Manchester City Vs Borussia Dortmund: No Haaland's Name On The Scoreboard

Phil Foden (Twitter @championsleague)

JAKARTA - Manchester City won the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Borussia Dortmund with a score of 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Tuesday local time (Wednesday WIB).

Marco Reus equalized for Dortmund six minutes from normal time, countering Kevin de Bruyne's goal, but Phil Foden closed the match with his goal to seal City's victory, Antara noted on the official UEFA website.

The victory means City only needs a draw in the second leg which is scheduled to take place at Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday, April 14 next week.

Meanwhile, Dortmund also still has a chance to qualify if they win 1-0 or more next week at home.

The future 🥰

🔝 Haaland OR Foden?#UCL pic.twitter.com/kFWqQND7NH

— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) April 6, 2021

Despite being in an underdog position, Dortmund created an early chance when the game was only seven minutes old when Jude Bellingham beat a number of City players, unfortunately, his finishing shot was still secured by goalkeeper Ederson Moraes.

In the 19th minute, City was able to open up the advantage using Emre Can's blunder to create a counter-attack which ended with Riyad Mahrez's attractive ball completed by Kevin de Bruyne's shot to beat goalkeeper Marwin Hitz.

Five minutes later, Dortmund almost hit back when Ansgar Knauff tapped into a wild ball in the City defense for a pass that Marco Reus almost reached, but Ederson came out of his nest for an important turn.

In the 30th minute, referee Oividiu Hategan awarded the hosts a penalty for Can's alleged foul on Rodri Hernandez, but that decision was later overturned following input from VAR.

The score lasted until halftime and three minutes into the second half Ederson had to make another important save to block Erling Haaland's shot to meet Mahmoud Dahoud's through ball.

In the 65th minute, Foden wasted a good chance to double City's lead if Hitz had not easily secured De Bruyne's pass.

The city continued to press but two other chances from De Bruyne and Foden were yet to hit the mark.

In the midst of the perceived pressure, Dortmund managed to equalize in the 84th minute when Reus pushed his way into the penalty box to convert Haaland's pass into the host's goal.

That goal at the same time made Reus as Dortmund's most fertile player in the Champions League with 18 goals, surpassing Robert Lewandowski who scored 17 goals during his Die Borussen uniform.

Happy at the halfway mark! 😃 🔷 #ManCity | https://t.co/axa0klD5re

— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 6, 2021

Dortmund tried to keep the score in their favor, but just at the end of normal time, Ilkay Gundogan calmly followed De Bruyne's cross for Foden to finish to put City into a 2-1 win.