Manchester City, RB Leipzig Into Champions League Last 16 As Shakhtar Donetsk Stun Barcelona

Erling Haaland followed his brace in Bern 2 weeks ago with another 2 objectives. © AFP Holders Manchester City and RB Leipzig ended up being the first strings to reach the last 16 of this season’s Champions League on Tuesday while Danylo Sikan’s objective permitted Shakhtar Donetsk to declare a spectacular win over Barcelona. Pep Guardiola’s ruling champs have actually reduced into the knockout stage with an ideal record, a 3-0 win over Young Boys making it 4 triumphes of 4 in Group G. Erling Haaland followed his brace in Bern 2 weeks ago with another 2 objectives versus the Swiss side, with the Norwegian striker opening the scoring from the charge area midway through the very first half. Phil Foden got their 2nd in first-half interruption time and Haaland struck once again right after the period for his 15th objective of the project. Young Boys were then decreased to 10 guys as Sandro Lauper was sent, and City saw out a 10th succeeding home triumph in the competitors. “People state ‘yeah, the group phase, it is simple’, however you need to do it. In life, you need to do it when individuals anticipate you to do it,” Guardiola informed TNT Sports. Leipzig signed up with City in protecting development from Group G thanks to their 2-1 success at Red Star Belgrade. Xavi Simons provided the German side an early lead with a charming surface into the far corner, and Lois Openda made it 2-0 in the rain in Belgrade with his 10th objective this season. Previous European Cup winners Red Star pulled one back through a Benjamin Henrichs own objective however they are now delegated battle it out with Young Boys for a location in the Europa League knockout stage. Barcelona might have reserved their last-16 ticket with a win over Shakhtar however rather the Ukrainian club kept their own hopes alive with a well-known 1-0 triumph in Hamburg. Sikan, the 22-year-old forward,
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