After several consecutive seasons of unsuccessful attempts to win the Champions League, the Blue Moon Army Manchester City signed Norwegian Devil Haaland this summer, making up for the biggest shortcoming of the squad, and Guardiola also changed the previous stereotype that fans would not use a top centre-forward, making Haaland a fish in the water in Manchester City's system, in last weekend's league game, Manchester City beat Brighton at home with Haaland's brace, narrowing the points gap with leaders Arsenal to 2 points. Manchester City traveled to face Haaland's old club Borussia Dortmund in midweek, and Manchester City can lock up the first place in the group and advance to the round of 16 as long as they are unbeaten! Pep Guardiola sent the double arrows of Haaland and Alvarez to the forward line, hoping that the two new signings who came to the team this summer can take on the heavy responsibility of attacking the city, but the two of them are not in good form, and Mahrez wasted a penalty opportunity in the second half, and finally Manchester City drew 0-0 away to Borussia Dortmund, and the Champions League suffered two consecutive draws!
The battle between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund is also an out-and-out golden dollar battle, and the continuous high investment for many consecutive seasons has made Manchester City the most expensive team in football today, with 1.06 billion euros, while Dortmund is the third most expensive team in the Bundesliga, reaching 483 million euros, whether the Hornets can win in this game worth 1.5 billion euros, retaining the suspense of the leader of Group G, has become the biggest attraction of this battle!
After the game started, the Blue Moon Army still relied on their best possession and high pressing to control the situation on the field, but Haaland, who returned to his hometown, did not have a strong presence in the game, which is also the reason why Manchester City, who was far ahead in possession in the first half, failed to complete a shot to the target, but Dortmund relied on defense to counterattack and threatened the Blue Moon Army's goal many times.
In the 14th minute of the first half, Adeyemi received a long pass from his teammate from the back, and went into the box on the right, but unfortunately the angle of the push was too positive to be defused by the Manchester City goalkeeper, and in the 36th minute Bumblebees created the closest chance of the game to a goal, Adeyemi sent a cross from the right, but Mukoko in the middle kicked the ball wide without interference, and Manchester City escaped.
0 shots on target in the first half were clearly unsatisfactory to the Blues, and in the second half, as the referee blew the whistle, they clearly stepped up their attack and began to besiege Borussia Dortmund's goal, and in the 57th minute Mahrez's dribble in the box was brought down by a defender, and the referee decisively pointed to 12 yards, but Mahrez's penalty was saved by the Hornets goalkeeper and wasted a great opportunity to rewrite the score.
Mahrez, who is worth 35 million euros, once again hated 12 yards after conceding a penalty against Copenhagen in the last round of the Champions League, which is why fans hoped after the game that Pep Guardiola could change the team's first penalty taker, after all, this is a waste of opportunity and is likely to be punished in the knockout round!
The Norwegian devil Haaland, who fought the old master, saved enough face for Dortmund, and was in stealth most of the time on the field, which is also the reason why fans ridiculed Haaland's love, but the Blue Moon Army still locked the first place in the group in advance with 1 point in this game, looking forward to their better performance in the knockout stage!