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FACT: Phil Foden is the third youngest English player to score in a Champions League quarter-final, behind only Alan Smith in 2001 with Leeds (20 years 158) and Theo Walcott in 2009 with Arsenal ( 20 years 30).
The tie is open and Dortmund have scored an away goal that could be the key to the return leg. It was not a trademark match for City, very passive at times. Dortmund wanted to take risks, but had committed losses in that attempt. Bad news, too, for those who love statistics, as Reus 'goal ends the Citizens' streak of keeping a clean sheet in the Champions League: they stay in seven games, staying close to the 10 mark. got Arsenal.
Little brilliant game that we have experienced in the Etihad, but that Pep Guardiola's men win thanks to Foden's goal in extremis in the 90th minute of the game. The young English player had had several clear chances in the second half, but failed to complete them on the net. After a smooth first half, but with several arbitration controversies, the second began with a brilliant start from Dortmund, who seemed to have come out with the energy to turn the scoreboard. Haaland then had his only chance of meeting. Little by little it was the Citizens who took back the leadership of the match, putting him to sleep with his possession in several sections of the second half. Between Foden and De Bruyne, City camped at ease, but found a Hitz who rose to the occasion. Already settled in the result, Dortmund drew after an electric connection between Haaland and Reus, but the goal tasted bittersweet after Foden's goal that gave the victory to Pep Guardiola's team.
END OF THE MEETING IN ETIHAD! City take the first leg of these quarter-finals, but keep the tie open after a frantic last 10 minutes in which Reus tied for the Germans and Foden finished to keep the Citizens' lead.
3 minutes added on the Etihad.
Assist – İlkay Gündoğan
GOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF FODEN! NOW YES, SCORE THE YOUNG MAN FROM THE CITY! De Bruyne changes his direction, finds Gündogan at the far post, and the Turk decides to delay the pass for a Foden who fires a shot close to the left post of Hitz's goal. The play has been reviewed for possible offside by Gündogan, but the player is in regulation position.
FACT: Marco Reus is the first player to score a Champions League goal against Manchester City since Luis Díaz with Porto in October, ending the Citizens' 788-minute winless streak in the competition (7 matches consecutive without conceding goals before today).
There will be a corner kick in favor of the Citizens, after a foul that De Bruyne hangs in the area and that Hummels cleared with a header.
Erling Haaland assist
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF REUS! GOOOOOOOOOL OF DORTMUND! The players of the German team go crazy in celebration. Haaland receives on the balcony of the area, and assists the Dortmund captain with his back, who manages to overtake Ederson, despite the City goalkeeper slapping the ball with his gloves. There is a tie.
If this result is maintained, City would accumulate eight games in the Champions League keeping a clean sheet – only Arsenal in 2005-06 has had a longer streak of consecutive games leaving a clean sheet (10 in a row).
Oh Haaland! How close the Norwegian has been to putting the tie on the scoreboard. The forward does not get the control right, but he won the position to Stones and Days to put Ederson in trouble.
Terzic's second change is Morey for Meunier.
Double change at Dortmund: Dahoud leaves and Delaney enters.
FODEN AGAIN! What is failing, and showing up, Phil Foden in this second half. This time, the shot skimmed the stick.
ANOTHER CLEAR OF FODEN! Again it is De Bruyne who assists his teammate in the area, who receives, controls, and finishes. Hitz manages to stop the shot, but does not catch the ball, Hummels has to come to clear the ball and prevent the rebound from falling into the boots of a City player. Two in a row, two very clear for Pep Guardiola's team.
SKULLING THE STICK! When it seemed that the game was preparing for the siesta, De Bruyne takes a low distance shot that leaves brushing the right post of Hitz's goal.
From the very clear action that Foden had to pass De Bruyne, and that Hitz saved, the game has lost its offensive character. There have been no more dangerous approaches in either area.
Now Foden tried on the left after winning the position to two Dortmund players, he crossed low to the area, but did not find a teammate and the ball is cleared by the visiting team.
The game was very passive in these last stages. Dortmund's frenzied start appears to have been put off, and City are in no rush to attack.
FACT: Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund met in the Champions League group stage in the 2012-13 season, in the only two meetings between them: a 1-1 draw at Etihad and a 1-0 win at Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park.
Long possession now of Borussia Dortmund, who once again put a pause in the game after the frenzied occasion of the Citizens.
The clearest chance for Manchester City, regardless of De Bruyne's goal. Terzic's box is having more chances.
HITZ STOP! VERY CLEAR OCCASION FOR FODEN! The Belgian exploits the space on the right side, begins the intermission in the area by the baseline, and delays for a Foden who finished first, but he got a very focused shot that the goalkeeper of the German team cleared with his legs.
And now Terzic moves: Knauff leaves, one of the great surprises of the lineup, and Gio Reyna enters.
Reus hit him, but the ball stays stuck in the City barrier!
Very dangerous foul committed by Stones on Haaland that gives the Germans a chance to set a golden ball from the balcony of the area!
The first change in the meeting occurs, a missing Bernardo Silva leaves, and Guardiola admits Gabriel Jesús, who will probably be placed as nine, after the Catalan has started the meeting without a pure striker in the lineup.
Long possession of City, which sleeps the game after a brilliant start to the second half.
Bad control now of Moray, who receives in the area, but does not need and ends up losing the ball. Pep Guardiola's team regains possession.
FACT: This will be Erling Haaland's fifth Champions League knockout appearance for Borussia Dortmund, he has scored six goals in his first four. The record for the most goals scored by a player in his first five playoff matches of the competition is six (Robert Lewandowski), so Haaland would surpass him if he scores in this match.
The second half has started with more dynamite, although it was Terzic's who had the clearest, Haaland's that Ederson saved.
Foden's shot from the right that goes down the baseline. Also responding to the City to the arrivals of the German team.
The center that Guerreiro hangs at the near post ends up being cleared by City.
Corner in favor of Dortmund after a move by Knauff down the right wing. The German team is encouraged in these first bars of the second half.
The Norwegian forward's first great appearance at the Etihad, as he was completely missing in the first 45 minutes, also motivated by the lack of presence in the rival area of offensive players such as Reus or Knauff.
PARADO DE EDERSON! Haaland's first dangerous arrival is denied by the City goalkeeper. He starts in the race, enters the area, wins the position to Rúben Dias, who falls, and fires a crossed, but imprecise shot, which the Brazilian ends up blocking.
START THE SECOND HALF IN THE ETIHAD!
FACT: After Kevin De Bruyne's first goal, Manchester City have scored 18 goals since they last conceded a goal in the Champions League, the most goals scored without receiving any in return in the competition's history.
It has not been a brilliant 45 minutes by any team, although in terms of possession it has been Guardiola's those who have led the way, as they usually do. Dortmund are risking, but Haaland has been completely missing in the first half: he has only given 11 passes (the second player with fewer than Dortmund) and 15 touches, the least on his team.
First part with more arbitration controversies than scoring chances. The meeting started very slowly, with dominance by the Citizens, but with the Germans presenting their dangerous curriculum in the race and in the last meters of the rival area. Pep Guardiola's men took advantage of a loss in the center circle by Emre Can to go against it, which Kevin De Bruyne started and finished after a play in which Foden and Mahrez also intervened. It was from then on that the two controversial plays of the first half followed one another: the first was a penalty by Can on Rodri, who later canceled the VAR, and the second was a play by Bellingham, who steals Ederson's wallet in the edge of the area and was going straight to score the equalizer, but the referee considers that it is a foul for dangerous play (despite the fact that he reaches the ball before the Citizens goalkeeper) and does not let the Dortmund player finish the play .
REST IN THE ETIHAD! City go to the dressing room with a slight advantage thanks to a goal from Kevin De Bruyne.
City now responds with a shot from Mahrez that ends up being bounced by a Dortmund defender, and that Hitz catches without complications.
1 minute added on the Etihad.
Guerreiro's shot from the edge of the area that the defense clears! The Germans touching with great danger in the last meters. So far, very little Haaland.
Combining the City in these last minutes of the first half. The favorable score for Pep Guardiola's team remains.
Prior to the Bellingham action, Dortmund had not set foot in the rival area for more than a quarter of an hour. City dominate, but the visitors are in danger with every race.
NOT WORTH THE FODEN CHUT! The English player fired the cross shot from the left, but was in an illegal position.
Bellingham gets to the ball early after a resounding error by Ederson, but it seems that the Romanian referee could have whistled dangerous play. Controversial move at the Etihad.
Bellingham takes the yellow for the action with Ederson.
BELLINGHAM SCORES, but the referee cancels the play due to a foul by the Dortmund player by stealing the ball from Ederson in the edge of the area!
Hitz catches the center of Foden that is poisoned and that no Dortmund player manages to clear!
FACT: Manchester City have not conceded a goal in any of their last seven Champions League games – only Arsenal in 2005-06 have had a longer streak of consecutive games leaving a clean sheet (10 in a row).
The score remains in the Etihad after the Romanian referee has withdrawn his decision to award a favorable penalty to Manchester City.
After the review, Ovidiu Hategan considers that there is no penalty, and there will be a neutral bounce!
The referee goes to the monitor to see the play! It is not clear in any shot if there is an impact or not in Can's kick on Rodri.
The VAR is reviewing the play! Emre Can stretches his leg back, not seeing that Rodri was about to head the ball.
Can takes the yellow for the action in which Ovidiu Hategan has whistled a penalty.
PENALTY FAVORABLE TO THE CITY! Emre Can stretches his leg and seems to hit Rodri, who went to head the free kick thrown by De Bruyne.
They combine the Citizens with the calm of the one who already has the match won, there have been no great occasions in the Etihad beyond De Bruyne's goal and the Bellingham shot that Emerson saved.
Borussia is giving Pep Guardiola's men reasons not to relax. The Germans arrive in danger to the Ederson area, but for the moment without being able to overcome the wall of Rúben Días and Stones.
Train crash between Reus and Ederson, after a very clear arrival from Dortmund. Rodri loses it in the front of the area, Haaland controls it, passes it to Guerreiro, who tries to connect with Reus with a hat pass that does not end up arriving, and the referee considers that there is a foul in attack committed by the German player.
With his goal, Kevin De Bruyne has been involved in 13 goals in his last 12 Champions League games.
Despite not having had any arrivals, City shows why right now they are one of the fittest teams in the five major European leagues. The Citizens punish the audacity of the Germans, and win an essential goal to advance to the next round.
Riyad Mahrez support
GOOOOOOOOOOOOL OF KEVIN DE BRUYNE! CITY GOOOOOOOL! Backlash of the manual of Pep Guardiola. The Belgian takes advantage of a gift from Emre Can in the central circle, leads, extends for Foden on the left, who centers it at the far post looking for Mahrez, who manages to save the play and delay the area so that De Bruyne ends the masterful play and put your team ahead in the bright light.
Good low pass to the Knauff area that ends up clearing the Citizens' defense. Daring the German box, but not getting oil, for now.
Now Gündogan is late in the ball dispute with Bellingham, and there will be a favorable foul for the German team.
FACT: Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne has been involved in 12 goals in his last 11 Champions League games (three goals, nine assists) and has scored three goals and assisted three more in six games as a starter in the quarterfinals. end of the competition.
Well Walker now gaining the position to Knauff, who has switched sides. The veteran of the English side ends up returning possession to the whole of Pep Guardiola.
Very slow start at the Etihad, both teams aware of what they are at stake, and the ball does not pass the center of the field removing a corner or Bellingham's shot from a few minutes ago.
Rúben Dias wins the ball in the air after the corner kick, but the play is invalidated by having controlled it by pushing the Dortmund defender.
There will be a corner in favor of City! The first of the meeting for Pep's.
We already have the first serious occasion at the Etihad! Surprising Dortmund on the wings and with the speed of his squad.
EDERSON! Bellingham's cross shot from the left that the Brazilian goalkeeper had to tap. There will be a corner kick for the Germans.
Dortmund now plays, after the only previous action that Knauff had started on the right wing.
Now combine Pep Guardiola's team in the three quarters of the court, but without reaching the area. For now, both sets seek to avoid shocks.
Ederson's bad exit after a Knauff boarding on the right, the Brazilian goalkeeper encounters Dahoud in the air to fight the ball, but it seems that in the fight it is the Dortmund player who hits the ball last.
Manchester City play tonight without a pure nine in the lineup, and Mahrez, Foden, Silva and De Bruyne will be the players in charge of generating the magic in the last meters of the field.
START THE DUEL IN ETIHAD!
The protagonists jump onto the pitch accompanied by the referee team! The Champions League anthem sounds! A golden night for both teams, who are getting closer and closer to the coveted finale! The referee of the contest is Ovidiu Hategan.
5. Erling Haaland, has scored in each of his last six Champions League games – if he scores in this one, he will become the fifth player in the competition's history to score in seven in a row (after Cristiano Ronaldo x2, Robert Lewandowski , Edinson Cavani and Ruud van Nistelrooy).
4. Since losing their first group stage match on Matchday 1 (1-3 against Lazio), Borussia Dortmund have been undefeated in their last seven Champions League games (5V 2E) – the last time had a longest streak in the competition was between 2012 and 2013, 11 matches without losing to Jürgen Klopp.
3. Including the finals, this will be Pep Guardiola's 60th match as a coach in the knockout stages of the Champions League – only Carlo Ancelotti has coached more (62), however, the current Manchester City manager is already the most successful has achieved in playoffs in the history of the competition.
2. This is Borussia Dortmund's first Champions League quarter-final match since 2016-17, when they lost 6-3 on aggregate to Monaco. Dortmund have won the first leg in just one of their previous six quarter-final ties (2E 3D), a 3-1 home win over Auxerre in 1996-97.
1. Manchester City have won 10 of their last 11 Champions League matches against German opponents (1E) and have achieved 12 victories against German teams in total; only Real Madrid (26), Barcelona (20) and Man Utd (13) have won more games against these teams.
Let's go with some data prior to the start of the duel!
On the Dortmund bench: Bürki, Delaney, Hazard, Schulz, Brandt, Reinier, Meunier, Lukasz Piszczek, Tigges, Passlack, Gio Reyna and Stefan Drljaca.
On the City bench: Aké, Sterling, Gabriel Jesús, Agüero, Zinchenko, Steffen, Laporte, Ferran Torres, Mendy, Fernandinho, Eric García and Trafford.
Dortmund does have some important casualties, the main one, that of Jadon Sancho, who has a physical problem in his thigh and will not be able to face his former teammates. Axel Witsel and Dan-Axel Zagadou will also not be available to Edin Terzic.
Dortmund also make several changes, bringing in Knauff (who has not played almost minutes between the Bundesliga and the Champions League) and Dahoud, and replacing Schulz on the left side with Morey. Thus, Terzic's ensemble comes out with: Marwin Hitz; Morey, Hummels, Akanji, Emre Can; Dahoud, Bellingham, Guerreiro; Reus, Haaland, Knauff.
Manchester City make five changes from last weekend's Premier League match against Leicester. Pep Guardiola has the entire squad. Stones and Cancelo enter a line of four through Laporte and Mendy; Gündogan will accompany Rodri in the double pivot, and Foden and Bernardo Siva will occupy the places of Gabriel Jesús and Kun Agüero, who will start the weekend. Thus, Pep bets on: Ederson; Walker, Rúben Días, Stones, Cancelo; Gündogan, Rodri; Mahrez, De Bruyne, Foden and Silva.
We already have confirmed lineups from both teams! There are changes in both lineups!
HAALAND FEVER: After 20 matches played in UEFA competition, Haaland has scored 24 goals, scoring at least once against every team he has faced in the Champions League. With 24 goals in 20 European games to date, Haaland is scoring at an alien pace: surpassing the numbers of Kylian Mbappé, who after 20 games had scored 12 goals, also Lionel Messi with eight, Robert Lewandowski with six and Cristiano Ronaldo with only one. The 20-year-old prepares to take on his father Alf-Inge Håland's former club Manchester City, his rival tonight at the Etihad.
The two teams already met twice in the 2012-13 group stage, where Manchester City drew 1-1 at home with Dortmund before losing 1-0 in Germany.
Terzic's side have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last four Champions League matches, yet the German side travel to England unbeaten seven times in the Champions League.
Thus, the German team is aware of the importance of continuing to fight to reach the final or, who knows, win it to get a guaranteed European place next season. Even so, the numbers are not with them, as Borussia have not reached the quarter-finals since the 2012-13 season, in which Bayern Munich defeated them in the final.
The Norwegian is the hope of a Dortmund who has a difficult time choosing the Champions League places this season in the Bundesliga. Edin Terzic's men lost on the day of their domestic competition against Eintracht Frankfurt, in a match in which their star player failed to score.
Things are looking good for the Citizens, who also have seven consecutive games with a clean sheet in the Champions League. Although today it will be difficult for that to happen with the scoring power in front of Haaland, who is breaking records in the most important club competition on the continent.
Despite having had the worst start in their history with the Catalan coach, Manchester City has been picking up cruising speed and taking advantage of the constant slips to become the candidate to win the title. In addition, he is still alive in the FA Cup and will contest the League Cup final against Tottenham on April 25, so winning the quartet remains a plausible option for Pep Guardiola's.
City is still required to demonstrate its might in continental competition in which it has not yet been able to bite into gold, and in which it has been hanging in the quarters in the last three seasons; while Borussia wants to take advantage of the best version of the Norwegian striker to get closer to a possible final.
Pep Guardiola's team easily beat Borussia Mönchengladbach to reach the round of 16, while Dortmund had to fight a bit more against Sevilla, but ended up eliminating Julen Lopetegui's team after two fast-paced games with little distance. on the scoreboard.
Beyond the controversy and the rumors that point to the arrival of Erling Haaland to Manchester, mainly after the club confirmed the departure of Kun Agüero this summer (after not renewing the contract that expires this year), both see the expensive to win their ticket to the semifinals, a journey that has resisted them on previous occasions.
Good evening and welcome to the Champions League quarter-final match between Pep Guardiola's Citizens against Borussia Dortmund!