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Man City He came back against Club Brugge to stay in the Champions League this season, but he is to be a discouraging opponent of the playoff. See the best facts and OPTA data on our Man City VS Club Bruge Stats page.
Manchester City experienced a real frightening to book his place in the UEFA Playoffs of the Champions League after it came from behind to beat the Brugge Club 2-1 on Wednesday but will face the two Real Madrid or Bayern Munich In the next stage.
In match 8 of the entry phase of the City League League, City knew they had to win to stay in the race, and had to rely on Mateo Kovacic And its own goal to cancel a deficit with one goal after Rafael Onidika’s impact for the first half.
The victory sees the city finale in the 22nd place in the table, which means they will have a blockbuster tie with Real Madrid (11th) or Bayern (12th) in the playoffs. Club Brugge almost remains in the race, ending the 24th and will stand up both Atalanta (9th) or Borussia Dortmund (10th).
City took a while to continue and there was no target shot in the first half, as the nerves were very much on display.
It was the Belgians who continued to silence the Etihad Stadium. Ferran Jutgla burst to the left of the counterattack, and his cross was diverted into the path of Onidika, who fired into a close post of Ederson.
John Stones missed a glorious chance to score at the beginning of the second half when he heads wide with his head, but shortly after Kovacic found the net. The Croatians were walking through Bruges’s defense with ease before stroked the ball along Simon Mining.
Kovacic has already scored six goals in the Champions League, each of which comes in different seasons and for four different teams (Dynamo Zagreb, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Man City). Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic (6), Hernan Crespo (5) and Alvaro Morata (5) celebrated more different teams in the competition.
Bruges almost brought the lead immediately, but Ederson saved to deny Hans Vanaken, while Christos Tsolis only shoots wide minutes later.
It was the city that broke out, as the low cross of Josko Guard gave diverted into his own network by Bruge’s defender Joel Ordones.
Erling Haland had a quiet night, but it almost made it three with 18 minutes, only for the former Liverpool goalkeeper to save when he was placed in the door.
Mignolet failed to protect Savinho moments later, with the replacement removed a ball of stones and shooting through the goalkeeper to make three. Savinho has participated directly in five goals in his last six participations in all competitions (2 goals, 3 assists), more than his first 23 exits for City (4 assists).
It was a night of City relief, but a bigger test awaits them next month in the playoffs.
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