Defeating Copenhagen, Man City has a wide open door to the quarter-finals

Man City won 3-1 at Copenhagen and set a record of becoming the first team in the Champions League to score over 3 goals in 7 consecutive matches, before that in the group stage Man City scored over 3 goals in each match.

However, if you look at the performance of his players, Coach Guardiola is not satisfied. The away team created a superior game against the home team, Man City had the ball 75% of the time, launched 27 shots, 12 of which were on target. Man City's expected goals (xG) index reached 3.53 but the actual number of goals was only 3.

However, with a 3-1 away win, Man City still have a chance to advance when playing at home in the second leg. Guardiola's team can lose the second leg by a one-goal margin and still qualify.

Đánh bại Copenhagen, Man City rộng cửa vào tứ kết - 1 — Man City won easily at Copenhagen stadium (Photo: Getty).

Having to play at Copenhagen Stadium was not a big problem for Man City, the defending champions quickly took the initiative and scored. In the 10th minute, De Bruyne escaped to receive a pass from Foden, the Belgian midfielder finished neatly from the right side of the penalty area, defeating the home team's goalkeeper to open the score.

With an early goal, Man City played quite comfortably, the away team continued to create many scoring opportunities but could not take advantage. The surprise happened in the 34th minute, Ederson carelessly cleared the ball to Elyounoussi's feet, the home team's number 10 kicked the ball off the Man City player's foot and bounced to Mattsson, this player finished from the edge of the penalty area and put the ball into the net to equalize 1-1.

Đánh bại Copenhagen, Man City rộng cửa vào tứ kết - 2 — Ederson made a mistake that led to the loss (Photo: Getty).

After equalizing, Copenhagen played well, causing Man City a lot of trouble. Luck smiled on Man City in the 45+1 minute when a home player accidentally cleared the ball and it bounced back to create an assist for Silva to finish on the right side of the penalty area. The Portuguese midfielder's skillful flick of the outside of his foot helped Man City take a 2-1 lead before entering the break.

In the second half, Man City dominated the game and created a lot of scoring opportunities, but the away team's strikers kept wasting them. It wasn't until the 90+2 minute that the away team scored the third goal. De Bruyne passed the ball back to Foden, and the English player comfortably finished from the center of the penalty area, sealing a 3-1 victory for Man City.

Line-up

Copenhagen (4-3-3): Grabara 7.5; Mckenna 6, Vavro 7, Diks 6.5, Jelert 6; Mattsson 7 (Larsson 80, 6), Falk 6, Cupido Goncalves 6 (O.Hojlund 69, 6); Elyounoussi 5.5, Claesson 6 (Cornelius 54, 6), Achouri 5.5 (Sorensen 80, 6).

Man City (4-2-3-1): Ederson 5.5; Walker 6, Stones 5.5, Dias 7, Ake 7; Rodri 7, Bernardo Silva 7 (Nunes 78, 6); Foden 8, De Bruyne 7.5, Grealish 6 (Doku 21, 6.5); Haaland 5.5.

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