Erling Haaland Takes Man City To 16 Champions League Besa

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scored against Young Boys in the Champions League match. (Twitter @ManCity)

JAKARTA - Defending champions Manchester City advanced smoothly to the last 16 of the Champions League. Man City's move was determined by a 3-0 victory over Young Boys in a duel in Group G at the Etihad Stadium, Wednesday, November 8 in the morning WIB. Striker Erling Haaland scored a brace that brought Man City to the knockout round.

Man City's easy win over Young Boys so they scored the perfect points in the group stage. Of the four matches, Man City always won so they collected 12 points.

Although the group stage still has two more matches left, the Cityzens' points cannot be chased by Crvena Zvezda, who is in third place. Crvena Zvezda or Red Star Belgrade was only able to get one point after losing 2-1 against RB Leipzig.

The victory over Crvena Zvezda also brought Leipzig through to the last 16 accompanying Man City after having nine points. However, Leipzig, who is in second place, still has the opportunity to remove Man City from the top of the standings.

Man City showed the best game and consistency despite appearing with different teams. After winning the top spot in the English Premier League standings, they continued their positive trend by overcoming Young Boys' resistance.

This makes them always qualify from the Champions League group stage for the 11th time in a row.

In that match, Pep Guardiola's manager chose to reshuffle the team. Apart from facing minor opponents, they will play a difficult match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, this weekend.

At least six players were rested, including Jeremy Doku, Rodri and Bernardo Silva. Meanwhile, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish are back in the start. Several reserve players such as Rico Lewis and Josko Gvardiol also had the opportunity to start.

As a result, Man City immediately kicked off. Lewis had threatened the visitors' goal. But his efforts could still be thwarted by defender Loris Benito.

Man City finally managed to take the lead when Haaland scored from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute after midfielder Matheus Nunes was brought down by Young Boys player Sandro Lauper.

Haaland carried out the execution perfectly and goalkeeper Anthony Raciappi moved in the wrong direction when he was about to anticipate the Norwegian national team striker's kick.

Winning one goal made Man City even more excited to press the opponent. However, the hosts were only able to add goals towards the end of the first half. Foden managed to break into the opponent's goal in the 45+1 minute.

It started with Grealish's pass which Foden received. The England international had outwitted left-back Toliss Garcia before releasing a shot into the net. The score 2-0 for Man City closed the first half.

In the second half, Man City continued to play aggressively. The game has only been running for six minutes, Man City has added goals when Haaland, who received Lewis' assist, scored a brace.

The website of Young Boys is getting worse. In a position behind goal, they even lost a player.

Lauper got a second yellow card followed by a red card after dropping Nathan Ake in the 53rd minute.

However, Man City could not take advantage of the advantage of the number of players to add goals. The 3-0 score for Man City lasted until the end of the match.