UEFA Champions League: Manchester City leave Shakhtar in Kharkiv

24.10.2018 01:58

Photo by shakhtar.com.

In the third round of the group stage of the Champions League, the Pitmen lost to the champions of England with a crushing score.

In comparison with game against Lyon Paulo Fonseca made three changes in his team. Wellton Nem and Fernando replaced the injured Marlos and Tyson, and Kovalenko took the place under the striker.

Despite the fact that the match took place in Kharkiv, the hosts felt like Manchester City players. From the first minutes, they took possession of the ball and began to create moments. At first, after Silva hit him, the ball hit the crossbar. Subsequently, De Bruyne checked Pyatov from an acute angle. In the 13th minute, the Pitmen's goalkeeper eliminated the threat after Jesus left.

Towards the middle of the first half, Shakhtar took the game away from their penalty area, but soon the Mistyans returned to their crazy pace. In the 20 minutes, Marez lost two great chances, and Silva hit the post after the transfer of Riyadh. With such a game, the guests' goal was a matter of time, and it happened in the 30th minute. The English circled around the Pitmen's penalty area, Jesus' shot was blocked, but the ball bounced on Silva, and he easily hit the target.

Manchester caught the courage and continued to press. Mandy dared to take a long shot and earned a corner, from which came the second goal. De Bruyne, who had just recovered from injury, took a corner, and Laporte, who was not covered by anyone, struck in the right corner. Only after two conceded goals did the orange and blacks mention the attack, but did not create anything dangerous before the break.

In the second half of the match little changed. Shortly after the break, City could score for the third time, but Ismaili saved the team after Silva's strike. Then another shot was fired by Marez, but did not hit the target from a deadly position. In general, almost every attack of the guests posed a danger to the defensive redoubts of Donetsk.

What did the miners answer? There was a dangerous blow to the plane from Ismaili, the attempts of Moraes and Alan Patrick were inaccurate. Instead, the Manchester team scored again in the 71st minute: Silva, who had just come on as a substitute, in the counterattack extended the ball to the home team's penalty area and struck a billiard shot.

At the end of the meeting, the pace of the game slowed down, but the British did not stop attacking and could score more. Yes, in added time Sterling hit the crossbar from the fly, there were a few more inaccurate shots of other players. The Orange and Blacks were remembered for Ismaili's shots and Rakitsky's free kick, after which the ball almost flew into Ederson's net.

As a result, Shakhtar lost by a landslide and dropped to fourth place in the group, but they still have a chance to reach the playoffs.

The match was attended by Shakhtar players who were called to the last training camp of the national team of Ukraine: Pyatov, Matvienko, Kryvtsov (yellow card), Rakitsky, Stepanenko.

Champions League. Group Round. 3 round

Shakhtar — Manchester City — 0: 3 (0: 2)

Goals: Silva (30), Leaport (35), Silva (71).

Shakhtar: Pyatov, Matvienko, Kryvtsov, Rakitsky, Ismaili, Stepanenko, Maicon, Wellington Nem (Bolbat, 69), Kovalenko (Alan Patrick, 62), Fernando (Dentinho, 84), Moraes.

Substitutions: Shevchenko, Khocholava, Butko, Kayode.

Trainer: Paulo Fonseca.

Manchester City: Ederson, Stones (Walker, 80), Otamendi, LaPorte, Mendy, Silva, Fernandinho, De Bruyne (Silva, 69), Sterling, Jesus (Foden, 88), Marez.

Substitutions: Murich, Company, Sane, Aguero.

Trainer: Josep Guardiola.

Referee: Carlos Del Serro (Spain).

Yellow cards: Kryvtsov (87) - Otamendi (90 + 4).

October 23. Kharkiv. USC "Metalist".

Hoffenheim — Lyon — 3: 3 (1: 1)

Goals: Kramaric (33, 47), Joelinton (90 + 2) - Traore (27), Ndombele (59), Depay (67).

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