As the defending champions of the Champions League, the Blue Moon Army Manchester City was full of luck in this season's Champions League, and did not encounter much test in the group stage, easily winning the first place in the group to advance, 1/ 8 finals group draw, Manchester City met the gift package again, the team from Denmark Copenhagen, although the latter beat Manchester United in the group stage to break into the round of 16, but in terms of strength, they are not at the same level as Manchester City, and in the past four times facing the Blue Moon Army, Copenhagen has not tasted victory, which is why fans are unanimously optimistic about Manchester City, which has won ten consecutive victories in all competitions, can continue their winning streak! De Bruyne, who returned from injury not long after returning from this game, once again became the team's superhero, relying on his passing, Manchester City defeated Copenhagen 3-1 away, but even injured Grealish and Bernardo Silva, the two big players, also made Guardiola unable to laugh!
Pep Guardiola, who led the team on the away side, still put on a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, Ederson continued to appear as the starting goalkeeper, Walker, Stones, Dias and Ake sat in the back, Rodri and Bernardo Silva partnered in the back, the midfield trio was Foden, De Bruyne and Grealish, and the Norwegian Haaland was up front.
After the start of the game, the Blue Moon Army Manchester City was dominated by the hosts, suppressing the home team with their best passing football, and broke the balance on the field in the 11th minute, Foden cut inside on the right and sent a through ball, De Bruyne entered the penalty area, and scored with a low shot into the far corner on the left side, helping Manchester City establish an early 1-0 lead, and 10 consecutive Champions League goals came from the knockout round, which also made De Bruyne the second person in the history of the Champions League, second only to Benzema who scored 14 goals in a row from the knockout round of the Champions League.
In the 24th minute, Doku, who came on for the injured Jack Grealish, almost helped the Galaxy to extend the lead, he crossed from the left to the bottom line, the Copenhagen defender's header hit the crossbar, and Copenhagen, who escaped, equalized in the 34th minute, Ederson made a mistake at the back, Copenhagen took advantage of the situation to form a counterattack, Magnus's long-range shot went straight to the corner, and the score was rewritten to 1 draw.
However, in first-half stoppage time, City took the lead again when De Bruyne's cross from a defender on the right was met by Bernardo Silva to put City back in the dressing room with a 2-1 scoreline.
After the game resumed, Manchester City continued to besiege Copenhagen on the field, and in the 66th minute, Doku won the ball on the left side and turned around, and then distributed the ball to Foden who followed up in the middle for the first time.
In the 74th minute, Bernardo Silva broke through and was directly brought down by the Copenhagen players, and then the Portuguese midfielder fell to the ground in pain, after holding on for a few minutes, Bernardo was still unable to continue the game, and was replaced in the 78th minute, De Bruyne instigated the goal again at the end of the game, and his inverted triangle pass assisted Foden to seal the victory and help Manchester City win 3-1 away!
After beating Copenhagen away, Manchester City extended their winning streak to 11 games, and the initiative to advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League was firmly in their own hands.