The German team played strong marking and was always dangerous in attack
Bayer Leverkusen achieved a great victory this Tuesday, defeating Manchester City, in England, 2-0, in a duel valid for the fifth round of the Champions League group stage. With the result, the German team reached five points, in 13th place, while City remains with ten, in sixth.
Bayer Leverkusen did not allow Manchester City to dominate from the start of the match. The German team played strong marking and was always dangerous in attack.
In the 23rd minute, Bayer opened the scoring in a beautiful move. With quick touches of the ball and great movement, the German team arrived in the English area and captain Grimaldo hit a beautiful left cross shot to open the score.
Manchester’s reaction was not immediate. Coach Pep Guardiola’s team seemed dejected and only bothered Trafford’s goal at the end of the first half. Bobb and Rejinders forced important saves from the English team’s goalkeeper.
The second half started with the same panorama. Bayer was ‘on’, while City insisted on a slow exchange of passes. With that, the German team found spaces for the second goal. Schick, with a header, after ten minutes, increased the visitors’ advantage.
Guardiola decided to change the team and made five changes in 20 minutes. Among them were Foden and Haaland. Pushed by the fans, the English team went to pressure Tota.
At 25, Haaland dribbled past Flekken, but the goalkeeper recovered and prevented the complete shot. At 28, the big Norwegian sent the ball over the crossbar.
Bayer completely abandoned the attack in the final 15 minutes. The ten outfield players positioned themselves in the middle of the German defense, giving little space for the English to exchange passes.
The way was to take advantage of set pieces. Cherki took a free kick just outside the penalty area, but Flekken made a great save. He even avoided Poku’s own goal, in the 45th minute. The victory was celebrated by the Germans like a title.
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