Starting the game as favorites, things got off to a good start for City, as expected. After a brief wobble, the Guardiola team did their duty.
Manchester City lived up to its role as favorite and won the first leg of the round of 16 in the Champions League against FC Copenhagen. The defending champions won 3-1 (2-1) in the Danish capital on Tuesday evening. The second leg will take place in Manchester on March 6th.
Kevin De Bruyne gave the guests the lead after just ten minutes. Almost out of nowhere, Magnus Mattson equalized for coach Jacob Neestrup’s team in the 34th minute after a rebound from goalkeeper Ederson. But in injury time (45th + 1) of the first half, Bernardo Silva put Pep Guardiola’s team back in the lead.
After the break, the English controlled the game, but initially only rarely found their way to the opponent’s goal. Erling Haaland (77th) headed a great chance onto the crossbar. But in the second minute of injury time, Phil Foden made the final decision.