The Manchester City continued to pursue victories and took a big step towards the quarter-finals of the Champions League by beating 2-0 as a visitor Borussia Monchengladbach, in a round of 16 game that was played in Budapest.
The game was not played in the stadium Borussia Park de Mönchengladbach Instead, it was moved to the Puskas Arena in the Hungarian capital, due to restrictions on entry into German territory from the United Kingdom due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Budapest had already organized another game Champions for the same reason, the fact that the Liverpool beat RB Leipzig 2-0.
The many of the Manchester City To get their band back on track, they were passed by the Portuguese Bernardo Silva (minute 29) and by the Brazilian Gabriel Jesús (65).
He is also Portuguese Joao Cancelo had a leading role in both.
At Bernardo Silva, he was the one who sent the center that his fellow countryman went to the network of the Germans and in the second he sent a similar center, which also hit Bernardo Silva, but to send to the small area, where Gabriel Jesús went directly to sent. to purpose.
Gabriel Jesús had already had a big chance in 54, but he was entertained and Swiss defender Nico Elvedi blocked the shot.
Just before the Brazilian’s goal, Borussia Mönchengladbach had a good chance to score a draw, with an offshoot of Frenchman Alassane Plea, who narrowly missed.
Argentinian Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero was a substitute and entered the game with ten minutes to go, but was unable to help expand the ‘Citizens’ account.
Manchester City is at a spectacular time.
He has a record winning streak of 19 games in a row now, taking all competitions into account, and he’s still alive in all tournaments, so he’s aiming for four titles by the end of the course. The one in the Premier League has him close, as he already has ten points ahead of his closest pursuers.