In their previous two games on English soil, Manchester City were beaten in both games and that seems to have made the English double and European champions very stubborn, with Leipzig paying the price.

The Germans had remained unbeaten in the two previous seasons when Pep Guardiola’s team visited their stadium, but on Wednesday evening (04/10) they could not achieve the same as the citizens were clearly superior (3:18 in the final, 1: 5 at home). , 32%-68% ball possession) and was rewarded in the final by winning with a score of 3-1 with two goals after the 80th minute and without Erling Haaland having to “find” his way into the net.

With this result, City made it “2 in 2” and are already the absolute favorites for first place in the 7th group of the Champions League, with Leipzig holding 2nd place despite the defeat, as they are in their other game in the The group stage was over, Red Star and Young Boys drew 2-2 and were two points behind the Bulls.

City returned to winning with vigor

Manchester City suffered two consecutive away defeats (against Newcastle in the League Cup and Wolves in the Premier League) and therefore went onto the pitch with 100% concentration, with Pep Guardiola’s side taking the lead after being substituted. to win in the first quarter and not reach the goal too late.

Foden “warned” him with his dangerous shots in the 14th and 19th that failed to find the target, with his signature in the 25th minute making it 0-1. Lewis and Bernardo Silva combined brilliantly on the right and the former converted at the height of the penalty, with the England midfielder intercepting the shot on the move and leaving Blaswich no room to react.

After that and until the end of the first half, the situation did not change in the slightest, Leipzig did not once threaten Ederson, who was watching the game as a spectator, and the citizens went into the dressing room with 10 finals and 72% possession of the ball.

However, there was a nasty surprise for the European champions in the second half: Leipzig showed a strong performance and equalized with the first good chance of the game. This happened in the 48th minute when Slager fed Poulsen and made a clever vertical pass to Opeda, who went into attack like an arrow and beat Ederson with a wonderful cross (1:1).

As a result, the Citizens pushed hard and missed big opportunities, especially with Haaland and Foden, while Leipzig retreated and tried to threaten on the counterattack. However, the European champions suffocated the Germans in their own half and finally got their much-desired second goal in the 84th minute when Julián Alvarez came on as a substitute in the 79th minute and opened the scoring with a stunning volley five minutes later.

There was even a third goal for City in stoppage time to put the icing on the cake, with the Argentine striker providing an excellent assist and Doku (also substitute) Blasvich finishing with a free kick in the penalty area to make it 3-1. for the Premier League leaders, with whom he achieved 6 points after the first two games.

• MISSING: Blasvig, Klostermann, Simakan, Lukeba, Raum, Simmons, Slager, Seewald (85′ Haidara), Forsberg (70′ Cesko), Opeda (70′ Werner), Poulsen (75′ Baumgartner)
• MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Walker, Akanji (72′ Doku), Ruben Diaz, Guardiol, Rodri, Lewis, Foden (79′ Alvarez), Bernardo Silva (87′ Nunes), Grealish (72′ Ake), Haaland

Record in Belgrade, first point for Asteras and Young Boys

The two teams lined up on the pitch with the awareness that they “needed” to get a result, as both had gone into the first division with their heads down, although the first part was still even and the chances were clear in front of the two homes counted on the fingers of one hand.

The Young Boys team seemed to be better at points, but it was Asteras who went into the dressing room with a lead thanks to the phase in the 35th minute. When his players then faced Boukari and after a diagonal shot, Ediage headed it into the net with a lead from the small area, with the assistant raising his flag for Boukari, but the VAR justified the assessment of the red and white, who were at the corner were covered at the start of the phase (1-0).

However, the Young Boys didn’t give up the game and not only equalized in the second half, but also caused a surprise. The 1-1 draw came in the 48th minute and was the result of a beautiful partnership: Monteiro sent a vertical pass and Ugrinic equalized with a free kick that left Glaser no room to react.

After an hour the game was up and down, Digas found the ball with his hand in the team’s penalty area and Iten did not make up for it after putting the ball on the white ball and sending it into the net (1-2).

Despite the cold spell, the Serbian champions did not allow themselves to be discouraged, equalized, applied pressure and finally saved the game shortly before the end when Boukari made the final score 2-2 in the 88th minute with an incredible inspiration in the penalty area and created tension spread in the stands of “Raiko Mitić” for the Red-Whites’ first point in this year’s competition.

• RED STAR: Glaser, Mihailovic, Dragovic, Diga, Rodic (62′ Olaginka), Stamenic (70′ Lucic), Huang, Boukari, Ivanic, Mitrovic (70′ Katai), Diage (80′ Kraso)
• YOUNG BOYS: Raciopi, Yanko, Kamara, Benito (47′ Amenda), Garcia, Males (74′ Chaiva), Niasse, Ugrinic, Elia, Iten (74′ Ganvula), Monteiro

The results of the 2nd matchday in the 7th group

• Red Star – Young Boys 2-2 (35′ Ediage, 88′ Boukari / 48′ Ugrinics, 61′ penalty. ΄Iten)
• Leipzig – Manchester City 1-3 (48′ Openda / 25′ Foden, 84′ Alvares, 90+2′ Doku)

Full schedule and results

• Young Boys – Leipzig 1-3 (33′ Elia / 3′ Simakan, 73′ Slager, 90+2′ Sesco)
• Manchester City – Red Star 3-1 (47′ 60′ Alvares, 73′ Rodri / 45 Boukari)
• 10/25 22:00 O’clock Leipzig – Red Star
• 10/25 22:00 O’clock Young Boys – Manchester City
• 07/11 22:00 Red Star – Leipzig
• 07/11 22:00 Manchester City-Young Boys
• November 28th 22:00 O’clock Manchester City – Leipzig
• November 28th 22:00 O’clock Young Boys – Red Star
• 12/13 7:45 p.m Red Star – Manchester City
• 12/13 7:45 p.m Leipzig – Young Boys