In Tuesday evening’s Champions League round of 16 first leg clash, Manchester City secured a 3-1 victory against Copenhagen. The reigning champions swiftly took the lead as Kevin De Bruyne scored a superb goal after ten minutes. Unexpectedly, Magnus Mattsson equalized for Copenhagen, but Bernardo Silva regained the lead for Man City just before halftime.
The game unfolded with Copenhagen adopting a defensive 4-5-1 formation, attempting to thwart Man City’s attacks. Despite their efforts, Foden’s clever through ball found De Bruyne, who scored a brilliant goal. Silva came close to doubling the lead, but Vavro’s own crossbar intervention kept Copenhagen in the game. Taking advantage of an Ederson error, Mattsson scored an impressive equalizer in the 34th minute.
Man City retook the lead just before halftime when De Bruyne pressured a Copenhagen clearance, and Silva calmly flicked the ball past Grabara. Despite De Bruyne and substitute Jeremy Doku testing Grabara, it was Foden who secured the victory with a close-range goal in stoppage time, sealing a commanding lead for Pep Guardiola’s team ahead of the return leg.