Manchester City showed a great character, turning things around against Monaco on Tuesday! The Pep Guardiola’s players managed to win the game against the leaders in The French Ligue 1 5-3 at The Etihad Stadium, securing a good result before the second leg.
Both teams showed a wonderful performance in attack and made us spectators of attractive attacking football. The Citizens took the lead early in the game. Raheem Sterling opened the score in the 26th minute after a great dribble by Sane. However, The Monegasques managed to equalize almost immediately. Radamel Falcao sent the ball into City’s net. 1-1!
In the 40th minute of the match, the most talented player of The Monegasques – Kylian Mbappe gave his team the lead. He is compared with Thierry Henry and we have to say Mbappe’s playing style and physique is quite similar.
To continue with, the second half started with a penalty kick for Monaco, which was missed by the Colombian goal-scoring machine Radamel Falcao. Just 8 minutes later, Sergio Aguero scored after a mistake by the goalkeeper Subasic. 2-2! And it looked like Manchester City were controlling the game, but this time Falcao found the net for the second time in the game and shocked the Guardiola’s players.
However, the great team spirit of The Citizens kept them aware of winning the match. They managed to score three more goals from the 71st until the 82nd minute, securing the advantage before the second leg in Monaco. We must say John Stones managed to score his first goal in The Champions League!
At both ends, the second leg will be extremely difficult for Manchester City, because Monaco are among the strongest hosts in the major European leagues. The Monegasques have scored 46 goals in 13 matches at home in The Ligue 1, having won 11 of these matches!