Red Star 2-3 Manchester City: The defending champions are all on the bench, with two new stars and three parallel goods detected
With goals from Hamilton, Bob and Phillips, Manchester City beat Red Star Belgrade 3-2 and made it to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time with a record of six consecutive wins. In this game, Hamilton, who made his Champions League debut, performed extremely well, in addition to a solo goal, he also created a penalty. Of course, Phillips, Mateo Kovacic and Nunes struggled to do so. Nunes and Mateo Kovacic, in particular, were replaced midway through by Pep Guardiola, and perhaps Pep Guardiola will want to consider keeping him on the bench permanently.
All substitute lineups, the three generals performed extremely well, and the two new stars became explosive points
Due to the follow-up battle, and Manchester City locked the first place in the group in advance before this game, Manchester City simply sent a full substitute lineup. But it's also an opportunity for the substitutes to show their quality. In this game, in addition to Hamilton and Bob on the offensive end, the starting backup goalkeeper Ortega Moreno also won the three teams and was in excellent form. These three players can gradually enter the rotation lineup in the future and even become the main force of the team. It seems that after Doku, Bob and Hamilton will be the team's new "flashpoint", which is obviously something to make Guardiola and the fans happy.
Midfielders Mateo Kovacic and Nunez struggled
In midfield, Nunes orchestrated the first goal, but both he and Mateo Kovacic made too many mistakes in today's game. Hwang In-beom's goal was scored after stealing Kovacic. Kovacic was substituted midway through the game, indicating that Pep Guardiola was very unhappy with his performance. Unable to play the full game in a game like this, Kovacic won't be long in the rest of his time at City.
In this game, Manchester City has gains and warnings. Pep Guardiola has led his team to six wins in a row with three reliable rotation players, and has also dug up two embarrassing midfielders. It can be described as a rewarding one. It will be interesting to see if Manchester City can achieve better results in the Champions League this season.