Ederson misses and City cede the tie to Leipzig; Inter beat Porto with Lukaku’s goal in the Champions League

No advantage in the confrontation between Manchester City and RB Leipzig. In a confrontation of different times in Germany, an error by Ederson ended up costing the victory of the English. The Brazilian goalkeeper did poorly and Gvardiol made it 1-1 in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League.

After dominating the first 45 minutes, even without creating great chances, City saw Leipzig grow in the decisive stage and even have opportunities to seek the turnaround. The decision remains open and will be defined on March 14 at the Ettihad Stadium in Manchester.

Series favourites, City had the ball all the time in Germany, only being troubled in the last half of the first 45 minutes by Timo Werner’s weak shot in the hands of Ederson. Moreover, the English team dominated possession, but suffered enough to create dangerous moves, bumping into the good defense set up by Marco Rose.

With difficulties in creating, showing the size of Kevin De Bruyne’s dependence, embezzlement due to injury, City ended up “winning” a goal as a gift. The German team’s defense came out playing wrong, Gündogan recovered and served Mahrez, who took it from the goalkeeper and put City in advantage. Rodri still had two header opportunities and Grealish finished a ball high. But the slowness prevented the English from expanding.

With their apathetic team on the field, the German fans tried to distract the visitors at the base of loud and intense singing and catimba. The mosaic papers turned into crumpled red balls that were thrown all the time on the lawn.

With just one switch, Marco Rose put Leipzig on the attack. City no longer found the same ease on the field and Henrichs, the bet at halftime, almost tied with his head. Leipzig began to prowl the area more, while the English remained sleepy on the field.

At 17 minutes, Ederson saved the equalizer. André Silva got in the face of the Brazilian and tried to dig in, but the goalkeeper defended well. The dominance was now total Leipzig. It took City 22 minutes to get an opportunity. Haaland hit weak, crossed, out.

The giant pressure took effect in the 24th minute. After Ederson flattened Szoboszlai’s bomb for a corner kick, Halstenberg’s kick went to Gvardiol’s head, who deservedly equalized the score. Working miracles, Ederson missed the goal.

The draw woke up City and Gündogan almost put the team back in front. The midfielder hit the corner and Blaswich jumped in to save. The game was open, with attacks and counterattacks, but without new movement on the scoreboard.

LUKAKU DECIDES AND INTER MILANO WINS PORTO

Despite Adriano Imperador having bet on three goals by Lukaku against Porto, Inter Milan struggled to open up an advantage over the Portuguese at Giuseppe Meazza. The Belgian came off the bench at 13 of the decisive stage to define the 1-0, at 41 minutes of the second half.

After a balanced first half, with Inter almost heading in Lautaro Martinez and Onana stopping the Portuguese attack, the expulsion of Otávio, in the 23rd minute of the final phase, ended up costing the visitors dearly. With one more, the Italians grew. The big fight ended in advantage thanks to Lukaku’s eye for goal, who still wasted the chance to expand.