Before joining Manchester United, Ruben Amorim led Sporting for their last big match, against… Manchester City during the 4th day of the Champions League. The Portuguese technician offered a superb gift to the supporters since his future ex-team beat the Citizens (with Manuel Akanji) 4-1.
The English opened the scoring with Phil Foden (4th), but Sporting was able to react. Goals from Viktor Gyökeres (38th/49th pen/80th pen) and Maximiliano Araujo (46th) brought Pep Guardiola’s men to the ground. Erling Haaland missed a penalty which would have brought his team within range of their opponents (69th). Manchester City thus conceded a third consecutive defeat in all competitions: rare enough to be underlined.
Defeat of Real
The match between Real Madrid and AC Milan, the two most successful clubs in the competition with fifteen and seven crowns respectively, resulted in a big surprise. The Italian visitors (with Noah Okafor from the 77th minute) won 3-1 against Real who were definitely not at their best these days, like Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham.
Malik Thiaw (12th), Alvaro Morata (39th) and Tijjani Reijnders (73rd) scored the Rossoneri goals. From the penalty spot, Vinicius equalized (23rd). With 6 points, the Merengue have a little to worry about before their next match, which will send them to Liverpool…
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