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Bravo Sent Off As Man City Draw With Atalanta in UCL


Thu 07 Nov 2019 | 02:27 AM
Mohamed Helba

Manchester city's keeper Claudio Bravo was sent off and defender Kyle Walker was forced to play in goal as Man City held a 1-1 draw with Atlanta at the Uefa Champions League in Italy.

Bravo, who was shown the red card due to a sliding tackle on Josip Ilicic outside the box, was introduced by Pep Guardiola replacing first-choice keeper Ederson at half-time.

The Citizens' forward Raheem Sterling had put the British side ahead when Gabriel Jesus made a well-played assist to Sterling, whose right-foot shot from the center of the box to the bottom right corner was so enough to hit the Italian side net after only seven minutes.

[caption id="attachment_89456" align="aligncenter" width="3000"]Raheem Sterling has been directly involved in 7 goals in 4 UCL games this season Raheem Sterling has been directly involved in 7 goals in 4 UCL games this season[/caption]

Mario Pasalic hit the equalizer in the 49th minute when he met Alejandro Gómez's cross with a powerful header from the center of the box to the bottom right corner. Man City now topped Group C with ten points, while the Italian club came in the last spot with only one point.

Noteworthy, Paris Saint Germain (PSG) booked their place in the last 16 of the Uefa Champions League after snatching a 1-0 narrow victory over Club Brugge at Parc des Princes stadium on Wednesday.

Mauro Icardi netted the only goal of the match when he fired a powerful right-foot shot from a very close range, scoring the eighth goal in his last seven games.

In the other Group A encounter, the 18-year-old Rodrygo netted a hat-trick as Real Madrid Punished Galatasaray with six clean goals in the Uefa Champion League.