Haaland scores in Man City win, Leipzig slips to second place

Manchester City is within walking distance 7th group The Champions League continued with a win 3-1 in Switzerland, however Young boys and brought them even closer to qualifying for the knockout rounds.

The English dominated from the first half and constantly had the ball at their feet. The hosts tried to threaten exclusively through counterattacks, but they were unable to achieve the big phase. Pep Guardiola’s players, on the other hand, found Anthony Racciopi in front of them, which meant they were unable to score.

In the second part, the rankings changed early on. Manuel Akanji scored the first goal in the 48th minute, but a little later, after a missed chance from Erling Haaland, Mesak hooked Elia Ederson and quickly equalized.

However, the picture of the game did not change, nor did the starting eleven. City continued to miss opportunities and won a penalty in the 67th minute. Haaland took charge and scored his first goal in this year’s European competitions and his tenth in all competitions.

The change of coaches followed the third goal of the game, with City finding the back of the net again through Julián Alvarez, but the goal was disallowed due to an early handball from Jack Grealish.

The European champions had no problems maintaining the lead and even scored another goal with their Norwegian Bobber in the 86th minute.

The referee’s final whistle is hiss are at the top of the table and need two points to mathematically secure qualification.

• YOUNG BOYS: Raciopi, Bloom (80′ Gianco), Camara, Benito, Garcia (80′ Persson), Nias, Loper (80′ Mals), Monteiro (73′ Ganvula), Ugrinic, Elia, Iten (73′ Ensame)
• MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Lewis, Akanji, Diaz, Ake, Kovacic, Rodri (90′ Phillips), Doku (72′ Silva), Nunes (72′ Alvarez), Grealish, Haaland (90′ Gomet)

Half the qualification win for Leipzig

After the victory, Leipzig is also just shy of qualifying for the knockout rounds 3-1 against Red Star in the other game of the 3rd matchday in the 7th group.

The Germans started the game brilliantly with a goal from David Raum in the 12th minute, but the Serbs showed combat and missed a good chance shortly afterwards.

The home team constantly had the ball at their feet and created more danger in the opposing goal. Their next goal came from a magical shot from Xavi Simmons, but they sat on that lead.

Marko Stamenic reduced in the 70th minute, giving the visitors the impetus to look for the goal that would take them back into the qualification zone, but the dream was extinguished in the 84th minute by Dani Olmo, who set up the final score.

• LEIPZIG: Blaswich, Henrichs (58′ Klostermann), Simakan, Lukeba, Raum, Simmons (75′ Olmo), Kumble, Slager, Forsberg (58′ Baumgartner), Poulsen (82′ Werner), Opeda (82′ Sesco)
• Red Star: Glaser, Rodic (65′ Nedelkovic), Dziga, Dragovic, Mijailovic (65′ Etija), Ivanic, Huang, Stamenic (81′ Katay), Mitrovic (65′ Lucic), Etija, Olaginka (46′ Bukari)

The results of the 3rd matchday in the 7th group

• Leipzig – Red Star 3-1 (12′ Room, 59′ Simmons, 84′ Olmo / 70′ Stamenic)
• Young Boys – Manchester City 1-3 (52′ Elia / 48′ Akanji, 67′ penalty, 86′ Holland)

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