Hwang In-beom (28, Feyenoord)’s Feyenoord frustrated Manchester City.
Feyenoord Rotterdam faced Manchester City 3-3 in the fifth leg of the UEFA Champions League phase of the 2024-2025 season at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England, at 5 a.m. on the 27th (Korea time).
Feyenoord added one more point to move up to the 20th place (7 points). Manchester City was ranked 15th with eight points.
Manchester City is one of the best teams in Europe, but the recent situation has been unusual. Since the defeat against Tottenham in the League Cup in October, it has been in a quagmire for five consecutive losses, including the Premier League and the Champions League. In particular, the entire team showed disappointing performance by losing 0-4 to Tottenham in the 12th round of the Premier League on the 24th.
Feyenoord was on the rise, winning three consecutive league games thanks to the near-perfect performance of Hwang In-beom, who joined this season. In addition, Hwang had good memories last season, including one goal and one assist when meeting Pep Guardiola and Manchester City for Tsurvena Zvezda.
Despite its sluggish performance, Manchester City was strong. In particular, Erling Holan regained his scoring ability, which had slowed down and secured a complete victory over Feyenoord. Feyenoord struggled in a difficult away match 이브벳 and failed to win.
Manchester City prepared for a 3-2-4-1 formation. Erling Holan was at the forefront of the attack, and Jack Grealish-Phil Foden-Mateus Núñez-Bernardou Silva was at the second line of attack. Ilkay Gündoan-Rico Ruiz was at the four-back, and Yoshko Gvardiol-Nathan Ake-Manuel Akanji was at the center of the defense. Ederson defended the goal.
Manchester City, which has swallowed its disappointment again. In the 10th minute of the first half, Holan scored a header from Akanji’s cross, but goalkeeper Belen Reuters managed to hit it.
Manchester City continued to aim for the first goal. Phil Foden, who caught the ball in front of the box in the 23rd minute, fired a powerful left-footed shot, but goalkeeper Belen Reuters fired himself to block it.
The first half ended with Manchester City’s lead.
Manchester City had a two-goal gap. In the fifth minute of the second half, the ball flowed backward from a corner kick, and Guendoan, who ran from outside the box, scored an additional goal by scoring a left-footed mid-range shot.
Feyenoord was followed by a goal. As defense failed to handle the ball properly in the 30th minute of the second half, Hajj Musa quickly stole the ball and even beat Ederson to score a goal.
Feyenoord tied the score at the same time. Faixiang caught the ball that was passed at once from 45 minutes behind in the second half, and Hantsuko scored with a shot to make the score 3-3.
Five minutes were given extra time in the second half. Hwang was replaced at the end of the match, which ended in a 3-3 draw.