Manchester City vs Copenhagen live: Updates from UEFA ...
Updated 06/03/2024 at 20:13 GMT
THIS COULD BE A CRICKET SCORE
While City are dominant, Copenhagen look all at sea. They cannot get close to their opponents, and goalkeeping errors like that don't help. Pep Guardiola will be urging his side to go for more.
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GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 2-0 COPENHAGEN (Julian Alvarez)
Oh dear! That is an absolute howler from goalkeeper Grabara! Rodri hits the bar with a header and the ball works its way back out to Julian Alvarez on the left. He swings in a cross, it's going straight at the 'keeper, but slips straight through his hands. 2-0.
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J. Álvarez
Manchester City
A lovely turn and run from the forward, who then sees his shot blocked for a corner
FERDINAND PRAISES MAN OF THE MOMENT FODEN
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GOAL! MANCHESTER CITY 1-0 COPENHAGEN (Manuel Akanji)
City get off to the perfect start, and what a way to open the scoring! They win a corner on the right which is swung into the box. Akanji is waiting just in front of the penalty spot, and he perfectly guides a volley into the top corner.
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M. Akanji
Manchester City
The hosts have dominated possession over the first 240 seconds. Copenhagen have barely had a touch.
1st Half
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We're underway, with Copenhagen kicking things off at the Etihad. They've got a two goal deficit from the first leg to overturn
HAALAND CHASING A GOLDEN BOOT
He's got five Champions League goals so far this season - and Rio Ferdinand believes his pursuit of personal honours is why the striker starts tonight
GUARDIOLA TAKING NOTHING FOR GRANTED
"In football everything can happen, and we have to be aware of that,” said the City boss ahead of tonight's game. "We have respect for Copenhagen and how they play. The Champions League is Champions League.
"The best eight teams in Europe [will move to the next round]. We have the chance to be in quarter-finals again and this is the target. We’re not far off that."
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COPENHAGEN'S ENGLISH WOES
Copenhagen on the other hand have never won a game in England, losing five of their seven attempts, including two previous trips to the Etihad.
They did, however, beat Manchester United 4-3 in Denmark during the group stages this season.
City's home record at the Etihad Stadium is simply outstanding. They haven't lost there since November 2022, when Brentford picked up a 2-1 victory, while the last time Pep Guardiola's side lost a Champions League match on home soil was against Lyon in September 2018 - they've won 27 of 29 fixtures since then!
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Manchester City, of course, won the Champions League last season, beating Inter Milan 1-0 in the final.
They're bidding to become the first English club since Nottingham Forest in 1978/79 and 1979/80 to win back-to-back European Cups. Can Guardiola follow in the footsteps of Brian Clough?
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CAN COPENHAGEN FIGHT BACK?
This is the second leg of this last 16 tie. City have 3-1 lead following the game in Denmark, that thanks to goals from Kevin De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden, while Magnus Mattsson was on target for the Lions
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COPENHAGEN ROTATE AS WELL
The visitors lost to Midtjylland in the Danish Superliga at the weekend and manager Jacob Neestrup makes five changes from that 2-0 loss.
Peter Anderson, Kevin Diks, Victor Froholdt, Orri Oskarsson and William Clem are in, while Birger Meling, Rasmus Falk, Oscar Hojlund, Magnus Mattsson and Viktor Claesson drop out
MANCHESTER CITY WRING THE CHANGES
Pep Guardiola's made seven changes from the Manchester derby at the weekend - only Ederson, Nathan Ake, Rodri and Erling Haaland hold on to their places.
Rico Lewis, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, Oscar Bobb, Julian Alvarez, Mateo Kovavic and Matheus Nunes come in for Nathan Ake, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Phil Foden, Kevin de Bruyne, Bernardo Silva and Jeremy Doku
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MANCHESTER CITY: MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson; Lewis, Dias, Akanji, Gvardiol; Bobb, Rodri, Alvarez, Kovacic, Nunes; Haaland
Subs: Carson, Ortega, Ake, Walker, Stones, Wright, Gomez, Foden, Susoho, De Bruyne, Silva, Hamilton
COPENHAGEN: Grabara; Anderson, Jelert, Vavro, McKenna, Diks; Froholdt, Oskarsson, Clem; Achouri, Elyounouissi
Subs: Buur, Runarsson, Boilesen, Hojlund, Bardghji, Mattsson, Cornelius, Larsson
Hello and welcome to tonight's coverage from the UEFA Champions League! Defending champions Manchester City are looking to book their spot in the quarter-finals. They lead FC Copenhagen 3-1 from the first leg. Team news on the way
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