The Manchester City defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-1, this Tuesday in England, and is taking a small advantage in view of the return of the quarter-finalse the Champions League, next Wednesday in Germany.
The Belgian K.house de Bruyne (19) overtook Premier League leader Marco Reus who finished ahead of the Germans just before the end (84), but Phil Foden gave Pep Guardiola’s team the victory over the horn (90).
The City, which will continue to pursue four titles this season, quickly confirmed their favorite poster of this draw against Dortmund appearing at the Etihad Stadium without three of their pillars, the Belgian midfielder Axel Witsel, the England connection Jadon Sancho and the young pearl. Youssoufa Moukouko.
Guardiola, on the other hand, left with his usual team, albeit without a striker, with Bernardo Silva as false 9 and Phil Foden, Riyad Mahrez and Kevin de Bruyne as trident of support for the Portuguese.
And in the first English game of danger, City did not forgive. Mahrez stole a ball in the middle of the field and set up a counter that De Bruyne ended with a low shot from the edge of the small area (19).
The punishment for him Dortmund pudo was bigger at half time, as Romanian referee Ovidiu Alin Hategan pointed out as a penalty tackling Emre on ‘Rodri’, although he withdrew his decision after consulting the VAR (29).
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Furthermore, the Germans hardly disrupted the goal of the Brazilian Ederson, who had only scored one goal in the eight games played this season.
It could have been otherwise, however, as a mistake by the Brazilian goalkeeper led to a Jude Bellingham goal that the referee annulled for a foul by the 17-year-old forward (37).
Ederson recovered from that mistake by winning heads-up against Erling Haaland as soon as the second half started (48).
City forgave the second on three clear occasions, two from Foden (65 and 77) and one from De Bruyne (76) and could have paid dearly for it in a match that was encouraged as the minutes passed.
Marco Reus tied the score for the Germans after a nice pass from Haaland (84), although the English still had time to take the win, with Foden’s goal past Ilkay Gündogan (90).
Manchester City Lineups: Ederson, Walker, Rúben Dias, Stones, Gundogan, Rodri, De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva, Mahrez, Joao Cancelo, Foden
Lineups of Borussia Dortmund: Hitz, Morey, Dahoud, Haaland, Reus, Guerreiro, Hummels, Akanji, Bellingham, Emre Can, Knauff