In the early morning of February 16, Beijing time, the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals ushered in a match, Manchester City away to Portugal Sport. In the opening 31 minutes, Manchester City led 3-0, which was three goals in 25 minutes, crushing Portuguese sports, and the first tragedy of the Champions League round of 16 was brewing.
This is the second time the two teams have met in a European match after a gap of nine years, after the Europa League knockout round, when Portugal Sports won 1-0 at home and returned home to Manchester City to complete their revenge 3-2.
Originally Manchester City against Villarreal, Portugal Sport against Juventus, and finally the second draw Manchester City and Portugal Sport met, the two teams met for the first time in the Champions League. In the group stage, Manchester City scored 12 points to qualify first, and Portugal Sport scored 9 points to beat Dortmund to qualify second.
In terms of starting, Manchester City sent a 433 formation, With Mahrez, Sterling and Foden leading the trident, while B-seat and Rodri sat in the midfield, and Ederson, Stones, Díaz, Laporte and Canselo led the backline.
In the opening 6th minute, Canceló directly sent to the B seat, who inverted the triangle back to the box, Foden pushed the shot was blocked, the ball landed right at the feet of De Bruyne, De Bruyne knocked in front of the goal, Mahrez pushed the empty goal into the net, the referee signaled that the goal was invalid at the first time, and then confirmed by VAR that there was no problem with the goal, and Manchester City made a fantastic start 1-0.
This goal is Mahrez's sixth goal in the Champions League this season, equaling Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, in addition, 6 goals, also equaling his Champions League goals in the previous three seasons.
In the 17th minute, Manchester City's forward pass was continuous, De Bruyne's shot was blocked out of the bottom line, and a corner kick was obtained, and then Mahrez opened a corner, the two sides scrambled for the ball to fall into the box, and the B seat directly volleyed into the net, helping Manchester City to expand the score 2-0.
In the 31st minute, City's goals did not stop, Mahrez crossed from the right to the goal, Foden wrapped up a calm push to help Manchester City lead 3-0, the whole team embraced and celebrated.
In just 25 minutes, Manchester City easily led by 3 goals, crushed Portuguese sports and had a super ability to seize opportunities, which is the strength of the favorite team to win the championship. Manager Guardiola hugged and celebrated with the coaching staff on the sidelines, and now it seems that Manchester City basically ended the suspense in the first leg and advanced to the next round.