Manchester City clearly has a better team, a more trophy-winning coach, but their players lack the passion they had years before, unlike Leipzig, who was focused to get a favorable result, and didn’t bother with possession. And they got it: Leipzig – Manchester City 1-1. Pep Guardiola’s obsession with possession got him the desired advantage but not the victory, because as soon as Marco Rose’s team pressed, they began to create chances and settled for a fair draw that still keeps them alive ahead of the second leg in England on March 14th.0 – Manchester City didn’t make a substitute in tonight’s 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig, becoming the first team to make no subs in a Champions League game since Manchester United in October 2018 against Juventus. Persistence. pic.twitter.com/LpurTpPQYK— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 22, 2023 It could have been a much more favorable score for City if the period of better performance lasted longer. This way, they scored only one goal, in the 27th minute, when Riyad Mahrez placed the ball into the net after Daniel Schlager’s. Without Kevin de Bruyne (illness), but also Erling Haaland, who played, but was limited to just seven touches of the ball in the first half, City still managed to be dominant, mainly due to Bernardo Silva, Riyad Mahrez, Jack Grealish and Ilkay Gundogan.هدف رياض محرز على لايبزيج قبل قليل 😍👏🔥 Riyad Mahrez’s goal against Leipzig a while ago 😍👏🔥 pic.twitter.com/bIHrktGAWz— KhaliliKhalili (@KhaliliModric) February 22, 2023 JOSKO GVARDIOL LEVELS THE SCORE!#ChampionsLeague pic.twitter.com/O8wtAseD48— Reyi (@Reinaldodcg9) February 22, 2023 And then the picture on the field changed, and Leipzig started to look like City and vice versa. Rose brought in Benjamin Henricks, and the right winger began to cause problems and suddenly the champion of England started to panic. The host didn’t materialize the situations created for Andre Silva and Dominik Szoboszlai, but pressed the guests and finally Josko Guardiol was the highest player when needed and secured an equalizer for Leipzig.ROMELU LUKAKU PUTS AWAY HIS OWN REBOUND TO BREAK THE DEADLOCK AGAINST TEN-MAN PORTO!!!pic.twitter.com/lDltonFJqJ— Football Report (@FootballReprt) February 22, 2023 In the second game of the night, Inter Milan secured a much needed 1-0 win over 10 men Porto. Romelu Lukaku gave Inter Milan a good chance of reaching the Champions League quarter finals for the first time in over a decade after scoring the only goal of the game. Belgium forward Lukaku struck with four minutes remaining of the first leg at the San Siro on the rebound from his own header to decide an absorbing encounter at the San Siro. Porto had great moments in the game, but couldn’t coupe with a red card given to Otavio 20 minutes before the end.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUERound of 16 – first legTuesdayLiverpool – Real Madrid 2-5 (2-2)/Nunez 4, Salah 14 – Vinicius 21, 36, Militao 48, Benzema 55, 67/Eintr.Frankfurt – Napoli 0-2 (0-1)/Osimhen 40, Di Lorenzo 65/WednesdayRB Leipzig – Man.City 1-1 (0-1)/Gvardiol 70 – Mahrez 27/Inter – Porto 1-0 (0-0)/Lukaku 86/
