Manchester City (England, Manchester City) defeated Paris Saint-Germain (France, PSG) and advanced to the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League with the first place in the group.
Manchester City defeated PSG 2-1 in the home match of Group A of the 2021-2022 season at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England on the 25th (Korean time).
Manchester City, with 4 wins and 1 loss (12 points), secured the first place in the group regardless of the final match result.
PSG (8 points) also stayed in 2nd place, but joined the round of 16 with a 4 point difference with 3rd place Leipzig (Germany, 4 points). Even if Leipzig wins the final match, PSG cannot be beaten.
After the first half ended without a goal, PSG took the lead. In the 5th minute of the second half, Lionel Messi’s cross was deflected by a defender, and Kylian Mbappe finished with a right-footed shot.
Manchester City counterattacked and equalized with Raheem Sterling’s equalizer in the 18th minute of the second half.
Then, in the 31st minute of the second half, Gabriel Jejus received a pass from Bernardo Silva and scored a comeback goal.
In Group B, Liverpool (England), who had advanced to the round of 16 early, defeated FC Porto (Portugal) 2-0. Liverpool are on a five-game winning streak in the group stage.
Thiago Alcantara scored in the 7th minute and Mohamed Salah scored in the 25th minute.
Porto remained second in the group (5 points), but were chased by AC Milan (Italy) and Atlético Madrid (Spain) with four points side by side.
In Group D, Real Madrid (Spain) and Inter Milan (Italy) advance to the round of 16, and the two teams will compete for the top spot in the final match.
On that day, Real Madrid beat Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) 3-0, blaming their last home match 1-2 defeat. Inter defeated Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) 2-0.
The teams that have reached the round of 16 so far are Manchester City, PSG, Liverpool, Ajax (Netherlands), Sporting (Portugal), Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich (Germany), Manchester United (England), Chelsea (England), Juventus (Italy) ) is 11 teams.
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