Blauw-zwart calmly took control Behind the Barracks and seemed to quickly take the lead through Hans Vanaken. After a good through pass, Casper Nielsen passed the ball towards the small rectangle, where Hans Vanaken stood to push the ball in with his upper leg. However, the VAR disallowed the goal, because Nielsen’s cross had gone over the goal line. Mechelen, on the other hand, showed little, but did make some progress at the end of the first half with a shot from Norman Bassette.
The interruption brought little improvement. Malinwa wanted to spoil his supporters with fierce and sturdy, but not always beautiful football, but that did not result in any real opportunities. Ronny Deila, who had opted for a two-striker system with Ferran Jutgla and Igor Thiago, had to come up with something and replaced Philip Zinckernagel for Andreas Skov Olsen and Jutgla also had to make way for Antonio Nusa.
The Norwegian goldcrest immediately brought some fire and immediately painted a cross on the head of Thiago, who seemed to make it 0-1 with a striking header. However, the Brazilian, who has easily found the net in recent weeks, was offside, which meant that the second Bruges goal was also disallowed. Blauw-zwart continued to push through Skov Olsen and saw a place ball from Nusa fly against the post, but a fourth win in nine away games was not possible.