Manchester City Produced A Mature And Disciplined Performance To Hold Off The Challenge Of Atletico Madrid

Phil Foden set up Kevin De Bruyne for the decisive goal as Manchester City beat Atlético Madrid 1-0 in the first leg of theChampions League quarter-final on Tuesday night at the Etihad Stadium. 

Atlético Madrid drew 0-0 with Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday night, meaning they were knocked out of the Champions League 1-0 after losing their first leg of the past few weeks at the Etihad. Rio Ferdinand led experts to condemn the shameful actions of Atlético Madrid during and after their Champions League elimination against Manchester City. Speaking of football, congratulations to Atlético Madrid because Atlético Madrid made Manchester City play in a way we haven't seen in a long time, they knocked them out of rhythm and pace. As Manchester City overcome their mental barrier in the Premier League by reaching the final last season, the prospect of beating Atlético in the quarter-finals gives them another chance to prove why they are arguably the best team in the world

In a match between defending Champions League and La Liga champions, Manchester City dominated possession and chances in the first 45 minutes, while Atlético Madrid enjoyed defending and shooting at half-time as the first half ended goalless. The heartbeat was the result of Manchester City having to fight against an Atlético team who clearly went to England with the intent of simply depriving Pep Guardiola's side of Pep Guardiola's chance. 

Returning to Manchester after knocking out Manchester United in the previous round, Atlético were usually resolute during the first half, hungry for possession and the "City of Chance". As you would expect, the "citizens" mostly have the ball, but so far the goal of "Atletico" is not visible. 

Jack Grealish won five fouls for Manchester City in about 20 minutes on the pitch as Atlético tried every way to blame him - with some success as at one point Pep Guardiola had to intervene. Diego Simeone admitted after the first match that Atlético expected Phil Foden to start in Madrid and from the way they behaved when Jack Grealish came on the field it looked like they were trying to catch up with the former Aston captain Villas. .

Phil Foden's absence from a match of this magnitude seems like a particularly big deal, although Atlético's hellish schedule may indicate that City are on City's immediate agenda. Atlético Madrid can't afford to repeat his performance in Portugal and Rodrigo de Paul plays a key role in their fate, like Robert Lewandowski in this type of match. Manchester City centre-backs, players hired by Ederson as valiant sentries, were now positioned deep in Atlético Madrid's territory, in positions most often occupied by elven attacking midfielders.