Gundogan returns to Manchester City, presents first Champions League win

League Phase 2nd Game Winning Goal
4-0 win over Bratislava

Jeremy Gundogan (center) of Manchester City (England) celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the 8th minute of the first half in the second leg of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League league phase visit against Bratislava (Slovakia) on the 2nd. Hugging Toku (right). Bratislava = AP Newsis

Ilkay Gundogan, who returned to Manchester City (England, Man City) after a year, scored a return goal and helped the team achieve its first win in this season’s UEFA Champions League.

Manchester City won 4-0 in the second match of the 2024-2025 UEFA Champions League league phase against Bratislava (Slovakia) on the 2nd. Manchester City, who had drawn 0-0 with Inter Milan (Italy) on the 19th of last month, achieved their first win of the Champions League season.

Gundogan scored the go-ahead goal in the 8th minute of the first half. This is the first goal in 7 official games since returning to Manchester City. Gundogan played for Manchester City for seven seasons from July 2016 to June last year. Gundogan, who moved to Barcelona (Spain) in July last year, returned to Manchester City in August. In the 2022-2023 season, he served as Manchester City’s captain and contributed to the treble of taking the top spot in the English Premier League (EPL), English Football Association Cup, and Champions League.

Gundogan, who played full time that day, left a comment on his social media after the game, saying, “Our team was great tonight.” Manchester City’s leading striker Erling Holland, who was the Champions League’s top scorer, scored the team’s third goal in the 13th minute of the second half, scoring his first goal in the Champions League this season.

Barcelona won 5-0 against Young Boys (Switzerland) at home that day. Barcelona, ​​who lost 1-2 in the first leg against AS Monaco (France), also reported its first win. Barcelona’s ‘scoring machine’ Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal in the 8th minute of the first half and a key goal in the 6th minute of the second half. Dortmund (Germany) defeated Celtic (Scotland) 7-1 and won two games in a row. Lee Kang-in’s team, Paris Saint-Germain (France), lost 0-2 to Arsenal (England).

Reporter Kang Hong-gu [email protected]

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2024-10-04 12:21:04