UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Manchester City WWWWW 2
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Borussia Mönchengladbach DWLDL 0
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1st Leg · Puskás Aréna

Match Report

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Man City outclass Gladbach in dominant Champions League display

Manchester City extended their winning run to 19 games as they beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-0 in the Champions League round of 16 first leg.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
2
60.8
Possession
39.2
9
SHOTS
3
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
728
Accurate Passes
430
790
Passes
512
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
7
Crosses
2
0.3
Cross %
0.5
30
Long Balls
50
21
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
8
Effective Tackles
11
12
Tackles
25
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
15
Interceptions
10
2
Effective Clearances
13
2
Clearances
13

Head to Head

MNC leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

BMG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 30Nico ElvediCD-L
  3. 28Matthias GinterCD-R
  4. 25Ramy BensebainiLB
  5. 18Stefan LainerRB
  6. 6Christoph KramerCM
  7. 32Florian NeuhausLM
  8. 8Denis ZakariaRM
  9. 13Lars StindlF
  10. 14Alassane PléaLF
  11. 23Jonas HofmannRF

MNC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 14Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 27João CanceloLB
  5. 2Kyle WalkerRB
  6. 20Bernardo SilvaAM
  7. 8Ilkay GündoganLM
  8. 16RodriRM
  9. 9Gabriel JesusF
  10. 47Phil FodenAM-L
  11. 7Raheem SterlingAM-R

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, Manchester City 1. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by João Cancelo with a cross.
  2. 63' Valentino Lazaro (Borussia Monchengladbach) Substitution at 63'
  3. 63' Marcus Thuram (Borussia Monchengladbach) Substitution at 63'
  4. 65' Goal! Borussia Mönchengladbach 0, Manchester City 2. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a headed pass.
  5. 69' Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) Substitution at 69'
  6. 74' Breel Embolo (Borussia Monchengladbach) Substitution at 74'
  7. 80' Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) Substitution at 80'
  8. 80' Ferrán Torres (Manchester City) Substitution at 80'
  9. 87' Substitution, Borussia Mönchengladbach. Hannes Wolf replaces Jonas Hofmann because of an injury.

UEFA Champions League News

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