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Ten-man Manchester City miss a penalty and have a goal ruled out as they are made to wait to reach the last 16 of the Champions League by Copenhagen in a ...

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Ten-man City are through to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages after a goalless draw at FC Copenhagen in a game dominated by VAR calls.

[De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) twice threatened early after the restart as City sought yto conjure up the all-important breakthrough. We have to lose 5-0 to Sevilla at home. [Ederson](https://www.mancity.com/players/ederson), Cancelo, Akanji, [Laporte](https://www.mancity.com/players/aymeric-laporte) ( [Ake](https://www.mancity.com/players/nathan-ake) 87), Gomez, [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo), [Gundogan](https://www.mancity.com/players/ilkay-gundogan) (c), [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) ( [Bernardo](https://www.mancity.com/players/bernardo-silva) 77), [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) (Dias 33), Grealish ( [Foden](https://www.mancity.com/players/phil-foden) 77), Alvarez [Palmer](https://www.mancity.com/players/cole-palmer), Lewis, Wilson-Esbrand [Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola) responded to City going down to 10 men by bringing on [Ruben Dias](https://www.mancity.com/players/ruben-dias) from the bench in place of [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) to shore up our back-line with our rear-guard having to be alert and disciplined in the face of a rejuvenated Copenhagen. [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez)’s missed penalty made it 24 spot-kicks missed in all competitions during Pep’s time in charge at the Club to date. [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) – much to City’s frustration. [Sergio Gomez](https://www.mancity.com/players/sergio-gomez) was sent off for a foul on Hákon Haraldsson as the pair tangled on the periphery of the City box. [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo) strike was overturned by VAR after Riyad [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) was adjudged to have handled the ball in the build-up. [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez)’s subsequent spot-kick to be saved. [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo) thundered home a spectacular 25-yard right-footed drive from the edge of the box that flew into the top corner of the net. [Erling Haaland](https://www.mancity.com/players/erling-haaland) one of five players to move to the bench from the side that had beaten Southampton at the weekend with Julian Alvarez leading the forward line.

Manchester City left Erling Haaland on the bench as they were held to a goalless draw iagainst FC Copenhagen in a game dominated by VAR decisions.

And he was the hero again on Tuesday when he guessed right to deny Riyad Mahrez's first-half penalty. Jurgen Klopp has an injury crisis to deal with ahead of Sunday's game, with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and Joel Matip the latest to enter the Anfield treatment room. It was, though, a precious 90 minutes rest for the Norwegian after a hectic start to the life at the Etihad Stadium and with a visit to Anfield on the horizon.

Manchester City have only failed to win the Champions League, and Pep Guardiola has revealed reason they have found it so hard.

Play the only 2022/23 game with the UEFA Champions League on FIFA 23! Last season looked like a golden opportunity to break their duck, but an amazing five minutes from Real Madrid saw City dumped out in the semi-finals. Who will win the UEFA Champions League this season?

Though City booked a place in the Round of 16 with a 0-0 draw against FC Copenhagen, it was a game dominated by three borderline VAR decisions in the first ...

SIGN UP TO ACCESS EXCLUSIVE CONTENT](https://www.mancity.com/city-plus) [Manuel Akanji](https://www.mancity.com/players/manuel-akanji) showed what a top defender he is with another assured performance. Patchy.— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez) has been mostly reliable from the penalty spot over the past couple of seasons, but will be disappointed with his effort against Copenhagen. Of course not. [Rodrigo](https://www.mancity.com/players/rodrigo)’s sublime 25-yard rocket flew into the top left hand corner of the Copenhagen net, only for it to be ruled out for brushing Riyad [Mahrez](https://www.mancity.com/players/riyad-mahrez)’s hand.

Sergio Gomez was sent off and Riyad Mahrez missed a penalty as Manchester City were held to a goalless draw by Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League.

Rodri rifled a thunderous long-range strike into the top-left corner in the 11th minute, but referee Artur Dias ruled the goal out for a Mahrez handball after a being instructed to look at the pitch-side monitor. Rodri had a goal disallowed for a handball by Riyad Mahrez, who then had a spot-kick saved by Kamil Grabara before Gomez was dismissed for a professional foul in an eventful first half. Isak Johannesson came agonisingly close to Victor Kristiansen's teasing cross from the left at the other end as Copenhagen scented a famous victory.

Get a report of the FC Copenhagen vs. Manchester City 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage football match.

The Premier League champions struggled to assert dominance over their opposition as a result, and failed to score for the first time this season, with in-form striker [Erling Haaland](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/253989/Erling-Haaland) on the bench for the entirety of the match. [Ruben Dias](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/234878/Rúben-Dias) in place of Mahrez. [Nicolai Boilesen](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/143708/Nicolai-Boilesen) was penalised for handball following a VAR review. [Rodri](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/231828/Rodri)'s piledriver was ruled out for an adjudged handball in the build-up by [Riyad Mahrez](http://www.espnfc.com/player/_/id/163940/riyad-mahrez). "We adapted really well [to the red card]. "Erling didn't feel really good after the game against Southampton, Phil [Foden] had some disturbing problems, Bernardo [Silva] told us yesterday he was so tired.

Pep Guardiola has refused to reveal whether Erling Haaland will be involved in Manchester City's Champions League clash at FC Copenhagen.

But lately we were lucky to score goals in the first half and at the beginning of the second, then after we can rotate." I have to speak with the players, physios and doctors and decide what is the best. However, Guardiola might opt to rotate his squad against FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Tuesday which could see Haaland playing a truncated role at the Parken Stadium.

Four Manchester City players have reached the final shortlist for the upcoming Northwest Football Awards.

[Gareth Taylor](https://www.mancity.com/players/gareth-taylor)'s side across the campaign with 21 goals, while her tally of 10 assists was also the most in the squad. [Pep Guardiola](https://www.mancity.com/players/pep-guardiola)'s men against Wycombe Wanderers. [Man City](https://www.mancity.com) app. [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne) is once again up for the Premier League Player of the Season in recognition of his best goalscoring campaign at City. [De Bruyne](https://www.mancity.com/players/kevin-de-bruyne), [Alex Greenwood](https://www.mancity.com/players/alex-greenwood), [Lauren Hemp](https://www.mancity.com/players/lauren-hemp) and [James McAtee](https://www.mancity.com/players/james-mcatee) have all been recognised for their standout displays across the 2021/22 campaign. [Gareth Taylor](https://www.mancity.com/players/gareth-taylor)'s side, as we claimed a fourth Continental Cup title.

UEFA Champions League regulations suggest Rodri's brilliant goal for Manchester City vs FC Copenhagen was wrong to be disallowed after brushing Riyad ...

However, Mahrez's kick was poor and the goalkeeper had a simple save to his right to push it away. As part of that, the rules state that: "Accidental handball that leads to a team-mate scoring a goal or having a goal-scoring opportunity will no longer be considered an offence." However, Alvarez had got the ball from [Riyad Mahrez](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/riyad-mahrez), who bought a high dropping ball down under pressure from two defenders.

Haaland has scored 20 goals in just 12 matches this season since joining from Borussia Dortmund, but he was rested by Pep Guardiola, with City already on ...

They’re going to finish top of the group, there’s no question about that,' he said. With City unable to find a breakthrough, a number of fans took to as Pep Guardiola's 10 men are held to a goalless draw by Copenhagen in the Champions League They had a penalty saved. They had a goal disallowed which should have been allowed. Pep Guardiola resisted the temptation to bring Haaland on as City failed to find a breakthrough

FC Copenhagen, a team languishing in the bottom half of the Danish league, became the first team to stop City from scoring this season as a Champions League ...

We fought to the very last minute.” “When we had the ball we were clever. City, which won its first three Group G games, would have guaranteed its place in the last 16 with a win.

It was reported this week that Manchester CIty striker Erling Haaland has a $195 million release clause in his contract, but despite that clause, City are ...

If he is happy at City in two years’ time, then City could offer him a new contract and end up staying in Manchester for the rest of his career. Many of the other most expensive transfers in soccer have not been anywhere near as successful as imagined. And on top of the transfer fee will be an agent’s fee, which could be more than $50 million, as well as Haaland’s wages. Barcelona’s financial difficulties have been well documented and could get even worse should they fail to make the knockout stages of this season’s Champions League. Haaland is already playing for a club that is competing for the top honors in world soccer, and is already beamed around the world at Manchester City. It’s almost twice Real Madrid’s record transfer fee of $110 million, which they paid for Eden Hazard.

Manchester City drew 0-0 with FC Copenhagen in the Champions League and Erling Haaland was an unused substitute.

We have two days to prepare against Liverpool," said Guardiola. We played the players who feel better." "He finished the game against Southampton so, so tired and didn’t recover well.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Man City were unable to find the back of the net during their Champions League meeting with Copenhagen without Erling Haaland.

Erling Haaland and the Paris Saint-Germain forward. [there can be no comparisons](https://sportsbrief.com/football/manchester-city/25326-pep-guardiola-downplays-haaland-messi-comparisons-reveals-compared-psg-fails/) to [Lionel Messi](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/lionel-messi/) as there is nobody on the level of the Argentina captain. Fans react as Man City fail to score vs Copenhagen without Haaland

Former Manchester City duo Shaun Wright-Phillips and Nedum Onuoha took the positives from Tuesday's draw in Copenhagen.

"You’re playing in the Champions League, down to 10 men, away from home against a team with loads of energy but in fairness to City they controlled most of the game," said the former defender. "Pep has managed over there, and he understands what it is to play against them while Ilkay Gundogan has played there. City will travel to Dortmund in two weeks knowing a win will clinch it, but Onuoha warned it won't be easy. "For me it was a great team performance away from home," Wright-Phillips said after the match. "The clean sheet was another bonus given the difficulties that we had." Sergio Gomez was rightly sent off on the half-an-hour mark following a VAR review, meaning City had to battle for an hour with 10 men.

Plus: The Glazers would consider selling Manchester United if a bid was made in excess of $10bn; Christian Pulisic has said he is extremely happy at Chelsea ...

Christian Pulisic has said he is "extremely happy" at Chelsea amid a slow start to the season where he has been handed just two starts in the league. Plus: The Glazers would consider selling Manchester United if a bid was made in excess of $10bn; Christian Pulisic has said he is "extremely happy" at Chelsea amid a slow start to the season; Bayern Munich are reportedly willing to splash out more than £88m to sign Harry Kane. The Glazers would consider selling Manchester United if a bid was made in excess of a staggering $10bn.

Enjoy the best of the action from City's latest UEFA Champions League Group G fixture away to FC Copenhagen.

SIGN UP TO ACCESS EXCLUSIVE CONTENT](https://www.mancity.com/city-plus) [Sergio Gomez](https://www.mancity.com/players/sergio-gomez) sent off. [man City](https://www.mancity.com) produced a fine, resolute display to claim a point in the Danish capital and so seal our place in the last-16 of the Champions League.