In the first leg 3 weeks ago, Man City was held to a 1-1 draw by RB Leipzig. It was thought that the return leg would be a bit difficult, but everything went too smoothly for the reigning Premier League champions.
With home advantage, Man City entered the match with enthusiasm and quickly established an attacking position on their opponents. In fact, that was maintained by the English football representative for most of the match.
The turning point of the match began in the 22nd minute with Erling Haaland scoring from the penalty spot after the referee reviewed a situation that took place in Leipzig's penalty area and judged that Henrichs had handled the ball while competing in the air with Dias.
After that, Haaland scored 4 more goals in the 24th, 45+2, 53rd and 57th minutes. In addition, Gundogan (49') and De Bruyne (90'+2) also scored to contribute to Man City's unexpected big win.
On the other side of the pitch, RB Leipzig played like a broken team and just tried to finish the match. There were no sharp counter-attacks or well-coordinated passes.
Thus, Man City entered the quarter-finals of the 2022-2023 Champions League with a devastating 7-0 victory in the second leg and a total score of 8-1 over RB Leipzig.
In the same match, Porto drew 0-0 when hosting Inter Milan. With the Portuguese representative losing 0-1 in the first leg in Italy, Inter Milan won the ticket to the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League .
* According to Goal, Juventus may be reconsidering Paul Pogba's future due to the midfielder's limited contributions since the start of the 2022-2023 season. Recently, the French player was injured again after taking free kicks in Juventus' latest training session and needs 20 to 30 days off to fully recover. Although he just moved to Juventus from Man Utd last summer, Pogba has been constantly "friends" with the hospital and has caused the black and white striped team to continue to "feed the leopard".
The Turin team is likely to propose three solutions. First, both sides will still comply with the 4-year contract signed in the summer of 2022. Second, Juventus will ask Pogba to reduce his salary. The last and most drastic case is that Juventus will consider canceling the 4-year contract that Pogba signed in July 2022.
* FourFourTwo magazine reported that Man Utd are negotiating to recruit Benfica striker Goncalo Ramos in the summer transfer window of 2023. At the 2022 World Cup, the Portuguese team did not play successfully, but Ramos left an impression with a hat-trick in the round of 16. At the club level, he has 23 goals and 9 assists after 35 appearances for Benfica in all competitions. It is known that Ramos' contract with Benfica is valid until June 2026.
* Dailymail reported that Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta surpassed colleagues such as Richie Wellen, Emma Hayes, Thomas Frank and Marco Silva to win the award for Best Coach of the Year in London.
In addition, three other members of the Gunners were also honored. Specifically, midfielder Martin Odegaard topped the Premier League Player of the Year category playing in London, Bukayo Saka was voted the best young player of the year playing in London, and goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale was honored as “London’s No. 1 goalkeeper”.
This season, coach Mikel Arteta and his team are holding many advantages on the journey to win the Premier League. After 27 rounds, Arsenal has won 66 points, 5 points more than the second-placed team, Man City - the defending champions of the tournament.
* Playing in round 25 of La Liga against Espanyol, midfielder Toni Kroos contributed 1 assist to help Real Madrid win 3-1 against their opponent to continue chasing Barca in the championship race. Not only that, this is also Kroos' 400th appearance in Real Madrid's shirt. The player born in 1990 has officially entered the history of the Spanish royal team as the German player who has played the most matches for the Bernabeu team.
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