African Star Sends Man City To First UCL Final
05 May, 2021
UEFA Champions League
Result: Manchester City 2-0 Paris Saint-Germain (4-1 agg.)
Date: 04 May 2021
Venue: Etihad
Manchester City advanced with their first-ever UEFA Champions Little league final with a good brace from African superstar Riyad Mahrez securing a 2-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night.
Mauro Icardi was handed a set up front for PSG as Kylian Mbappe was only fit in enough to help make the bench while only Ederson and Fernandinho were retained from City's make an impression on Crystal Palace.
The overall game got off to fiery start as the visitors were awarded a penalty on six a few minutes but after checking the Video Assistant Referee keep an eye on, the referee changed his head following the ball had struck Oleksandr Zinchenko's shoulder.
City took the business lead a few minutes later while Ederson's superb pass found Zinchenko who have in-turn chosen Kevin de Bruyne on the border of the box, but the Belgian's shot deflected in to the way of Mahrez who all fired residence from a good angle.
The mission was still the same for PSG who needed to score twice plus they nearly got one when Marquinhos hit the crossbar before Di Maria curled one inches wide occasions in the future after spotting Ederson off his line.
The visitors enjoyed more of the ball from then on but there were struggling to trouble Ederson's goal in the latter elements of the first half.
PSG arrived for the second 50 percent without Mbappe, although they even now looked lively mainly because Neymar went close to pulling one back shortly after the interval but his goal-bound strike was blocked by Zichenko.
However, it had been City who got another goal in the hour mark mainly because a swift counter attack finished with Mahrez turning real estate Phil Foden's cross to complete his brace.
It went from negative to worse for PSG in 69 mins when Di Maria was displayed a straight red card for lashing out at Fernandinho over the sidelines.
Foden almost added his brand to scoresheet with 13 minutes left on the clock but his low strike crashed away the upright with Keylor Navas good beaten.
Nevertheless, Mahrez's two goals about the night time was enough to secure the win and an area in the ultimate where they await the winner of Wednesday's semi-final somewhere between Chelsea and Real Madrid.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za