DBasia.news – Raheem Sterling and Sergio Aguero managed to bring Manchester City a third win in the Champions League this season. In the match against Atalanta, Wednesday (10/23) AM, Sterling managed to score three goals and Aguero managed to score two goals from a 5-1 victory score.
Appearing as the home team, Manchester City were depressed at the beginning of the match. Driven by Papu Gomez and Josip Ilicic, Atalanta managed to trouble the Manchester City back line.
Attempts from Atalanta to steal the advantage also paid off in the 28th minute through Ruslan Malinovskiy’s penalty. However, Atalanta’s superiority did not last long. As Sergio Aguero managed to score an equalizing position in the 34th minute to maximize feedback from Raheem Sterling.
Four minutes later, Aguero scored his second goal. This time, through penalty execution. The first half ended with the score 2-1 for the home team.
Disadvantaged, Atalanta tried to come out attacking in the second round. To expedite his mission, Gian Piero Gasperini also included Mario Pasalic and Luis Muriel in the 46th minute.
However, La Dea still struggled to penetrate Manchester City’s defense. The home team was able to dominate the game and managed to score his third goal through Raheem Sterling in the 58th minute.
Five minutes later, Raheem Sterling managed to score his second goal and put The Cityzens ahead 4-1. Despite being left behind by four goals, Atalanta is still trying to push back Manchester City’s back line and reduce the gap.
However, this strategy was disastrous after Sterling was able to score his third goal in the 69th minute. Six minutes later, Sterling received a golden opportunity to score his fourth goal. However, his shot was deviated from Pierluigi Gollini.
In the 83rd minute, Manchester City had to play with 10 players after Phil Foden received a second yellow card. Facing 10 players, Atalanta continued to attack in the remaining time of the match.
However, they failed to score both goals. The match ended with a score of 5-1 for Manchester City. This victory became the third in a row for Pep Guardiola’s team in the Champions League this season.
MANCHESTER CITY VS ATALANTA PLAYERS:
Manchester City: 31-Ederson; 2-Kyle Walker, 16-Rodri (5-John Stones 41 ′), 25-Fernandinho, 22-Benjamin Mendy (27-Joao Cancelo 72 ′); 47-Phil Foden, 8-Ilkay Guendogan, 17-Kevin de Bruyne (30-Nicolas Otamendi 67 ′); 7-Raheem Sterling, 10-Sergio Aguero, 26-Riyad Mahrez
Coach: Pep Guardiola
Atalanta: 95-Pierluigi Gollini; 2-Rafael Toloi, 19-Weight Djimsiti, 5-Andrea Masiello (88-Mario Pasalic 46 ′); 21-Timothy Castagne, 15-Marten de Roon, 11-Roman Freuler, 8-Roman Gosens; 18-Ruslan Malinovskiy; 10-Papu Gomez (9-Luis Muriel 46 ′), 72-Josip Ilicic (33-Hans Hateboer 72 ′)
Coach: Gian Piero Gasperini
Yellow Card: Mendy 4 ′, De Bruyne 63 ′ Foden 75 ′, 83 ′, Otamendi 90′- Masiello 10 ′
Red Card: Foden 83 ′