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Man City draw with Lyon to make UCL round of 16

By Daily Sports on November 28, 2018

Manchester City progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League after twice coming from behind to draw 2-2 with Olympique Lyonnais in Group F on Tuesday.

Goals from Maxwel Cornet were cancelled out by Aymeric Laporte and Sergio Aguero to leave City top of the group on 10 points. Lyon are second on seven points, two ahead of Shakhtar Donetsk who snatched a late 3-2 win at Hoffenheim to keep alive their hopes of reaching the last 16.

City often found themselves on the back foot in France and struggled to contain Ivorian forward Cornet who went close to scoring after half an hour but a heavy touch let him down right in front of goal.

He also attempted an acrobatic scissor kick that hit the crossbar just before half-time, but finally got his reward in some style, giving the hosts the lead 10 minutes after the break with a fine left-foot finish from the edge of the area.

A few minutes later, Lyon goalkeeper Anthony Lopes made a good save to keep out Aguero’s header from point-blank range.

Yet Pep Guardiola’s side soon equalised when Laporte headed in just after the hour following a flick on from David Silva.

The game was petering out until Cornet struck again 10 minutes from full-time with a low angled finish after latching on to a through ball from Memphis Depay.

Once again City quickly levelled with a header, this time Aguero making no mistake straight from a Riyad Mahrez corner to salvage a hard-earned point for his side. The draw would have been enough for both sides to reach the round of 16 were it not for Shakhtar’s late winner. Lyon travel to Ukraine in a final group showdown next month.

Hoffenheim prop up the group on three points but can still clinch third place and a spot in the Europa League. (ESPN)

•Photo shows Manchester City players

Source Daily Sports

Posted November 28, 2018