Manchester City – Shakhtar Donetsk: Champions League – Live! | Soccer

60 min: The city makes its first change, Guardiola with an eye on the Manchester derby on Sunday. Kyle Walker is off, Danilo is going away. The Brazilian has played in the Coupe de la Ligue this season, so it's probably very exciting for him.

58 min: Bernardo Silva does not really have a rhythm, but he goes in one way or one way Another in front of Mayviyenko at the sideline and center, the ball pbades through a box of six yards where no one is there to exploit it.

56 min: Cities are the favorites to win the Champions League this season. You can see why tonight. And without five of their most important players: Aguero, Mendy, De Bruyne, Sané and Kompany.

54 min Another Town Penalty Cry! Silva showed exceptional feet, turning Kryvtsov into knots, and the Shakhtar defender fell awkwardly on the back of the Spaniard, who falls just in front of the sideline. Another tight, given given, but probably the right call. City fans do not care, almost as if they would rather see a close game than down to 4, 5, 6-0.

52 min: Fans of the city are not disturbed. "Get up, for the champions," sings the local audience.

50 min: Penalty cry for City as Sterling falls into the box! Not given! Ooooooooh, it was probably another bad call, but maybe a hangover from the one he gave up in the first half. Sterling played a brace with Zinchenko, Mayviyenko made a mistake and pbaded his arm in the direction of Sterling. The Englishman fell a little easily, but it's probably a fault.

48 min: 3-0

A magnificent solo goal. Sterling lifts the ball with his back in the middle of the field, turns sharply, slightly exceeds the pincer claws of Maycon and Stepanenko, and places a peach in the upper right corner. This is a goal of Fifa, an end of R2. Sensational.

46 min: I hope that the Shakhtar will show a little more offensive intent during this second half. I know they miss Marlos, one of their playmakers, but they are not threatened at all.

Do you have any other examples of sportsmanship that have warmed your heart in recent years? Of course, it is not necessary to limit yourself to penalties.

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I've always liked the fact that West Ham's Paolo Di Canio chose to catch the ball rather than scoring when Everton goalkeeper Paul Gerrard laid injured in the penalty box . He won the 2001 FIFA Fair Play Award for this.

I hear that Guardiola actually tried to speak to the fourth official for not having awarded a penalty. Yet he has not protested enough that this is not given.

44 min: An email from Geoff James. "Sterling may be an excellent player, but he has just demonstrated that his sportsmanship and ethics are deplorable. After the match, of course, he will say that he "was not sure if there was contact". With regard to officials, there will be a lack of accountability or even the decency of an answer.

I am not sure I agree with all of this, and it is not up to Sterling to decide whether it should have been a penalty. . At worst, it's probably a good missed opportunity for him to get a good press.

It will be interesting to see if the officials raise their hand. Such a blatant mistake, you have to sort of go out and just say sorry.

42 min: A superb City football. Mahrez takes a pbad from heaven, plays a beautiful ball inside Gabriel Jesus, who gives it to Bernardo Silva. The Portuguese shoot, but a Stepanenko block takes it by far.

40 min: Taison is the only shakhtar player to seem able to hurt City. For once, the captain moves away from Fernandinho, runs in the center towards City defense, but has no support and eventually sends him back to Kovalenko. City regains its shape before Kovalenko throws himself to the ground.

38 min: This is the band, as it is.

30 min: Gabriel Jesus is clean up to the point! He takes a touch, stabilizes himself, takes another touch and Kryvtsov comes back one way or another to make a tackle on the slide to save goals! Gabriel Jesus simply took too much time, which means something because he literally had a second to choose his place. The Brazilian may have scored a penalty, but he seems to have lost the pace.

28 min: Since falling 2-0, the Shakhtar has played some of his best nighttime tricks. Bolbat flies over the edge of the area after a nice strike back from Matviyenko, then the right back comes with a fierce strike that is well blocked by Laporte.

26 min: It must be said that Sterling did not dive, he threw the ball when he wanted to kick the ball and truly fell. I wonder if he should have accepted though. He knew it was not a penalty.

Robbie Fowler and Aaron Hunt have already done so in the past.

Gabriel Jesus achieved his goal, sending Pyatov in the wrong direction. He seems extremely relieved, this is the first goal of the Brazilian since September.

It's a comical mistake of referee Viktor Kbadai. Goalkeeper Pyatov just started laughing. Mayviyenko just shrugged.

23 min: Sterling advance to the goal, rush into confusion, stumble on the ground and the referee points the ball! Matviyenko is penalized, but Shakhtar was back behind Sterling when he fell. To say that there was no contact is a euphemism, Matviyenko was not even in the same postal code.

22 min: Anyone know where Phil Foden is? He is not in the team at all.

19 min: The Shakhtar can not keep the ball, he can not get out of his half. Goalkeeper Pyatov is eager to give a pbad directly to Zinchenko, who feeds Silva, very unlucky not to put Gabriel Jesus in play with a flipped ball chance.

17 min: The city is having fun now, Bernardo Silva delightfully nutty Stepanenko at the exit of the surface of Shakhtar and tries his luck at close range but his shot is far straight to Pyatov.

16 min: This is Silva's third consecutive game in the Champions League with one goal. The man is better with time. He is surely the most important player in the city in the last 10 years, perhaps the best player of all time.

GOAL: 1-0

Mahrez turns on himself On the signature, Rakitskiy sells a mannequin and crushes the ball with his right foot, where Silva is waiting to retrieve it two meters away. Brilliant Mahrez, terrible Rakitskiy, who is somewhere in Newton Heath to try to find a way to return to the Etihad.

You know what I said about Shakhtar defending against Mahrez … yeah, you can forget about that.

13 min: Zinchenko goes to the strike, digs a large center at the last post, but Gabriel Jesus can only lead right in Pyatov. A weak effort.

10 min: The Shakhtar shows some neat touches, Mayviyenko cutting in and playing a magnificent mat in Moraes, forced a not wide but firing at Ederson. The goalkeeper overthrows him but is lucky that no other Shakhtar player is in the area.

8 min: A slow departure from the city. It will be interesting to see how Bernardo Silva and Mahrez both play in this team. Both seem to play on the right wing, although perhaps Bernardo Silva is a little hidden inside. The Portuguese scored a brilliant goal in the return leg last month.

6 min: Zinchenko has already played two cross-pbad peaches at Mahrez. Ismaily, the left-back of Shakhtar, managed to force the Algerian to enter the traffic twice.

4 min: Robbie Savage, co-commentator of BT Sport, has just called Fernandinho "underestimated". Someone, nowhere, honestly not think he is one of the best players in the world at this post?

2 min: Taison, the most dangerous player of Shakhtar, gives the ball and is lucky than to be disciplined blocking Walker.

Peeeeeeeeeeep! And we left. At the bottom of group F, Shakhtar must probably get something here if he wants to qualify. A win at Etihad would be their first in England.

Full time at the beginning of the match . Valencia has overtaken Manchester United with this victory (for the moment) and Roma have three points ahead of Real Madrid, leading the G group (for the moment).

Ten minutes before the send-off and Etihad is half empty. Not a great look. Be interesting to see what is the official presence at half time.

This will not interfere with Shakhtar, which seems to thrive in this kind of uncrowded places. Do not forget that political circumstances push them to play football in a half empty stadium in Kharkiv, 150 miles north of Donestsk. And when they went to Lyon in the group stage last month – a game played behind closed doors to punish racism and crowd unrest in the Europa League last season – they drew a 2-2 draw and were very unlucky not to win. .

Pep speaks! Asked "How much is Sunday a determining factor in selecting your team tonight?"

Yeah, OK Pep.

If you're interested in this week's Shakhtar-Dynamo game, here are the highlights, with this magical 95-minute winner Kovalenko.

Taison was not registered on the scoresheet, but he scored the first goal, and he is really the heartbeat of this team of Shakhtar creatively. Do not be surprised if Fernandinho is entrusted tonight a job of mark by his compatriot and former teammate.

It's a big night for Gabriel Jesus who scored only two goals in 14 games this season and none in six games. Its quality is not in doubt, but the boy clearly lacks confidence.

There are already some matches going on in the Champions League: Valencia are beating 3-1 at home against Young Boys, and the Roma lead CSKA Moscow 2-1. You can check the latest scores here.

This is the strongest XI of the city, except Sergio Agüero on the bench and Vincent Kompany / Benjamin Mendy on the occasion of the evening.

The same goes for Shakhtar, who will settle in a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Junior Moraes in the lead. The Brazilian scored the weekend in a big match in the Ukrainian league against Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar won 2-1 after scoring a winning goal. Shakhtar is at the top of the standings, eight points behind Dynamo.

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Laporte, Zinchenko, Bernardo Silva, Fernandinho, Silva, Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Sterling.
Subs: Muric, Danilo, Gundogan, Aguero, Delph, Sane, Otamendi.

Shakhtar Donetsk: Pyatov, Matviyenko, Kryvtsov, Rakitsky, Ismaily, Stepanenko, Maycon, Taison, Kovalenko, Bolbat and Junior Moraes.
Subs: Shevchenko, Butko, Khocholava, Kayode, Dentinho, Alan Patrick, Wellington Nem.

Arbitrator: Viktor Kbadai (Hungary)

Just in case you did not know it, at night Last was an absolutely vintage night: last year's finalists were completely beaten in Belgrade, there was a last-minute winner at Wembley, there were even captivating draws between the European superpowers, there was a spectacular goal in breathtaking weather ] and do not tell me that you did not smile a little when you heard Thierry Henry's Monaco skew 4-0 at home against Club Brugge.

At a time when some of the biggest clubs are discussing the breakup and the formation of a European super league in order to fill their pockets even more (and that annoy us to tears), this announcement was perfect for not do it. The Champions League may have its flaws, but it's still a beautiful thing. Listen to this last night at San Siro.

If this atmosphere you the gives goose bumps, it is curious that one of the favorites of this year's competition, Manchester City, combs to create one in his stadium.

As Jamie Jackson points out, the crowds in Europe are generally fewer Booing the anthem of UEFA is not completely off and Pep Guardiola has just taken part in a promotional video of the club aiming to encourage fans to feel more positive and more homeowners in the face of European nights.

We saw how the atmosphere reigned for City at Anfield last season and what happened to Liverpool last night at Red Star. It is unlikely that we will see the same thing tonight at the Etihad, especially as Guardiola will probably rest some key names before Sunday's derby in Manchester. But Shakhtar does not carry weight, and we all saw what happened in September, when Lyon went to Manchester.

Manchester City is potentially capable of qualifying Group F with a win tonight, but will know that another shock could be on the cards.

Coup d'envoi: at 8:00 pm GMT.