Exciting finale to his games as well 7th group for the 2nd matchday of the Champions League groups!
H Manchester City missed a… sack of opportunities against Leipzig, but in the end she found two goals in the final and reached a very important victory (1-3), with which she is now alone first, at +3 from her current opponent! THE Foden opened the scoring for the Citizens, with the home side equalizing with Open and the Alvarez, Docu to find the way to the opposing nets in the last minutes, also giving the three points to Pep Guardiola’s team.
In the other game of the night, Red Star went first (with a goal Effect) at half-time against Young Boys, but within 16 minutes of the second half found themselves losing, with goals from Ugrinic and Iten. However, the Serbians had not said their last word and managed to equalize in the 88th minute, with Bukari and get the score (2-2). Now, they are in third place with one point, the same as the Swiss.
7th group
Leipzig-Manchester City
The Citizens came into the game very strongly and threatened first in the 14th minute with Lewis, with the Leipzig defenders clearing before the ball crossed the line.
In the 17th minute, City called for a penalty for Lukeba’s hand, with the match referee saying “play on”. However, a few minutes later, Guardiola’s side managed to take the lead. In the 25th minute, Bernardo Silva found Lewis with a wonderful cross, he crossed, with Foden to catch a “shit” shot on the move and open the score for 0-1. Haaland had two very good moments in the 31st and 43rd minutes, but was unable to score. Thus, 0-1 was also the score with which the two teams went to the break.
At the start of the second half, however, Leipzig managed to level the game. In the 48th minute, Poulsen found him with a wonderful vertical pass open, who, after being able to stand up and step into the area, crossed to Ederson, with the ball ending up first on the post and then in the back of his own net, for 1-1.
City had several chances thereafter, without managing to score a second goal. In the 84th minute, however, Doku found him Alvares, who with a beautiful shot defeated Blasvik for 1-2. At 90’+2′, the two players switched roles, with Doku to score to make it 1-3 and seal the win for his team.
Red Star-Young Boys
The hosts were superior at the start of the match and managed to open the scoring in the 35th minute. Boukari went on the counter attack, who took a shot that was passed to him effects, who scored with a projection in front of an empty net for 1-0. Initially, it was ruled offside, but the goal was later awarded via VAR review.
At the beginning of the second half, the Swiss brought the game to a level, with Ugrinic to place from close range and make it 1-1. In fact, in the 61st minute, they managed to take the lead, with Iten to turn the penalty won by his team into a goal, being accurate from the white bullet for 1-2.
However, Red Star had not said their last word and equalized in the 88th minute. Craso found him Bukari and he, with a cool shot, made it 2-2, which was also the final score.
The second matchday of the 7th group:
Leipzig-Manchester City 1-3
(48′ Openda – 25′ Foden, 84′ Alvares, 90’+2′ Doku)
Red Star-Young Boys 2-2
(35′ Etiaje, 88′ Boukari – 48′ Ugrinic, 61′ pen. Iten)
The next (3rd) matchday:
Wednesday, October 25
Leipzig-Red Star (22:00)
Young Boys-Manchester City (22:00)
The group score:
Source: Sport Fm
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