In the group stage match of the UEFA Champions League between the Belgian Club Brugge and the English Manchester City, Josep Guardiola’s team defeated the home team with a score of 5:1.
Manchester City beat Brugge in the Champions League
In the group stage match of the UEFA Champions League between the Belgian Club Brugge and the English Manchester City, Josep Guardiola’s team defeated the home team with a score of 5:1.
Joao Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez (twice) and Cole Palmer scored goals for the English club. The only goal in Brugge was chalked up by Hans Wanaken.
The Citizens scored two goals in the first half, and Josep Guardiola’s team scored three more in the second half.
Joao Cancelou, Kyle Walker, Cole Palmer and Riyad Marez scored twice. The hosts responded only with a Hans Vanaken goal late in the game.
Ukraine’s Eduard Sobol started the game in the starting lineup of Brugge and spent the entire match on the pitch. Oleksandr Zinchenko spent the entire game on the bench of the English team.
Manchester City are six points clear at the top of the table. Bruges is third with four points.
On November 3 in Manchester, the teams will play the second “head-to-head” match in the group.
In the other game of Group A, PSG and Leipzig will play today. The meeting in Paris will begin at 22:00 Kiev time.
Champions League. Group A. 3rd round
Brugge (Brugge, Belgium) – Manchester City (Manchester, England) – 1:5 (0:2)
Goals: 0:1 – Canselu – 30, 0:2 – Mahrez – 43' (pen), 0:3 – Walker – 53, 0:4 – Palmer – 67, 1:4 – Wanaken – 81, – 1:5 Mahrez – 84.
After three rounds of the Champions League, Manchester City are currently top of Group A with six points from three matches. Club Brugge have four points in three matches. At 22:00, the match of the other two members of this quartet – PSG – RB Leipzig will begin.