After Guardiola became the head coach of the Premier League giants Blue Moon Army Manchester City, the team management gave him great support in every transfer window, a steady stream of strong new signings, but also made Manchester City recognized as the most effective and competitive team in European football, but they also need a Champions League championship trophy to establish their status as a giant, although Manchester City reached the Champions League final as desired last season, but Guardiola suddenly changed before the battle, so that the Blue Moon Army and the Champions League trophy passed by! This season they have come back with only one goal, that is, to win the final title, in the quarter-finals, Manchester City's luck is also very good to draw Portuguese sports, the two sides met in the first leg, Manchester City's 5-goal away win made the game lose the suspense of promotion, the second leg of the two teams came to Manchester City's home stadium, the Blue Moon Army, which has won the game, did not send their strongest squad in this game, but they still occupied an absolute advantage on the field, but Sterling's happy football attributes and Jesus' offside goal were blown , let Manchester City draw 0-0 at home to Portuguese sport, and finally with the victory of the first leg, the Blue Moon Army advanced to the champions league quarter-finals 5-0 in two legs!
In the Premier League, Manchester City, one of the biggest obstacles to the impact of the Champions League is too serious, this season they have once again been challenged by Liverpool coached by Klopp in the domestic arena, in order to minimize the wear and tear, Guardiola also rotated the squad in this Champions League home game, although Manchester City is still in a crushing advantage in overall strength.
The Blue Moon Army's possession rate reached 69% in the whole game, the pass success rate was as high as 93%, most of the game was in the main attack of Manchester City, Portugal Sports could only passively defend the situation, and Manchester City, who did not do its best, also created 14 shooting opportunities in the game, but the forward players did not perform well in the goal, so that they missed the opportunity to rewrite the score again and again.
In the 38th minute of the first half, after receiving a pass from his teammate, prince Foden did not stop the ball to directly pick up the penalty area, the happy boy Sterling also got a one-knife ball opportunity to face the goalkeeper, but his pick was defused by the opposing goalkeeper, and the happy nature did not change to become the best summary of the fans for Sterling after the game, the second half just started, the dominant Blue Moon Army scored a goal, Mahrez used his personal ability to enter the box, and then passed the ball to the follow-up Jesus, whose shot pierced the opponent's goal, However, VAR showed that slightly offside goals were cancelled, and City's aggressive attack did not rewrite the score in the following time, and the two teams finally shook hands 0-0.
This game has a special significance for Manchester City's veteran goalkeeper Carson, who made his substitute appearance in the second half, and his last appearance in the Champions League was in the distant 04-05 season, when he was still a Liverpool player, the two Champions League appearances were 16 years and 338 days apart, and also set a record for the gap between two appearances in the history of the Champions League!
As in previous seasons, the Blue Moon Army is still regarded as the biggest favourite for champions league champions, and after so many failures, The stability of Manchester City has improved significantly today, and hopefully they can get their wish this season under Pep Guardiola's leadership!