the Manchester City continued to chain victories and took a big step towards the quarterfinals of the Champions League by beating 2-0 as a visitor to the ‘ Borussia Mönchengladbach, In a round of 16 match that took place in Budapest.
The match was not played at the stadium Borussia Park in Mönchengladbach but it was relocated to the Puskas Arena in the Hungarian capital, due to restrictions on entry into German territory from the United Kingdom by the covid-19 pandemic.
Budapest had already hosted another duel last week Champions for the same reason, which the Liverpool won 2-0 at RB Leipzig.
The goals of the Manchester City to track their eliminatory they were obtained by the Portuguese Bernardo Silva (minute 29) and by the Brazilian Gabriel Jesus (65).
Also Portuguese Joao Cancelo played a leading role in both.
In the case of Bernardo Silva he was the one who sent the center that his compatriot ended up heading into the German network and in the second he sent a similar center, which Bernardo Silva also touched head, but to send to the ‘small area, where Gabriel Jesus sent straight to goal.
Gabriel Jesús had already had a great chance in the 54th, but he was entertained and Swiss defender Nico Elvedi blocked the shot.
Just before the Brazilian’s goal, Borussia Mönchengladbach had a good chance to equalize, with a spur shot from Frenchman Alassane Plea, who went just wide.
The Argentine Sergio Kun Agüero was a substitute and entered the game with ten minutes to go, but could not help increase the score of the ‘Citizens’.
Manchester City are in a spectacular moment.
He now has a record winning streak of 19 games in a row, considering all competitions, and is still alive in every tournament, so he aspires to four titles at the end of the year. The Premier League has him close, with ten points as the leader over his most direct pursuers.