Manchester City 1-1 Shakhtar Donetsk: Equal, The Citizens Qualify for the Top 16

DBasia.news –  The Manchester City vs Shaktar Donetsk matchday 5 in the Champions League ended in a draw on Wednesday (11/27/2019) AM. The Manchester City vs Shaktar Donetsk duel which took place at the Etihad Stadium ended with a 1-1 draw. However, these results were enough to ensure The Cityzens to win the group.

Manchester City now tops the standings with 11 points. With one match remaining, Pep Guardiola’s team could no longer be pursued by Shakhtar who are below with six points.

In this fight, City opened the scoring through Ilkay Gundogan on 56 minutes. Starting from the action of Gabriel Jesus, the Brazilian player gave the ball to Gundogan who immediately cheated it into the goal.

69 minutes, Shakhtar replied. Starting from a counter-attack scheme, Dodo on the right side released a mature pass which was then completed by Manor Solomon to the goal of Ederson Moraes. Score 1-1.

In the remaining time, The Cityzens attacked all out to find the winning goal. However, their efforts did not produce results. Until the fight was over, the score remained 1-1.

Line-up

Manchester City: Ederson; Joao Cancelo, Fernandinho, Nicolas Otamendi, Angelino; Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin De Bruyne; Bernardo Silva, Gabriel Jesus, Raheem Sterling.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Andriy Pyatov; Dodo, Sergey Kryvtsov, Mykola Matviyenko, Ismaily; Alan Patrick, Taras Stepanenko; Mateus Tete, Viktor Kovalenko, Yevhen Konoplyanka; Moraes