JAKARTA - Manchester City captain, Ilkay Gundogan, admitted that he was frustrated after his team got a draw against RB Leipzig. According to him, The Citizen has many opportunities to win the match.
"We had better chances for 90 minutes, we had to decide even before the break. We were quite happy with our performance, but the results were frustrating," said Ilkay Gundogan.
Manchester City visited RB Leipzig's headquarters at the Red Bull Arena on Thursday, February 23 in the morning WIB. Coming on a mission to rise after a draw in the domestic match, The Citizen instead repeated unsatisfactory results in the Champions League competition.
Although he had taken the lead in the first half through Riyad Mahrez's goal in the 27th minute, City's effort to maintain a poor advantage. The hosts actually managed to equalize the score to 1-1 through Josko Gvardiol's goal in the 70th minute.
Gundogan had predicted Leipzig would rise. He felt that City's advantage would be a moment for the hosts to appear more pressing.
Sure enough, after halftime Leipzig was finished, he was able to catch up. The situation is getting more and more beneficial for the hosts because City players lost control in the second half.
"We knew Leipzig would come back better after the break," said Gundogan.
"Obviously they won't be happy with the first half. We knew they would try to put more pressure, but then we lost the ball quickly when we were in transition and conceded a bitter goal," said the captain.
With a draw in the first leg of the last 16, Manchester City only needed a 0-0 draw to qualify for the next round. However, it would be risky if Pep Guardiola's men played safely in the match which took place at the Etihad Stadium.
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