CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : MONACO VS MANCHESTER CITY – 02/10/2025 (PHOTO – ERLING HAALAND SCORES A BRACE FOR MAN CITY)

MAN CITY MADE A WHOPPING 778 PASSES, WITH A 93% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 3 CORNERS, (72% POSSESSION), AND 18 SHOTS WITH 6 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING 2 ABSOLUTE STUNNERS FROM ERLING HAALAND AT 15 MINS., (SCORING ON HIS 1ST TOUCH), 

AND 44 MINS. (BELOW)

MONACO MADE 301 PASSES WITH AN 81% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 7 CORNERS, AND 8 SHOTS, WITH 3 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING A CRACKER FROM JORDAN TEZE 3 MINS. AFTER HAALAND’S 1ST GOAL AT 18 MINS., (BELOW)

AND A LATE PENALTY FROM ERIC DIER AT 90 MINS. (BELOW)

AFTER MONACO WERE GIVEN A PENALTY FOR HANDBALL, (FOLLOWING VAR’S SUMMONING OF REF JESUS GIL MANZANO) WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ERIC DIER TO CONVERT, AND SENT DONNARUMMA THE WRONG WAY!   SO ALL THE EXCITEMENT ENDED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW ULTIMATELY.  (THE SERENE AND WELL-THOUGHT THROUGH ATMOSPHERE AT THE STADIUM HAD CERTAINLY ALLOWED BOTH TEAMS TO EXCEL!)

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : MONACO VS MANCHESTER CITY – 02/10/2025

“I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY TO THE SPANISH REFEREES” SAID PEP AFTER THE MATCH