VIDEO City opens the door to the quarterfinals: Sporting will go into revenge with a high deficit – Športky.sk

LISBON – Manchetru City footballers are significantly closer to advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League 2021/2022. In the opening match of the round of 16, they won a high 5-0 on Tuesday at Sporting Lisbon.

Sporting returned to the elimination phase of the Champions League after 13 years and would rather forget the duel against Manchester City. Since the beginning, he has been pulling against the Premier League leader for a shorter end. In the 9th minute, the guests pushed into the penalty area of ​​the Portuguese team, the ball reached Mahrez and he opened the score. Bernardo Silva increased the lead to 2 – 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The pressure of coach Pepo Guardiol’s charges did not stop and in the 32nd minute Mahrez was able to send a pass in the 16th to Foden even through three home defenders. The English national team did not hesitate up close. A minute before the break, Bernardo Silva, a midfielder, was entered in the shooting list for the second time, and he ran from the second wave to Sterling’s pass.

The dismantling of the Portuguese champion continued even after the break. In the 50th minute, Silva broke the net again, but the referee, after consulting with a video assistant, did not allow Benfica’s offspring to enjoy the hat-trick. The task of scoring the fifth goal fell to Sterling, who managed it in the 59th minute with an export shot into the corner of Adan’s goal. After a 5-0 triumph, the Citizens are already one leg in the quarterfinals.

Sporting Lisbon – Manchester City 0: 5 (0: 4)

Goals: 17th and 44th Bernardo Silva, 7th Mahrez, 32nd Foden, 58th Sterling. Judge: Jovanovič (Srb.), ŽK: Matheus, Esgaio, Ugarte – Gündogan

Sporting: Adan – Esgaio, Inacio, Coates – Porro (82. Neto), Palhinha, Nunes, Reis – Sarabia (75. Tabata), Paulinho (75. Slimani), Goncalves (50. Ugarte)
Manchester City: Ederson – Stones (61st Zinchenko), Ruben Dias, Laporte (84th Ake), Cancelo – Rodri (73rd Fernandinho), De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva (85th Delap) – Mahrez, Foden (61st Gündogan), Sterling

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