Schalke 2-3 Man City: Leroy Sane "a little sad" after a great draw against his former club

Leroy Sane equalized his free kick and Raheem Sterling's winner allowed Manchester City to win 3-2 over Schalke in the first leg of the Champions League on Wednesday in the first leg of the sixteenth round. while the German is said to be "sad" after helping his former club.

A pair of penalties in the first half for Schalke allowed the Bundesliga team to take the lead after Sergio Aguero's first match. A red card against Nicolas Otamendi in 68 minutes also left the Premier League team by facing a man while they were chasing the match.

But Sane's brilliant free-kick equalized things in the 85th minute, before Sterling's solo attempts were won for Pep Guardiola's team, leaving Sane to praise the atmosphere of his team. old club, even in case of defeat.

"I was a little sad for Schalke because the atmosphere was amazing, as always," he said. BT Sport following the victory. "Schalke performed very well, the way they defended made it difficult.

"In the end, we managed to score three goals, which was the most important thing.

"You can see that the will is great, we never give up, we always want to continue fighting."

Sterling, the winner of the match, did not feel such sadness and was proud of his side to stand together even in the face of the adversity of losing a man and suffering controversial decisions regarding the VAR.

"A really tough match, we sometimes found ourselves difficult, but we stayed together, even with 10 men," he said. BT Sport.

"For my goal, it was a little boost in the back of the defender, and I took my chance and we got all three points – uh, a win!

"We've had some tough patches this season, you can not win every game 2-0 or 3-0.

"It's the Champions League matches where we know the opposition can hurt you at any time and we'll sometimes be under pressure, but we have to stay with that.

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"We did it brilliantly and we showed how great we are and where we are heading."

City is tied with Liverpool at the top of the Premier League and will face a Carbao Cup final against Chelsea on Sunday.

They will host the second leg against Schalke on 12 March.