MANCHESTER CITY 1-3 OLYMPIQUE LYON
Olympique de Lyon eliminates Manchester City from the Champions League!
Published:15/08/2020 - 23:02h
Updated:15/08/2020 - 23:30h
The Manchester City of Pep Guardiola was again deleted of the Champions League after falling against a surprising Olympique of Lyon
This atypical final to eight of the Champions League that is contesting in Lisbon does not leave to surprise us. First with the elimination of the Athletic of Madrid to hands of the Leipzig German; afterwards with the tremenda disaster of the FC Barcelona fitting eight goals of the Bayern of Munich; and finally, this Saturday, with the Olympique of Lyon deleting to the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola, that was favourite to carry the competition.
The English group was always in tow in the marker, especially when the night began twisted as a result of the unexpected goal of Maxwel Cornet. In spite of that Kevin Of Bruyne achieved to put the tables in the second time, a doublet of Moussa Dembélé in the final stretch of party did that the Manchester City went back to remain again out of the dream of the Champions League.
From the first moment, the Manchester City had true problems to generate danger near of the area of the Olympique of Lyon and everything finish to twist definitively in the minute 24 of game. A long balloon controlled it Toko Ekambi and, with a taconazo backwards, yielded it to him to Maxwel Cornet, that with the left leg beat to an Ederson that remained to half exit.
The Manchester City did not find the way to hurt him to the Olympique of Lyon, but the entrance of Riyad Mahrez in the second time gave him a new air to the team and, after increasing the level, arrived the tie. It was precisely the French the one who initiated the played of the goal with a big pass to Raheem Sterling, that with a pass backwards enabled to Kevin Of Bruyne, that finished at first and gave hopes to the Manchester City.
Two estacazos more than the Olympique Lyon to the Manchester City
The so much of Kevin Of Bruyne seemed to give fully the initiative to the Manchester City, but the worst was for arriving for the pupilos of Pep Guardiola. In the minute 79, Moussa Dembélé, that carried four minutes in the field, planted only in front of Ederson after a pass filtered by Houssem Aouar and beat to the Brazilian in spite of that this brushed the ball in the hand manually. The VAR reviewed the so much, but finish it validating.
With 1-2 in the marker, arrived a played that marked the party: Raheem Sterling failed a finish only, without goalkeeper, to a metre of the goal of the Olympique of Lyon. The played exasperated to Pep Guardiola that saw as, few instants afterwards, another error garrafal buried to his team: Ederson did not attain to cut across a shot of Houssem Aouar and the own Moussa Dembélé took advantage of the refuse to mark to pleasure. The City went back to remain in chambers of the Champions League and the Lyon expanded his legend throwing to the English after deleting also to the Juventus.