Haaland “broke out”, City beat Bern – Victory… qualification for Leipzig!

Unstoppable in the Champions League City!

His team Pep Guardiola won 3-1 away from home Young Boysmaking it 3/3 in the seventh group of the competition and… effectively securing qualification, since it is now 8 points away from third place.

The “citizens” were forced more than they expected for 65 minutes, but from then on two goals of Erling Haalandhis first this year Champions Leagueled them to the “double” against the fighting Swiss.

In the other match of the group, Leipzig took an easy victory with a score of 3-1 against Red Starwith which she also took a strong step towards qualification, since she is now 5 points ahead of the Serbs and Young Boys.

The Germans were superior throughout the match, going 2-0 up with goals from David Raum and Xavi Simmonswhile they were not worried when the “red and whites” reduced with Stamenic, finding another goal from Danny Olmo for the final 3-1.

The results of the 3rd round:

Young Boys-Manchester City 1-3

(52′ Elia – 48′ Akanji, 67’/86′ Haaland)

Leipzig-Red Star 3-1

(12′ Raum, 59′ Simmons, 84′ Olmo – 70′ Stamenic)

The next (4th) matchday:

Tuesday, November 7

Manchester City-Young Boys (22:00)

Red Star-Leipzig (22:00)

The rating:

The matches

Leipzig-Red Star

The home team entered from very early on with the aim of… not getting stressed, which actually didn’t happen, since only in the 12th minute David Raum put them in front after some nice partnerships and a terrific cross shot.

The German side continued to keep possession and control the game, looking for the second goal to seal the win. Still, a mistake of his Lukemba drove him Olaginka to win a penalty for the guests, a decision that was however overturned by VAR! From then on, the two teams stayed out of the phases until half time.

Quickly in the second half, the Germans seemed to have put an end to the game. In the 59th minute, the unlikely Xavi Simmons he caught a “fireball” from a distance of more than 20 meters, which was nailed to Omri Glazer’s net for 2-0.

THE Red Star nevertheless, he reacted and reduced to 70′ with a nice effort Stamenic, however despite re-entering the match he was unable to threaten an equaliser. On the contrary, in the 84th Danny Olmo he took advantage of ‘crashes in the area, making it 3-1 and sealing victory for the home side.

Young Boys-Manchester City

From very early on, the match in Bern took the… expected form. Just in the 3rd minute, o Rodri threatened with a header after a corner, while in the 6th minute Mateus Nunes missed the chance to score his first goal in a City shirt after his terrific through ball Gryllis.

The guests continued to press with him as the main spokesperson Jeremy Dokuhowever Racciopi had an answer in the final of the Belgian, as in Haaland a little later, with City to raise its lines high looking for the goal that would “unlock” the defense.

In the 33rd minute, City lost her greatest opportunity, when o Raciopi didn’t consistently parry after a Grealish shot, with Haaland to fly the ball towards the net and Benito to save on the line.

What was not done in the first part, was done with “good evening” in the second, since in the 48th minute the Manuel Akanji he took the rebound after another save by Racciopi and sent the ball into the net for the English lead. The home team’s response was emphatic, since a few minutes later o Mesak Elia beat Ederson with an incredible lob to tie the game at 1-1!

However, the Swiss did not last long. In the 65th minute, Kamara pulled him off Rodri and incurred a penalty foul. After validating the VAR, Erling Haaland took over the execution, and sent the ball into the net for City’s 2-1.

From then on, the match turned into… a walk for her City, which found a goal in the 75th minute with Julián Alvarez, but it was ruled out for offside. Despite this, the 3-1 of the “citizens” finally happened in the 86th minute, when o Haaland again sent the ball high into the corner with a fine right-footed finish.