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Champions League: Manchester City has Madrid Mountain to climb, will PSG be better off minus Mbappe?

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Erling Haaland scored for the first time in his career with Real Madrid.

Then score.

But Manchester City still lost at the Champions League holder’s home.

Pep Guardiola and his team kicked a 2-1 lead on Etihad for four minutes of normal time with a 2-1 lead, which would feel very familiar, their former player Brahmin Brahim Diaz first got the stinging Jude Bellingham, who moved the ball from close range to home in additional time.

Oh, and earlier in the game, Kylian Mbappe scored on the shin.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side entered the second leg of the playoffs at Bernabeu with a 3-2 advantage, taking a spot in the Champions League with the final 16 strokes.

Elsewhere in the European elite club game, Rockets from Weston McKennie helped Juventus beat PSV, Borussia Dortmund beat Sports CP in Lisbon, Ottoman Ousmane Dembele continued his ridiculous start, with two goals for 2 goals while Paris Saint Saint-Germain beat Brest Brest 3-0.

Elias Burke and Seb Stafford-Bloor analyzed all the Champions League moments Tuesday night…

Typical cities…and typical Madrid?

It’s no surprise in the battle between the Champions League’s perennial King Real Madrid and New York City, which is linked to the season-linked New York City, it’s not surprising, and its ending is not surprising.

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Briefing: Manchester City 2 Real Madrid 3-Bellingham’s late stage, late champion and another city collapse

After providing a great assist for Mbappe’s goal, Dani Ceballos moved from Hero to Villain 20 minutes later, tripping Phil Foden in the 80th minute. Haaland took the free throw from his 49th goal in 48 Champions League games.

Fortunately for Ceballos, Ederson made two mistakes quickly, allowing Diaz to hold Premier League medals for the 2017-18 season, Score is 2-2.

Then, after Vinicius Junior passed by and lifted Ederson’s head shot/pass, Bellingham Gambling took a close suspension to lead Spain’s second leg 3-2.

For Manchester City, this is another catastrophic late collapse after Feyenoord and PSG fell off in the league stage. Now, they have given themselves a mountain to overturn the deficit in the hardest places in the Champions League.

Would PSG actually be better without Mbappe?

When Mbappe left Real Madrid last summer, few people would expect PSG to improve. But judging by their 3-0 win against Brest and the impressive form in 2025, coach Luis Enrique seems to have found harmony in Paris when French superstars are He worked hard to create this harmony while leading the way.

Ousmane Dembele, 27, was once considered such a promising talent that the fees paid by Barcelona rose to £135 million, according to the BBC, who in 2017 Borussia Dortmund signed him from Borussia Dortmund in 20 years after his shoes were converted by coaches inspiration tactics.

Since Enrique brought Dembele into the Central forward role from Lieutenant Wings, he has reached his position since the emerging youngster, and his goal volume has exploded – he vs. Bray Brest’s two goals are another example. His first show of confidence, inserting the box into the box and then brushing the effort of his left foot into the near post. His second was the champion who deflected with his right foot after a ball that responded more quickly than the Brest defender, emphasizing his expectations as a shooter. For Dembeller, scoring two feet is not an unfamiliar feat, and Debel didn’t know his feet were stronger.

This is his third support of the year, with two hat-tricks and 15 goals in total – already more than his entire brand in 2024. This conversion gives PSG a new attack rate and leads to a more balanced unit.

Who knows, this may be enough to push the French champion from one side to the elimination zone, and most of the league phases can compete for trophy.

USMNT midfielder McKennie gives some magic to Juventus

McKennie dedicates his celebration to Harry Potter, but it was his right boot stick that provided the magic as he opened up against PSV for Juventus Score.

As the USMNT midfielder lurked at the edge of the PSV box, the ball broke in his direction and bounced at good heights to hit. McKennie is no stranger to the goal, approaching the ball at a certain angle, allowing him to transfer his weight to the left to overcome the shot and control his efforts while hitting his efforts.

The result is unstoppable control and strength. His shot flew over Walter Benitez in the PSV net and crossed the bar. The ball missed him too, which could be a good thing because if he got in the way, it would take him behind the net.

McKennie is a big Harry Potter fan who mimics the “Expelliarmus” spell of the movie and book series. He has a lightning bolt on his finger to pay tribute to the fast Gryffindor seeker and pose with Matthew Lewis in 2023, where Matthew Lewis plays Neville in the movie · Neville Longbottom, posing with Brenden Aaronson.

In December, club and national teammate Timothy Weah joined the entertainment event to celebrate with “Expelliarmus” during McKennie’s match against City.

Rooney and Mbappe: Master of elasticity against Manchester City

Wayne Rooney’s excellent kick kick in 2011 at Manchester United will beat the City 2-1 to beat the City goal (and maybe any more) ), but Kylian Mbappe certainly won the silver medal in the second half for Madrid.

Dani Ceballos played in his first Champions League knockout match seven and a half years after signing at Real Betis, playing in a dangerous area between Manchester City’s goalkeeper and the Ministry of Defence A very heavy loft, Mbappe tends to.

Mbappe’s second goal against Argentina in the 2022 World Cup final was amazing skill, jumping over the ball with his right foot and falling to the left.

Despite his efforts to fly over Emi Martinez in Katar, the connection wasn’t that pure in this case, but the ball put his shin, Ederson ) Rotate over the tibia and enter the corner.

Rooney will surely be impressed when she watches from Atihad’s Pitchside while working on Amazon Prime.

Why did it take four minutes to award Hyland’s first goal?

Now Premier League fans are used to seeing footage of VAR officials at the Stokeley Park drawing line to determine if the player is offside, but in the Champions League, things are different – Manchester City fans have found a tough road.

Etihad Stadium exploded after Haaland put the home team ahead, with Josko Gvardiol making a chest pass in his direction, left footed The left foot has both obtained distance. Three minutes and 50 seconds later, the Champions League semi-automation technology confirmed this goal, so it cheered up around the stadium again.

Gvardiol was clearly present when the initial cross kicked him, but when the Croatians came into contact, he and Heland had already surpassed Madrid’s defense. As long as Hylander is in line with Gvardiol or behind, he is there, but the time spent in this technical confirmation proves that it is very nervous.

As the name suggests, the technology eliminates the potential of human error, shooting off-the-spot maps shot by cameras in real time. It debuted in the Champions League in 2022-23 and was used in the 2022 World Cup Football Championship. Under the Premier League, which plans to introduce this technology this season, offside check delays should be reduced by 31 seconds.

However, in this case, the check took so long that Alan Shearer hinted that waiting might have something to do with Jack Grealish because 10 minutes later, due to Non-influence injury was replaced.

“It certainly doesn’t help when you let elite athletes stand together for nearly four minutes,” Shearer said in an Amazon Prime report on the game in the UK. “It can’t help you or your body. Players have to wait that long is Unacceptable.”

Judging from this incident, these edge calls will continue to take time. At least we made the right decision, did we?

Who is Serhou Guirassy?

The Champions League is unlikely to win the best winner this season: 28-year-old Guinean Serhou Guirassy, ​​Borussia Dortmund. His tenth game goal was probably his best. This is of course the most important. It was an authoritative header that went around a distant corner and settled a Dortmund team, who had to bear the pressure for most of the first half in Portugal.

This is crucial because Dortmund has endured a hot season and is naturally fragile. They are 11th in the Bundesliga and are now coached by Niko Kovac, who has been appointed Nuri who was fired two weeks ago Sahin) replaces.

This was Kovak’s first victory. More importantly, Dortmund will feel the results (and performance) they can build in the coming weeks, and the feeling of the first step is credited to Guirassy.

He signed 28 Bundesliga goals from Stuttgart in the summer of 2024 and made 28 appearances last season. It was the first truly prolific top-level season of his career, but sometimes he worked in a season with a team leader who didn’t have enough chances. He can grab the opportunity and get out of the game. So while nine goals in 18 league appearances aren’t bad, that’s not the case.

But Guirassy is an elegant skilled footballer, not just a shooter. In the first half of the year, his lazy skills seemed to make his teammates clearly lack confidence. And, after scoring the game’s goal, his entire skin tone (a model header indeed), he created the second with the perfect Pascal Gross, who was on the back Playing soccer, giving Dortmund a 2-0 advantage at night.

Even after Karim Adeyemi scored a third of the match from a flowing counterattack to finish the game effectively, Dortmund has begun to be full of confidence and safety, and they have been lacking in months. Neildes alone is not provided. By the time of full time, this has become a commendable team performance. However, goals often change the mood of one side, and Kovak’s BVB is not more than Tuesday night.

There were many personal contributions, but they followed Gilasi’s leadership.

Seb Stafford-Bloor

What will happen next?

Champions League playoffs

Tuesday’s results

Brest 0 Paris Saint-Germain 3
Juventus 2 PSV Eindhoven 1
Manchester City 2 Real Madrid 3
Sports CP 0 Borussia Dortmund 3

Wednesday’s fixtures
(BST 8 pm, ET 3 pm, unless stated)

Bruges v Atalanta Club (BST 5.45 pm, 12.45 pm ET)
Celtic v. Bayern Munich
Feyenoord in Milan
Munich v. Benfica

The second leg will be broadcast on February 18/19.

Eight teams will advance to the last 16, joining Liverpool, Barcelona, ​​Arsenal, Inter, Atletico Madrid, Bayer Leverkusen, Lille and Aston Villa.

The final 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals draws will be held on Friday, February 21.

(Top photo: Carl Recine/Getty Images)

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