Manchester City had a must-win match against Club Brugge to enter in the top 24 of the Champions League and Pep Guardiola’s team managed to register a win despite getting 1-0 down in the first half.
Manchester City Has Managed To Enter The Playoff Race In The Champions League With A 3-1 Win Against Club Brugge
In the must-win match Club Brugge already choked Pep in the first half with an early lead that made the City coach frustrated and disappointed in his players. Manchester City could not even bear a draw to survive in the league and in that situation, Brugge got an early lead making all home fans silent just before finishing of first half.
First Half Goal from Onyedika Made Manchester City Fans Silent
Brugge initiated a quick counter making city defense open for some moment and Jutgula gave a rocket pass in the center that slightly deflected from Manchester City player and Raphael Onyedika shoot to the goal.
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The English club players started to press Brugge in the second half and that resulted in some shots on target. In the 53rd minute Kovacic made an individual run from center and surprisingly no opponent player tackled him. The Croatian took that advantage and shot from distance to the bottom corner and hit the target leaving no chance for Mignolet to save.
After this equaliser Man City got some oxygen making them more intense in attack for which the players got the reward in the 62nd minute. Brugge defender Joel Ordonez could not clear the bullet low-cross of Jesko Gvardiol and netted in his own side making the score 2-1 for the home side.
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Pep seen kicking the drink bucket showed the value of the goal for him that revived chance to remain in CL competition. However, players wanted to seal the game therefore the intensity of attack remained the same and at 77th minute Savinha scored the third goal for Manchester City to ensure the win and confirmed a playoff for his team.
Man City now has 11 points and gets 22nd place in the table. The draw of 31st would announce the next matches for Pep Guardiola’s team in the playoff and there is a possibility that he can meet Carlo Ancelotti or Vincent Kompany in the play-off stage. If this happens then football fans would be able to see a semi-final level match even before the round of 16.
