{"id":125278,"date":"2023-11-29T12:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/player-ratings-as-cityzens-come-from-behind-to-seal-top-spot\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T12:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T12:55:19","slug":"player-ratings-as-cityzens-come-from-behind-to-seal-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/player-ratings-as-cityzens-come-from-behind-to-seal-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Player ratings as Cityzens come from behind to seal top spot \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Man City cemented their place as group winners with a 3-2 win over Leipzig<\/li>\n<li>Lois Openda netted twice for the visitors in a shockingly poor first half<\/li>\n<li>Erling Haaland &amp; Phil Foden pulled City level after the break before Julian Alvarez\u2019s late winner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Manchester City completed a miraculous second-half comeback to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 and seal top spot in their Champions League group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite sending out a strong team, Pep Guardiola watched his side struggle horribly in the first half as Lois Openda put Leipzig two goals ahead, but City turned the game on its head after the interval.<\/p>\n<p>Erling Haaland and Phil Foden struck to tie things up before substitute Alvarez tapped home a late winner to steer City through to the knockout stages as group winners.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the game unfolded<\/h3>\n<p>Ambitious volleys from Bernardo Silva and Manuel Akanji got things started early on, while Leipzig starlet Xavi Simons sent a nice sight of goal frustratingly wide of Stefan Ortega\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<p>Some route-one stuff handed Leipzig the game\u2019s opening goal 13 minutes in. Lois Openda shrugged off attention from Akanji and collected a long ball from goalkeeper Janis Blaswich, before calmly slotting beyond Ortega.<\/p>\n<p>Ruben Dias headed agonisingly over as City sought an immediate response, but Guardiola\u2019s side appeared a little disjointed in the final third and failed to ask enough questions of the Leipzig defence. Young Rico Lewis blazed over from inside the box, which summed up City\u2019s struggles in the opening stages.<\/p>\n<p>Openda showed no sympathy as he went roaring forward on the counter, this time dispatching of Dias before drilling into the bottom corner to double Leipzig\u2019s advantage at the interval.<\/p>\n<p>City set out to take the game to Leipzig in the second half with the introductions of Jeremy Doku and Alvarez, and the switch in mentality paid off as Haaland found the back of the net ten minutes after the restart.<\/p>\n<p>There was significantly more energy about City\u2019s play in the second half and the equaliser came with 20 minutes to go as Foden turned his way into the box and flashed his composure to strike beyond Blaswich.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool loanee Fabio Carvalho had the ball in the back of the net soon after but the offside flag, coupled with a quick VAR check, broke Leipzig hearts.<\/p>\n<p>City pushed and pushed for a third goal to seal the win, with Haaland sending a header straight at Blaswich, and they finally poked themselves ahead as Alvarez tapped home from six yards to seal a deserved three points.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"_s8dpitcda\">Man City player ratings (4-2-3-1)<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/01hgbyqg7sx338zf406y.jpg\" alt=\"Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland, Rico Lewis\" title=\"Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland, Rico Lewis\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Alvarez put City ahead late on \/ Catherine Ivill\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<p><strong>GK: Stefan Ortega \u2013 4\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0For someone who recently made it clear he was not satisfied as a backup goalkeeper, this wasn\u2019t the sort of performance you\u2019d have wanted from Ortega.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RB: Kyle Walker \u2013 4\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Spent most of his time failing to create anything as a right winger and was caught out of position as a result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CB: Manuel Akanji \u2013 4\/10 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Humiliated by Openda in a performance which was littered with mistakes and nerves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CB: Ruben Dias \u2013 4\/10 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Also lost his battle with Openda and was fortunate not to be sent off in the first half. An uncharacteristically poor showing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LB: Josko Gvardiol \u2013 5\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Naive defending for Openda\u2019s second as he fell for an obvious dummy. His limitations as a centre-back playing on the left were clear here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DM: Rodri \u2013 5\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Offered very little cover for the defence and wasn\u2019t involved in attack either. A little all over the place in his battle with Xavi Simons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DM: Rico Lewis \u2013 6\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Pushed higher up the pitch when City were chasing the game but wasn\u2019t comfortable. A right-back who started as a defensive midfielder moved to attacking midfielder and ended up back at right-back, where he started to show his best. Deserves credit for filling so many roles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RM: Phil Foden \u2013 8\/10 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Involved in everything once City finally got going. Created the first before scoring the second.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AM: Bernardo Silva \u2013 6\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Felt a little lethargic at times but came good when City needed him after the break.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LM: Jack Grealish \u2013 4\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Far too quiet. When you\u2019re competing with Jeremy Doku for minutes, performances like this will not help your case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ST: Erling Haaland \u2013 6\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Not his finest night. Haaland snatched at a number of first-half chances but finally found his range as he struck early in the second period.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Substitutes<\/h3>\n<p><strong>SUB: Nathan Ake (46\u2032 for Dias) \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUB: Jeremy Doku (54\u2032 for Grealish) \u2013 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUB: Julian Alvarez (54\u2032 for Walker) \u2013 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUB: Sergio Gomez (90\u2032 for Gvardiol) \u2013 N\/A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Subs not used: Ederson (GK), Scott Carson (GK), John Stones, Kalvin Phillips, Oscar Bobb<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manager<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pep Guardiola \u2013 8\/10 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Clearly tried to give some players the chance to impress but, upon realising his initial plan had failed, changed the game with the perfect substitutions.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Player of the match: Phil Foden (Man City)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"mLQxU422rrA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sports News in Twi: Rodri sees red! 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