa (Porto), the joy was Italian. Those from Milan took good advantage of the expulsion of Otavio, the most different player of the Dragons, to sink his fang in the last minutes. The punctuality that Manchester City did not have on this day of the Champions League, Romelu Lukaku knew how to demonstrate. By the minimum, but triumph in the end.
“We played an excellent game against a physical and technical opponent. We regret the first part because we had several occasions where we could have gone ahead. In the second half, Porto had a dangerous counterattack in which Škriniar and Onana were very good. Afterwards, the changes helped us a lot”, reflected Simone InzaghiDT of Inter Milan, who, unlike City, did fulfill his duties in the Champions League.
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