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(Reuters) – Manchester City has qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 2-2 draw with its host, Olympique Lyon, in the F group on Tuesday.
Emeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero eliminated Maxwell Cornier twice for the hosts, leaving Citi at the top of the group with 10 points, three points higher than Lyon. They have two points ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk, third, in a 3-2 win over hosts Hoffenheim.
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City was found in a bad position in France and had to face the threat of the Ivorian striker who approached the goal after half an hour but a bad contact l & # 39; left in front of the goal.
Cournier hit the ball with a flyback volley from the crossbar at the end of the first half, but was superbly rewarded when he gave his team ten minutes after the start of the second period with a superb shot of the left foot from the edge of the surface.
A few minutes later, Anthony Lopez cleared a header from Aguero in front of goal.
The Pep Guardiola team equalized with a Laporte header an hour after a David Silva pbad.
The match seemed to be about to draw until Corinthia scored 10 minutes before the end with a low shot after a Memphis Deby pbad.
City hit the goal again by Aguero after a Riad Mehrez corner.
Guardiola congratulated Lone, the only team to beat City this season after beating FA Stadium 2-1 in September. He is the only one to have scored two goals against the champion of England.
"We are happy, our opponent is one of the strongest teams we have played against, our reaction was good after 1-0 and 2-1 and we qualified for the round of 16 and 39, was our goal, "Guardiola told PT Sport.
"Throughout my career when I play against French teams because of their physical strength, it is for this reason that France won the World Cup."
Lyon President Jean-Michel Olas said the English club officials congratulated his team.
"We have to keep the positive things, we put the city in trouble tonight, we did a great job, the city president loved our team.
"We have scored four goals against City in two games, five times since the start of the Premier League."
The draw was enough to bring the two teams together for the knockout stages without Shakhtar's victory.
Lyon will be the guest of his Ukrainian rival next month in a crucial match.
Hoffenheim has three points in advance but still has a chance to advance to third place and qualify for the European League.
(Reuters)
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