The match Crvena Zvezda vs Man City in the final round of the 2023/24 Champions League group stage ended with a 3-2 victory in favor of the guests. Despite not using key striker Erling Haaland, the reigning English champions still maintained a winning record after 6 matches.
Because they had already won tickets to the next round, it was not surprising that Man City only used the B squad in the rematch against Crvena Zvezda, the team that lost 1-3 to them in the first leg. In his first start for Man City’s first team, young talent Micah Hamilton made his mark when he opened the scoring in the 19th minute. At 20 years plus 30 days, Hamilton is the 5th youngest English player to score in the Premier League. Champions League debut.
After the deadlock was broken, the match became much more exciting but no more goals were scored in the remainder of the first half. It wasn’t until the second half that the audience really got to enjoy the rain of goals.
In the 62nd minute, another young talent from Man City, Oscar Bobb, had an impressive solo effort before launching a dangerous shot in the penalty area to increase the score to 2-0. This is a meaningful goal because Bobb has never scored for Man City before.
With a 2-goal lead, Man City appeared to be somewhat subjective, allowing the home team to shorten the gap to 1-2 in the 76th minute. Receiving Bukar’s excellent pass, the Korean midfielder finished. Neatly forcing goalkeeper Ortega to go into the net to pick up the ball.
5 minutes before the match ended, Hamilton gave Man City a penalty. Thanks to that, Kalvin Phillips was able to restore the lead for Man City with a successful 11m kick.
During extra time, Aleksandar Katai also scored a header to bring the second goal for Crvena Zvezda, but the remaining time was too little for the home team to do anything more to avoid having to leave the field with 2 goals. white hand.