In the first leg of the UEFA Europa League Round of 16 in the early hours of Wednesday morning (14th), last year's champions Manchester City beat Copenhagen 3-1 on the road with a goal and an assist from midfielder Chieuwendi Bunny to give them a head start. However, the "Blue Moon" also paid a heavy price for the win, with the rare return to the starting lineup of the star of the season, Kiyalish, unfortunately injured, and one of the key contributors to the victory, Benedict Schwarz, also injured, making the team's next Premier League match against Chelsea a dark one.
The Belgian international's last 10 UEFA Europa League goals have all come in the knockout stages, making him only the second player in the history of the competition to do so after Bensma.
However, in the 21st minute of the battle, Manchester City suffered a blow, wing Kiyalish was injured and retired from the line of fire, which is worth as much as 100 million pounds (about 985 million Hong Kong dollars) of the star's poor form this season, has been relegated to the deputy selection, this game is the first time he played as a full selection in the last six matches, but the early injury, making the cause of the snow further aggravate the situation.
Manchester City boss Diego Gaudiola was forced to make an early substitution, bringing in Shelly Medjugorje in place of Giallisch. In the 34th minute, goalkeeper Adelson Moraes misplaced a pass, which was intercepted by the opponents and led to a counter-attack, and Copenhagen's midfielder Mats Marthasen scored the equalizer. The "Blue Moon" were always the better team, and after the first half, Chiavone Dibny gave a pass to Bernardo Schwarz to make it 2-1.
After the change of sides, City continued to control the game with waves of attacks, Copenhagen could only cope with the rough defense, which led to Bernardo Schwarz's injury in the 78th minute. City responded calmly and in extra time, Phil Cotton scored to seal a 3-1 win.
