Lightning double pack
Manchester City vs FC Copenhagen from 9pm LIVE
Manchester City have also won the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie against FC Copenhagen. As in the first leg, the English side prevailed 3:1. A double strike at the start of the game dashed even the Danes' faintest hopes. But Copenhagen showed morale.
The English side literally pinned the Danes back in their own half in the opening stages, had 80 per cent possession at times and were ruthless in front of goal right from the start. 4:30 minutes had been played when Manuel Akanji, who had been brought up, slammed an impressive direct volley into the net after a Julian Alvarez corner.
Before the second goal (9'), a Rodri header hit the crossbar, then FCK goalkeeper Kamil Grabara made a mistake with a not too sharp shot by Alvarez from the edge of the box and let it pass.
A brief rally
The visitors only really made their presence felt once in attack and shone with a perfectly played counter-attack. Norway team player Mohamed Elyounoussi finished with his heel after Orri Oskarsson's preparatory work (29'). The English side were unimpressed and immediately stepped up a gear. After a pass from Rodri, Erling Haaland fooled the Copenhagen backline and scored into the far corner (45.+3). The ex-Salzburger increased his impressive goal tally in the "premier class" to 41 goals in 37 games. His tally for the season is similarly strong with 29 goals in 32 competitive matches.
The 20th consecutive unbeaten competitive game did not change after the break, allowing them to conserve their strength ahead of Sunday's league summit clash against Liverpool at Anfield Road. Copenhagen's exit also increased Salzburg's chances of qualifying for the 2025 Club World Cup, which only PSV Eindhoven and Arsenal can prevent in the event of a CL triumph.
Kommentare
Liebe Leserin, lieber Leser,
die Kommentarfunktion steht Ihnen ab 6 Uhr wieder wie gewohnt zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
das krone.at-Team
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.