Bernardo Silva's late first half goal gives Man City a 2-1 lead at halftime

Manchester City is currently beating Copenhagen 2-1 in the 1st leg of the Champions League round of 16. Copenhagen started intensely in the first 20 seconds, but it led to no danger. Man City did what they do best and dominated the ball possession. In the 3rd minute, Ake sent a cross from the left side and found Kevin De Bruyne in the box, but the Belgian’s header went wide. It was Man City's first chance in the game, but the header was off-target.

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In the 6th minute, Man City had a great chance when Bernardo Silva crossed a ball to Ruben Dias from the right side, but Kamil Grabara made the save. The rebound fell to Ake, but he missed from close range and sent the ball over. A foul near the penalty box on Jack Grealish led to a free kick for De Bruyne, but his shot hit a player’s head.

The opener arrived for Manchester City in the 11th minute when Phil Foden from the right passed a great ball to De Bruyne, who ran in the box and shot the ball low across goal past Grabara and into the bottom left corner. In his first appearance in the Champions League this season, he scores his first goal. He now has two goals and five assists since he returned from injury. Kevin de Bruyne's last 10 UEFA Champions League goals have come in the competition's knockout rounds.

Ederson gives the ball away to one of Copenhagen's forwards, Elyounoussi. He tries to go for the shot, but it gets blocked by Dias. The ball fell to Magnus Mattsson, who curled it in the top right corner from outside the box. It was an amazing goal from Mattsson but a terrible mistake by Ederson. Mattsson scored his first-ever goal for Copenhagen on his debut for the club. Ederson has now kept just two clean sheets in his seven appearances for Man City since Christmas.

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Bernardo Silva gets Manchester City a late goal in the first half to lead in the first 45

De Bruyne gets an unintentional assist to Bernardo Silva late in the game. The Belgian tackles the ball against a Copenhagen player, and the ball falls to Silva in the box. He takes a great shot into the bottom left corner to give Man City the lead at halftime. It was a little chip shot past the keeper, and City lead deservedly.