Champions League: Man City 3-0 Olympiacos - Citizens maintain 100% start, injury-returnee Jesus score on debut
Right inside the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City cruised past Olympiacos 3-0 in their UEFA Champions League encounter on Tuesday 3 with Brazilian forward Gabriel Jesus netting on his return from injury.
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| Injury-returnee Gabriel Jesus came off the bench to score Manchester City's second goal against Olympiacos. Photo: @ManCity |
The Citizens maintained their 100% winning record in the 2020/21 Champions League with a clean sheet against the Greek side.
Pep Guardiola's side took an early lead in the 12th minute through 20-year old Spanish winger Ferran Torres after converting Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne's assist.
Spanish Youngster Ferran Torres netted Manchester City's opener in the 12th minute ⬇
21 is the magic number 🌟
— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 3, 2020
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The hosts recorded no goal for more than sixty minutes until Gabriel Jesus who just returned from injury came on and extended City's lead with the second goal in the 81st minute, assisted by De Bruyne.
26-year old Portuguese defender Joao Cancelo came on and sealed the win for the Citizens with the third goal in the 90th minute.
Manchester City Spanish Boss Pep Guardiola talks about Gabriel Jesus's performance - 'he played really well' ⬇
PEP 💬 @FerranTorres20 played really well again, he scored a brilliant goal, good finishing.
— Manchester City (@ManCity) November 3, 2020
He’s growing, it’s his first season here with us so he needs time but he’s very good, he already scored a lot of goals.
We’re happy for his performance.
Manchester City are Group C leaders with nine points from three games, winning all three while Olympiacos are third with three points from three games, winning one.
The Red-Whites hardly came out of their half in the first half due to massive pressure from their English opponents, however, gathered some confidence in the second half but could not find the back of Citizens' net due to poor finishing.
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