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Manchester City-Atalanta 5-1

Manchester City

Ederson 6: Atalanta's strikers make things easy for him, who make mistakes right next to him. He can do nothing on the penalty, the Ukrainian is too experienced.

Walker 6.5: on his way there is the captain of Atalanta, but he is quick to chase away all the balloons that fall into a small area. His central shot at the end of the first half does not deceive Gollini, but the goleador's foot has it. Defends and attacks, very useful. Try to send KO Malinovskyi down on him, but it is of little use.

Fernandinho 5.5: the only power plant par excellence, yet it is he who overwhelms Ilicic and delivers the keys to the Nerazzurri advantage.

Rodri 6: he moves to defend centrally, then he realizes that Malinovskyi is the most in-game and in form. Muscular problem for him in the 40 ', unlucky.

(From 41 ’pt Stones 6: central defender of role, does not make too much regret Roden).

Mendy 6: his entry on Ilicic is an orange card, he risks a lot for nothing. He runs like a train, hard to even see it for Djimsiti.

(27 ’st Cancelo 6: does its without smudging).

Foden 6.5: it goes forward until it invades the small area, but it clashes with Djimsiti demanding a rigor that does not exist. At 25 ', even when Masiello throws him away with his hands and feet, he remains standing and serves Aguero to the millimeter. Applause for him from all the Etihad for the assist to the phenomenal Sterling. Second useless yellow, it goes in red and loses half a point.

Gundogan 7: he takes measurements with the Gosens open field game and does not disdain shots from the edge towards the mirror to remind Gollini that he too can hurt. Director across the board, he does well behind and in front. Indispensable to open spaces.

De Bruyne 7: targeted by the host defense, he is taken out of play by Masiello, but gets up stronger than before. Try the shot on goal at 10 'st but Gollini foresees it. Always better as time goes by, he finds the right gap for Foden in the decisive tris action to bend the Goddess. Public ovation at the exchange.

(From 23 ’st Otamendi 6: preserves the Nerazzurri players, who switch off when time passes).

Sterling 8.5: on his way there is a fierce Djimsiti. Try shooting from outside diagonally but need to focus more. Toloi jumps with ease and, irrepressible, serves the assist for Aguero's first goal. But less than 5 minutes pass and the joy for the exultation denied by Masiello is rewarded by the rigor procured and put in by the partner. In the second half he eats Chestnuts for breakfast and crowds the small area; re-center the tris, f-e.n-o-m-e-n-a-1-e network. After the poker-he does everything himself unmarking himself from Freuler and greeting Toloi-he doesn't even rejoice. He starts to rejoice on the manita, hungry for goals even anticipates his colleague Aguero on the poorly protected sphere of Chestnuts. From another planet.

Mahrez 6: it is he who serves the passages in depth for Aguero, he does not miss half of it.

Aguero 7.5: there's him on almost all the balls that Foden and Sterling throw in a small area. Only the end of Gollini's gloves tells him (temporarily) no. It cannot in fact be that he is the author of the goal of the advantage, two cm from the goalkeeper to whom he passes the ball under his legs. He then doubles on the back, but this is not news: he is a sniper and knows he is. It remains active – and dangerous – until the end.

All. Guardiola 7: he does not expect an Atalanta without first striker and his team appears disoriented, so much so that he has resorted to a penalty foul. But it doesn't last long: Sterling and Aguero immediately present and in 5 minutes they overturn the fate of the race. Shooting to be framed, careful changes.

Atalanta

Gollini 6.5: it is not known whether out of necessity or fun, life is complicated by dribbling Aguero and leaving the door unguarded, but he is sure. The demonstration is that on the 24th minute it comes to us no one knows how, with the fingertips, to save the door on the cannon of the usual Aguero. His holy glove is also fundamental on the cannon of Walker, who improvises top scorer. If it were not for him, the City would probably reach double figures.

Toloi 5: blows up from Sterling, then gives the ball to Gurdogan. It is perennially hectic in a small area and the City takes advantage of it. In the second half, he does not make Sterling by going too far and leaving him alone to drop poker. It does not close on Aguero allowing the City to spread.

Djimsiti 5: closes well on Sterling wiping out and steals the ball to Foden without committing a penalty foul. He has no idea how to stop Aguero, which in fact passes him and overtakes him for the goal. Instead he takes the measures well in face to face with Sterling, who blocks on one of his many scoring opportunities.

Masiello 5: his race of great personality, he recovers the ball without committing a foul and means well with Gollini in the rear passages. Warning before 10 'for a bad entry on De Bruyne away from the area. It is he who saves all of Sterling's balls, throwing in midfield. On the occasion of the penalty he takes the ball first but then, he leaves the cleat on the one of Sterling that stumbles and gives the second goal (and for little the numerical superiority).

(From 1 st Pasalic 6: he shows himself up front, where the coach wants him, to overturn the fate of the race, he sees the pole up close and he gets a good corner but it's not enough).

Chestnuts 5.5: at 12 'he has the ball on his pumpkin which would give a dream to the people of Bergamo but misses his aim and lifts it. Is anticipated by Sterling on the occasion of the fifth goal: much more useful on the wing.

de Roon 6: lift the ball to throw it away and run it until the break. In the second half he moves behind to compensate for the absence of Masiello but he has faults on the occasion of the trio and, in front of the door, he splashes it in the sky.

Freuler 6: midfield director, maneuvering the offensive action by drawing Ilicic and stealing Aguero's ball. However Sterling is lost in midfield, which then flies into the net.

Gosens 6.5: wins the duel with Gundogan, flies across the field on the left until, face to face with Ederson, he does not try a diagonal in goal but the dirty pass to Ilicic. Perfect filters for attackers

Malinovskyi 7: in the first 10 minutes it takes balls to say the kiss is little is little to Ilicic and Gomez and Castagne. Best in the field, sometimes only Rodri mocks him. He is already the best in the field, but for safety he achieves an incredible advantage on a penalty

Ilicic 6.5: touched very hard by Mendy, on 5 'he finds himself on the right the goal ball served by, but it is not his foot and he gets excited, stumbles and doesn't exploit it, a very serious error in the Champions League. He tries with his left foot on the 19th but is unconvinced and with the City it is not enough. He is the one who procures the rigor of the advantage, but has the good sense to leave it to the Ukrainian. In the second half he failed to check first and wasted aiming at the atalantine curve.

(From 27 ’st Hateboer 5.5: misses everything in the closing on Sterling at half an hour, could have cost the sixth goal, yet he should be ‘fresh’).

Gomez 5: he is always found in a small area, but his teammates often do not serve him or anticipate him and the captain makes some balls run off the line. Earn a few corners and often run without a goal. Gasperini takes it off.

(From 1 st Muriel 5.5: not seen on the field until 30 ', when he is not convinced on the ball. He approaches the goal only in extra time, definitely too late).

All. Gasperini 6: his Atalanta starts well, without pressure, with an unpublished trident that confuses Guardiola's rearguard. Aguero and Sterling are monsters, but he inserts Pasalic and Muriel to search for depth and equality. But one less defender is heard and the Goddess suffers three more, slowly fading away. Sin.