The duel between the City and Leipzig was a festival of goals (6-3)

Although it still can hurt them have been defeated in the final of the previous Champions League, the Manchester City started the Champions with a carnival of goals to surpass to a Leipzig that gave fight in the appointment, but that finished falling in front of by the team directed by Pep Guardiola (6-3).

The marker will be able to have remained quite been bulky, but the "citizens" suffered in said appointment, partly by the French midfield player Christopher Nkunku and the one who went of the party having attained a hat trick in favour of the visitors, since this annotated the 2-1, the 3-2 and the 4-3.

Although his deployment futbolístico have not been the best, the combined English attained sobreponerse to the difficulties to which confronted annotating goals, showing that they find totally prepared to win the championship after having been defeated by Chelsea in the final of the past edition.

The City does not forgive

When only it had passed half hour of game already had two goals in his account. The first wine by an action Nathan Aké after earning a corner in the minute 16 and afterwards Nordin Mukiele did an autogol when it wanted to clear a centre of Kevin Of Bruyne (28').

The City governed to pleasure, but could not deploy his best game. In spite of the hits, the Leipzig did not go down the arms took out benefit of each opportunity that found. Nkunku Finished from the heart of the area after strolling the balloon by in front of the English goal (42') and this gave him the first goal to the Germans.

However, shortly before the rest, the VAR signalled a hand of Klostermann inside the area, what gave him an opportunity to Riyad Mahrez plant the 3-1 in the marker in the minute 47.

Hits, answers and rain of goals

The City achieved tranquility, but Nkunku went back to alter his plans with a new head butt as a result of an assistance of Dani Elm in the minute 51. The English did not attain to control the party more than with goals. It would be Jack Grealish the one who gave him another so much to the City in the minute 56.

An intense end

The break that had the City did not last a lot because Nkunku, with a shot raso, achieved the third so much for the Germans in the minute 74. The happiness to the directed by Jesse Marsch only lasted them little more than two minutes, because Joao Cancel annotated the quintó so much in favour of the "sky blue".

The feast of goals of the City finished with the sixth goal that was annotated by Gabriel Jesús to five minutes to finish the second time. The ones of Guardiola would attain the victory and keep the illusion to conquer finally the Champions League.