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Sergio Aguero returned to action for a purpose when Manchester City ended their triumphant crusade for the Champions League organization with a 3-0 regime win over Marseille. (More news)
Ferran Torres gave life to the game after a goalless first half, advancing in an impressive line of form at the European festival with a smart finish in the 48th minute.
Aguero, who struggled with the aftermath of meniscus surgery in the early months of the season, arrived from the bench to seal the problems to thirteen minutes to the end, which gave Pep Guardiola a timely reminder of his qualities as sunday’s Manchester derby striker at Old. Trafford.
Another substitute, Raheem Sterling, finished the scoring for City, which was already the winner of the organization and can now boast of its result in the Champions League through 16 points.
Marseille withdrew from the continental festival in 2020-2021 after defeats in six outings.
Ilkay Gundogan threw a magnificent foul pitch from the right in the 13th minute and Aymeric Laporte probably made more than a pass under alvaro’s pressure.
Marseille grew up in the game and, shortly after Eric Garcia’s knee injury forced City to a defensive change, Dimitri Payet skilfully topped with the outside of his right foot ruled by a transparent offside.
Garcia’s replacement, John Stones, launched a major sliding challenge to deny Valere Germain after Florian Thauvin easily passed to Nathan Ake.
Guardiola’s at half-time, who saw Sterling upgrade Gundogan and Bernardo Silva and Phil Foden fell into center positions of the central attack camp, it was worth it.
Silva drove after recovering a passes from the Stones to face Mahrez, who landed on Torres for a short-range conversion.
Foden approached twice before the hour, scraping widely at the end of a play before shooting too close to Steve Mandanda, who avoided Kyle Walker in the 65th minute.
Torres failed to convert the rebound on this occasion, but Mandanda must have known what he would stick to when he adorned the head of Ake’s company from Foden’s corner and saw poacher Archi Aguero hide.
It is Sterling’s turn to bring the ball house at the last minute when the unfortunate Mandanda can only push the center of Torres over Alvaro.
What does that mean? Guardiola will return to the long race in the Manchester derby
In an unforgettable first half, City covered himself with a 4-2-3-1 now-family and, not for the first time this season, brought limited risk to goals. The rejig at half-time, positioning Fernandinho as the only holder full of life and artistic midfielders, gave the hosts much more teeth. Much has replaced since Guardiola’s 4-3-3 helped City accumulate 198 problems in two title-winning seasons and the coach’s considerations of counterattack vulnerabilities are valid, especially contemplating the risk United will pose.
But when he got rid of the handbreak, in an attack that certainly doesn’t make sense, it was easy to wonder if the attack remains the most productive form of defense for a team that now carries five consecutive blank leaves.
Torres is still in stature
Sign of the tight season in Valencia, Torres can think of an intelligent adaptation to his new environment. He has only five of City’s 10 Premier League games so far, but he has scored 4 goals in five Champions League appearances. Extreme through trade, the 20-year-old, once back, was inspired by a central attacking role. Throw your Nations League hat-trick in Germany’s 6-0 loss to Spain last month and you’ve got an impressive job.
Foden fails to make the deal of the derby
Actually, there’s no player on Guardiola’s team who can be more than a Stretford End-winning winger that Foden, a City fan. do enough to force your manager’s hand over the weekend.
Key to Opta
– Manchester City has progressed as a winning organization in its last 4 UEFA Champions League campaigns, racking up 16 issues in 2020-21, the highest number among English organisations at a single organisation level of the festival (with Arsenal in 2005-06 Array Man Utd in 2007-08 and Tottenham in 2017-18).
– Marseille have lost eight consecutive matches outside the gates of the UEFA Champions League for the first time, a race dating back to 2012.
– Ferran Torres has scored 4 goals in five UEFA Champions League matches with Manchester City, twice as much as with Valencia at the festival (two goals in matches).
– Among the Spanish players, Rael (8) scored more goals in the Champions League before being 21 years old than Ferran Torres del Man City (6, tied with Cesc Fabregas).
– Man City’s Ederson is the first goalkeeper to keep at least blank leaves at the UEFA Champions League organizational level for an English team like Pepe Reina for Liverpool in 2005-06.
What’s next?
City makes the short film to face Manchester United on Sunday, needing a win to beat their Premier League-ranked neighbours, while Marseille will seek their sixth consecutive Ligue 1 victory by receiving Monaco.
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