DBasia.news – There are interesting things from the match between Atalanta vs Manchester City in the continuing Champions League at the San Siro, Wednesday (11/06/2019) or Thursday AM. The Atalanta vs Manchester City matchday 4 in the Champions League ended in a 1-1 draw.
There were a number of plays at the Atalanta vs Man City match, ranging from penalty failures to goalkeeper red cards.
Played at Atalanta, Manchester City started the step well. Raheem Sterling opened the score when the game was 7 minutes in. Receiving a heel from Gabriel Jesus in the opponent’s penalty box, the England national team winger coldly fired accurately into the goal of Pierluigi Gollini.
Only four minutes before the first half was over, Pep Guardiola’s fleet had the opportunity to increase the advantage. They were awarded a penalty after Josip Ilicic was declared to handball in the penalty box. However, the bad execution of Gabriel Jesus went sideways to Gollini’s goal.
The failure of Gabriel Jesus’s penalty must be by Manchester City. At the start of the second half, goalkeeper, Ederson Moraes, had to be replaced by Claudio Bravo. Just four minutes into play, the Chilean goalkeeper was uprooted by Mario Pasalic.
Not only that, Bravo was unable to play until the end. When the match was eight minutes remaining, he had to back off from the field. He was then awarded with a red card by the referee. Pep Guardiola then put Kyle Walker as an impromptu goalkeeper.
Although the referee provided an additional seven minutes, Manchester City were released from worse disasters. Kyle Walker didn’t have to take the ball from the net. The match ended 1-1.
The draw in the Atalanta v Manchester City match
was a relief for the hosts. This is La Dea’s first point on his Champions
League debut. On the other hand, one point from San Siro did not shift The
Cityzens. They are still solid at the top of Group C with 10 points. They are
three points ahead of Dinamo Zagreb.