- Manchester City advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the seventh year in a row after defeating FC Copenhagen 3-1 at home.
- Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland scored goals each. “The Blues” advanced to the next round with an aggregate score of 6-2.
- Pep Guardiola’s team won as they prepare to face Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend.
Manchester City advanced to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League for the seventh year in a row after defeating FC Copenhagen 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium last night. past
Manuel Akanji, Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland scored goals each. “The Blues” advanced to the next round with an aggregate score of 6-2.
Pep Guardiola’s team won as they prepare to face Liverpool in the Premier League this weekend.
Rotation but still powerful
With a 3-1 victory in the first leg, Manchester City held the advantage and that led Pep Guardiola to change almost the entire team from the ยูฟ่าเบท team that beat Manchester United last weekend.
In this game, Guardiola gave Rico Lewis, Oscar Bobb and Matheus Nunes a chance to return to the starting line-up. With the main players like John Stones, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden being just reserves.
Even though many positions were changed, that didn’t make their game any worse. Moreover, having main players like Rodri and Erling Haaland play a huge role in the balance of the team.
The leading goal should help unlock it quickly from the first 5 minutes, allowing the “Blues” to relieve pressure. And they even closed the game in the first half.
Bobb was one of the reasons why Pep agreed to release Palmer.
Oscar Bobb seized almost every opportunity when sent onto the field, and in this match Pep Guardiola sent the Norwegian to play in the number 10 position behind Haaland.
The 20-year-old has shown impressive form, using his signature dribbling skills to his advantage. Unfortunately, there were no goals or assists even though Bobb was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes.
It shows that Bobb deserves more playing time as Manchester City enter a busy period between now and June.
Bobb signed a new five-year contract last week. It speaks to how he is viewed in the club’s long-term plans.
Nunes suffered a horrifying broken finger.
Matheus Nunes is another player who will benefit from rotation as he starts on the right flank. And he did an impressive job.
However, the Portuguese midfielder stayed on the field until the 74th minute before being substituted with a broken finger after slipping and landing incorrectly.
The picture that came out was no less terrifying. And we must hope that he will be available as an option at least as a reserve in the away game against Liverpool this weekend because Pep probably wants the most complete strength.
In addition, in this game he is still without the name Jeremy Dogu, with the Spanish trainer revealing that the former Rennes attacker has a muscle injury.
Man City advances to the quarter-finals for the seventh year in a row.
After successfully defeating Copenhagen, Manchester City has now made it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the seventh year in a row.
They are also the first team in the competition’s history to score at least three goals in nine consecutive home games, starting with a 5-0 win over Copenhagen in October 2022.
Moreover, the “Blues” led 2-0 after just 9 minutes in this match, which is the fastest two-goal lead ever in the Champions League. and is the fastest English team to do so since Manchester United did it against Bayern Munich in April 2010 (just 7 minutes).