Manchester City hosts Sporting Lisbon for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 with a wide lead

The transfer of Oleksandr Zinchenko (REUTERS / Craig Brough)

Manchester City equal to 0-0 with the Sporting Lisbon for the second leg of the round of 16 Champions League. But the English team has the classification in their pocket following having thrashed 5-0 in the first leg played in Portugal. The meeting, which has the arbitration of the Turkish Halil Meler, can be followed by Fox Sports throughout Latin America.

At the start those led by Pep Guardiola They drowned the Portuguese who had a hard time leaving their field and dominated the process, with the pressure of their forwards. In the first 20 minutes, the Lusitanian cast might not reach the rival area.

Then City lowered the intensity and Sporting began to leave their field, but without depth to create danger for the English, who in any case generated more arrivals as a result of their short passing machine.

At the dawn of the complement, City scored a through Gabriel Jesús, although it was annulled due to the Brazilian striker’s offside position.

Later the English took advantage of their possession to control the game, but without demanding to try to open the scoring. Specifically, they were closer to scoring a goal.

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Manchester City: Ederson; CJ Egan-Riley, John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Ilkay Gündogan, Fernandinho, Bernardo Silva; Phil Foden, Gabriel Jesus y Raheem Sterling. DT: Pep Guardiola.

Sporting Lisbon: Antonio Adán; Luis Neto, Sebastián Coates, Luis Net; Pedro Porro, Manuel Ugarte, Bruno Tabata, Matheus Reis; Pablo Sarabia, Paulinho, Islam Slimani. DT: Reuben Amorim.

Referee: Halil Meler (Turkey)

Stadium: Etihad Stadium, Manchester

TV: Fox Sports