Man City are in the quarter-finals after a record 7-0 win over Schalke 04.
(Baonghean.vn) - Man City welcomed guests from Germany - Schalke 04 at Etihad, the 3-2 victory in the first leg away helped Pep and his team full of confidence to win the ticket to continue.
That belief was further reinforced when last weekend Man City had a perfect start with a 3-1 victory over Watford in round 30 of the Premier League. Thereby temporarily rising to the top of the Premier League table. With the current form, it will be very difficult for Schalke 04 to turn the tables at Etihad.
As for Schalke 04, the representative from Germany is not rated as highly as Man City. At present, this team is ranked 14th on the Bundesliga rankings with 23 points after 25 rounds, only 4 points above the danger zone.
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| Man City had a brilliant day. Photo: Getty |
Schalke's form when entering this match is not really good, when they lost 5/6 recent matches. However, the "Blue Emperor" still believes in a coup to find a ticket to the quarterfinals like the way Ajax did against Real or MU did against PSG.
When French referee Clement Turpin blew the whistle to start the match, Man City quickly launched an attacking game. In the following minutes, the home team at Etihad Stadium took control of the game and it took 13 minutes to create a scoring opportunity when Walker made a delicate pass for Sterling to run down before crossing. Unfortunately for Man City, Aguero's high-speed shot went wide of the post.
In the 34th minute of the match, Man City was awarded a penalty after Bruma fouled B Silva in the penalty area. On the 11m mark, Aguero skillfully executed a panenka to open the score for the home team. Man City 1 – 0 Schalke.
In the 38th minute, the score was raised to 2-0 after Aguero rushed in and finished near the corner.
Trailing by two goals, Schalke players were eager to push up their formation in search of a goal to reduce the gap. However, when the German representative was struggling to find a way to get past goalkeeper Ederson, they conceded another goal in the 42nd minute of the match, when Sane escaped down the left wing before finishing past goalkeeper Fahrmann in a face-to-face situation, raising the score to 3-0 for Man City.
At the end of the first half, Man City temporarily led Schalke 3-0 thanks to a double from Aguero and a goal from Sane. The total score after two matches is 6-2 for Man City.
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| Aguero scored twice in a 7-0 thrashing of Schalke. Photo: Getty |
Entering the second half, Schalke players continued to have to defend against the home team's siege of the goal. Everything was too deadlocked for Schalke, they could not deploy the game against the terrible pressure from the home team and continued to receive a fourth goal in the 57th minute of the match, Sane made a cross like setting up a table for Sterling to run down and finish with one touch into the Schalke net for the fourth time. However, it took VAR technology for the main referee to recognize the goal for the home team: 4 - 0 for Man City.
Being 4 goals behind, the fighting spirit of the "Blue Emperor" completely collapsed and broke down in the following minutes. When the 70th to 84th minute, Man City players scored 3 more goals by B. Silva - the player who replaced Foden, and the remaining goal by Jesus. A day to forget in the career of goalkeeper Fahrman, a disastrous match for Schalke.
At the end of the match, Man City at home Etihad won 7-0 and the total score after 2 home and away matches was (10-2), destroying Schalke with an unbelievable score. Man City is the 3rd representative of England after Tottenham, Man Utd present in the quarter-finals.
Score:
Man City:Aguero (34', pen, 38'), Sane (42'), Sterling (57'), B Silva (70'), Foden (78'), Jesus (84')
Line-up
Man City:31 Ederson, 2 K. Walker, 3 Danilo, 14 A Laporte, 21 David Silva, 8 . Gundogan, 35 . Zinchenko, 20 Bernardo Silva, 10 S. Aguero, 7 R. Sterling, 19 L. Sane
Schalke:1 R. Fahrmann, 24 B. Oczipka, 27 J. Bruma, 17 B. Stambouli, 26 S. Sane, 11 Y. Konoplyanka, 10 N. Bentaleb, 8 S. Serdar, 2 W. McKennie, 19 G. Burgstaller, 36 B. Embolo.