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With a goal and assist from Julián Álvarez, Manchester City advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League SPORTS El Intransigente

Manchester City victory 3-1 a Copenhagen at the Etihad Stadium, for the rematch of the round of 16 of the Champions League and in this way, the team Pep Guardiola They advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-2 aggregate. Julian Alvarez attended for the first of Manuel Akanji and scored the second, while Erling Haaland he made the third. Mohamed Elyounoussi discounted for the visit.

Four minutes into the first half, the 24-year-old forward from Córdoba took a corner kick from the right and the ball went towards the heart of the area, where Akanji He took it in the air and hit it first with the inner surface of his right boot to open the scoring and quickly put the Citizens ahead.

Four minutes later, Julian Alvarez took a tight corner from the left that was headed Rodri by the far post and hit the crossbar, on the rebound Orri Óskarsson He rejected it short and the Argentine captured it centimeters from the left edge of the area to score a powerful shot that escaped the goalkeeper’s hands. Kamil Grabara.

At 28 minutes, Scott McKenna caught a bad pass near his area and touched forward to Elyounoussiwho led with the ball dominated by the left, filter for Óskarssonwho returned the wall inside the area, and defined against the left post of Ederson Moraes to discount (2-1).

At 47′, of this same stage, Rodri threw a cross ball from behind midfield for the Androide, who brought it down inside the area between Elias Jelert y McKennaI feint inwards and before it appears Kevin Dicks He finished off with a left foot shot that hit Grabara’s left post to make it 3-1. In this way, the Norwegian reached 41 goals in the Champions League and he caught up with Kun Agüero when he was only 23 years old. Furthermore, with 6 points he is next to Harry Kane y Kylian Mbappe one of the 3 top scorers so far this season of the old continent’s tournament.

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