At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 6, Group G, the third round of the 2022-23 UEFA Champions League group stage, Premier League champions Manchester City sat at the Etihad Stadium to face Danish team Copenhagen. In the first half, Haaland scored twice, and Gomez created opponents Oolong; In the second half, Mahrez scored a penalty and Alvarez scored his Champions League debut. In the end, Manchester City beat Copenhagen 5-0 at home to lead the way with three consecutive wins in the Champions League group stage.
In the first two rounds of the Champions League group stage, Manchester City defeated Sevilla and Dortmund respectively, ranking first in this group; Copenhagen drew and lost one in the first two rounds, temporarily ranking third in this group. In this game, Haaland, Mahrez and Alvarez formed the front, De Bruyne came off the bench and Glarish started.
In the 5th minute, Alvarez crossed 45 degrees from the right in front of the field, the Copenhagen defender blocked the ball with his body in the box, Cancelo seemed to shoot in front of the box, Haaland stretched his foot but did not touch the ball, the ball went out of the bottom line. In the 7th minute, Cancello took the ball to the right side of the field and crossed the right side, and Haaland in the box fired a powerful right-footed shot to give Manchester City a 1-0 lead over Copenhagen.
In the 12th minute, Graliche cut straight to the left side of the field, pushed the B seat from a tight angle in the penalty area, and the ball hit the post and popped up.
In the 17th minute, Mahrez crossed with his left foot from the right side of the field, and Haaland headed the ball from the back of the penalty area and Copenhagen goalkeeper Gerabala sideways to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Gundogan turned his back in front of the penalty area, and Mahrez, who was unguarded on the right, hit the ball with his left foot, and Grabala directly confiscated the ball.
In the 23rd minute, Gralich passed directly from the left side of the field, and the B seat on the left side of the penalty area took the ball and crossed the ball backwards, and Haaland near the penalty spot stopped the ball and turned around to shoot vigorously, and Grabala sealed the ball with one palm. A minute later, Graliche fired a right-footed shot into the far corner from the left side of the field and Grabala flew over the crossbar again.
In the 32nd minute, City's right-hand corner kick was driven into the box, defenders grabbed the first point to destroy the ball, Gomez outside the box received the ball and fired a long-range shot, Grabara saved the ball, and Haaland scored twice to give City a 2-0 lead over Copenhagen.
In the 39th minute, Gralish dribbled the ball into the box from the left, then returned the cross, Gomez outside the box followed the trend, the ball hit the goal of Hocholava in front of the goal and then changed the line into the net, Manchester City 3-0 lead Copenhagen. At the end of the first half, the suspense of winning or losing was gone.
In the second half, Haaland was replaced. In the 47th minute, Gralish returned a cross in front of the left side of the baseline, and Gundogan outside the box shot and Grabala confiscated the ball. In the 51st minute, Palmer took the ball to the box and fired a left-footed long-range shot that Grabara made another save.
In the 54th minute, City's cross from the right was pulled down by Laporte in the penalty area and the referee gave City a penalty.
The penalty was taken by Mahrez and his left-footed push deceived Grabara to score the ball and City led Copenhagen 4-0.
In the 71st minute, Graliche cut straight in front of the penalty area, Alvarez stepped in front of the left side of the small angle to shoot, the ball hit the post and popped out of the bottom line.
In the 75th minute, Copenhagen drove a corner kick from the right and Anderson's header deflected just wide of the upright. In the 76th minute, Graliche pushed the ball from midfield into the right side of the penalty area, Mahrez took the ball across the middle of the road, followed by Alvarez easily pushed and scored his Champions League debut, Manchester City 5-0 lead Copenhagen.
In the 83rd minute, Mahrez took the ball from the right side of the penalty area and passed it back to the middle, and Gralish at the top of the arc bounced off the right foot and deflected off the upright.
In the end, the match ended with Manchester City beating Copenhagen 5-0.