Goals from Bernardo Silva and Gabriel Jesus City who were successful in consolidating the Champions League with a huge success helped the first 16 feet above Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Pep Guardiola’s side were in unusual shape again at the Puskas Arena in Budapest as we clinched 19th consecutive trophies – and created England’s high-flying history by tuning in 12 victories immediately.
Coherent and full of confidence, City ‘s flexible, agile approach and steady movement saw us take control of ownership and push our game on the Bundesliga side throughout.
And our leadership was rightly rewarded just before half an hour when Bernardo Silva rose to return home in visible style from an elegant curling cross with Portuguese partner Joao Cancelo.
The left back, with which he had been causing Gladbach’s headache all afternoon, took possession of a wide left side before cutting in and saw Bernardo move into space on the right edge of his left side. a six-yard box.
His pin-point delivery was accomplished by Bernardo who was essentially leading the ball outside the clutches of Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer for his 35th City career goal – but only the third with his header.
Gabriel Jesus had a chance to double our lead on 53 minutes after going into a back pass but was denied by Nico Elvedi’s tackle, the final ditch.
Gladbach almost made City pay for that loss with a rare attack when Alessane Plea delivered an impressive backhand in which Ederson was scrambling.
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City set a new English best record with a 12th away
But City would not have refused and Jesus made no mistake 64 minutes after another brilliant delivery by that man Cancelo.
Bernardo’s miraculous cross lifted on the right edge of the box and Silva entered the center of the box where the strong Jesus showed great sense of accomplishment.
A less prosperous city
The dizzying number of numbers and stats continues to pile up for Pep Guardiola’s squad.
He is now 26 games unbeaten, with our last case coming at the end of November away at Tottenham, and 19 wins in a row.
Since then, we have won 23 and drawn 3, scoring 61 and conceding just seven.
And with the latest success tonight, City have made even more history as we create a new best English record to win one after another.
This was our 12th consecutive away away win in all competitions, moving us ahead of the previous record (also set by City between May and November 2017).
They are amazing numbers in any language.
Man of the Match
Joao Cancelo continues to go from strength to strength and the Portuguese defender was once again in imperious form in Budapest.
Two incredible assists for City’s two goals set the seal on an incredible night’s work from the 26-year-old who had vision, movement and creativity once again a joy to see.
It was also a special night for Aymeric Laporte who made his 100th Chair in all competitions.
The central defender has been a big part of our combined success since signing Athletic Bilbao in January 2018.
And the Frenchman was in excellent form again tonight leading our back line excellently alongside Ruben Dias at the heart of our defense and making a number of important comments.
Congratulations, Aymeric!
“It was a good game for us, I think a good win, a win will be very important because we know how important and difficult this competition is because one mistake can mean that you out.
“We tried to play simple, control the ball as we always will, to create opportunities and set goals. It’s a good win.
“Usually I don’t (killer with a head]. I try to use this a lot and I have competition with Ruben [Dias] about who can score goals. I think tonight I was lucky that Joao gave me a big ball. I am happy to push the goal and help the team.
“This is my fourth season here at City, he is a good squad, he has a great staff and it is a pleasure to play for this team. So far it has been a great season. We have to keep going because we are only half way through. “
“We played really well. We weren’t clinical enough against the keeper. We need to be more clinical in this competition.
“You have to be better but in general there are no complaints that we know how good they are and how physical they are. Overall it was a good game. Kyle was on half – the game he played.
“The first step was many weeks to the second leg. We are now thinking about getting back before West Ham.”
Teams
CITY XI: Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, Gundogan, Bernardo, Sterling (Mahrez 69), Iosa (Aguero 80), Foden (Torres 80)
Subs: Steffen, Carson, Clachan, Zinchenko, De Bruyne, Mendy, Fernandinho, Garcia, Doyle
GLADBACH XI: Sommer, Kramer, Zakaria, Stindl, Plea (Lazaro 66), Lainer (Thuram 66), Hofmann, Bensebaini, Ginter, Elvedi, Nehaus.
SUBS: Sippel, Grun, Lang, Herrmann, Wolf, Beyer, Traore, Wendt, Jantschke, Embolo.
Zone Stat
Kings hit City close again as we recorded our 24th clean sheet of the season. One more than we recorded last season!
For Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson this was the 20th time this term the opponents have not found a way past him.
A 93rd minute save saved when Gladbach broke through providing even stronger evidence of our keeper’s overall excellence.
What it means
The superb result of the night puts City in a leading position ahead of the decisive home leg against the German side at the Etihad.
That match will take place on Tuesday, March 16 with a kick-off kick scheduled for 8pm with a place in the last eight of the draw for the winners.
The next thing
City return to domestic action at the weekend as we host West Ham at the Etihad Stadium.
David Moyes’ side have won seven of their last nine league games and are now two points ahead of fifth-placed Chelsea and five ahead of sixth-placed Liverpool.
That match starts at 12.30pm GMT on Saturday 27 February and we’ll have full coverage here on ManCity.com, with live text updates from 10.30am and our live show Not Not Really Here starting at 11.30am.
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