Erling Halland strikes twice for Manchester city into the round of 16 of the Champions league with two group games remaining after big 3-0 victory over the Swiss team young boys on Tuesday.
Pep Guardiola ‘s team maintained their A game and lead with 12 points in four games. Young Boys who were low in 10 men When the player Sandro Lauper was shown a red card in the 53 minute of the game.
The Statement of Coach about the winning of the Team and Erling Halland’s performance
Talking about the performances in that game Man city coach said “still the job is not done because we have to finish first because it’s better in the last-16 to have the weapon of the second game at home”. Also, he added “But the first step to qualify is done, we scored two fantastic goals.”
The Star player of the Match Halland has now 39 Champions league goals and is on the way to record for fewest apperances to reach 40 goals in 45 games .
This player had injured his ankle against the 6-1 game against Bournemouth. There was a doubt that of playing in the match on Tuesday.
Also, there was one negative impact on the team that John Stones who recently recovered from hip injury but replaced in half time for Muscle pain. Guardiola said “He will be awhile out , it’s a pity , it’s a bad news for Us “.
Story of the Match And the Ferociousgoals of Erling Halland and Phil Foden
From the Start, City applied pressure against Young Boys and got a penalty in 23 minutes After a harsh tackle on Matheus Nunes in the box .The Halland scored and the lead the team.
Phil Foden doubled the after few minutes before halftime. The England midfielder cut in the box and beat the Norwegian goalkeeper with a low shot.
After the 51 minutes of the second half Halland scored again with a left – footed shot from 20 yards.
The game would been more interesting If the Attempt of Rico Lewis’s that would target for the net before it was cleared by Loris Benito.
Young Boys’s belgian forward Jeremy Doku sent a perfect cross but the cross got wasted.
The young Boys’s Coach said about their performance of the Champions league, “We Knew it’s very difficult here, to get a point or a win , you need to have the kind of game, the perfect game in every phase of the game”.
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