2023-11-29 10:23:44
This match was key to defining which team managed to be crowned group champion and thus be in pot 1 of the Round of 16. Both entities left everything on the field giving us a great Champions League night.
The Germans were winning by 2 goals to 0 after the first half but a second half where the English gave a football chair to finish the game in victory.
Let’s see the summary of both halves of the match
The first 45 minutes were pure football, Manchester City came out as always, with the intention of dominating the game in the field of the German team, but they responded They embedded their defensive block enveloping the attackers cityzens, with a intense pressure that did not let the rivals breathe. ANDThis great defense allowed them to come out quickly on the counterattack and even enjoy relatively long possessions.in addition to the first two goals of the game.
Source: Leipzig in X
After a foul received by RB Leipzig controlled possession of the ball calmly from his area, where his own goalkeeper sends a long weight filtered towards his forward Openda, who took advantage of a mistake by Akanji, the Belgian reached the goal with ease where with cold blood finishes crossed and tight to put the Red Bull company team ahead
After the goal, Guardiola’s team he got his batteries, increasing the speed and intensity of his attackshighlighting the vertical passes and the individual brilliance of its players. This did not help him to tie the tie, quite the opposite.. A new recovery of the German rear formed a new counterattack, Xavi Simons gives a great filtered pass with which Openda wins the body against Ruben Dias and with a cut in the Ortega area, Lois sends the ball to save.
After the second goal, the German team dominated the remaining minutes before the break, enjoying long possessions and silencing the City of Manchester Stadium.
Source: Leipzig in X
Los skies blues they came out with the clear ideas for the game, turn the game aroundfor that Guardiola changed to Ruben DiasGrealish and Walker for Nathan Aké, Jérémy Doku and Julián Álvarez respectively.
Guardiola was not wrong and hit the nail on the head with the changesjust one play after these, Erling HaalandWho else, he scored the first goal for the locals thanks to a previous great combination of passes in which English, Phil Foden attended to the Norwegian striker.
The second goal was caused by a new combination of passes from City, a long possession led to a filtered inside pass from the Croatian defender If Guardiol a Foden, who finished with cold blood inside the area, tying the score.
And finally the third goal was similar to the previous two, in a long and explosive combination of cityzens the ball fell to the feet of Jérémy Doku, he filters to, again, Foden who, again, assists, this time, Julián Álvarez who scores his third goal in this edition of the Champions League.
We highlight in the match the great performance of players like Foden, with two assists and a goal, Lois Openda, with two goalsand of Xavi Simonswhich was everywhere but in the seventy-second minute, fell injuredit was possible to see a severe shoulder painy He left the game in tears.
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