The Swiss headed home, via a big deflection, for City’s third in their 4-0 Champions League semifinal second-leg win.
Browsing: Manchester City
The second leg tie was delicately poised entering the match following a 1-1 draw in the first leg at Bernabeu.
Manchester City are one win away from the Premier League title, thanks to Brighton & Hove Albion’s merited 3-0 win over a lacklustre Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Seeking to somehow replicate their Bank Holiday Monday mauling of Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton return to a buoyant Goodison Park to host Premier League champions Manchester City this afternoon.
The Norway international received 82 per cent of the votes among around 800 members – the biggest margin since the Premier League began in 1992-93.
A first-half smash-and-grab display from the reigning champions would seemingly pay dividends, as they absorbed copious amounts of pressure before drawing first blood through a Vinicius Junior effort.
Both teams will meet on Tuesday at the same stage of the tournament, with Manchester City away in the first leg in Madrid.
The Citizens skipper had seemingly put the game to bed with a first-half brace, but Rodrigo gave the Whites a slice of hope late on in Sam Allardyce’s debut game, making the champions’ win far nervier than it should have been.
It was a game in which Erling Haaland became the highest goal scorer in an English Premier League season.
Pep Guardiola’s relentless side ran riot as they made it 12 successive league wins against Arsenal with a masterful De Bruyne scoring twice and Erling Haaland also on target as City seized control of their destiny.
A first FA Cup semi-final hat-trick since 1958 from Mahrez stole the show as City seal their place in English football’s showpiece occasion, where they will face rivals Manchester United or Brighton & Hove Albion.
Inter Milan have reached a Champions League semi-finals for the first time since 2010, when they claimed the title
The Norwegian marksman scored twice alongside efforts from Jack Grealish and Julian Alvarez in a classy performance from Pep Guardiola’s side, while Sekou Mara struck a consolation for a Saints outfit who had nothing to show for their fleeting threats in the first half.
“A familiar face returns to training,” Manchester City tweeted. “Erling Haaland is back.”
Last season’s top two club sides are both chasing different targets heading into the latter stages of this campaign.
Nagelsmann recently guided Bayern into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 3-0 aggregate win over Paris Saint-Germain, setting up a showdown with Manchester City.
The Norwegian Football Federation made the announcement on Tuesday.
Real Madrid or Chelsea will play the home leg first of a semi-final against Man. City or Bayern
The winner between Bayern and Man City will face either the reigning champions Real Madrid or the previous season’s winners Chelsea in the semifinals of the tournament.
The Nigeria international is spearheading the Partenopei’s charge to the Scudetto with a stellar 19 goals and five assists in 22 games throughout the 2022-23 season so far.