Manchester City defeat Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk in tough Champions League tie

City have kept five clean sheets in their last six games, including last night’s 2-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. “Then we created so many chances to score goals but didn’t score”. They like to play technical football – so it will be a great game on Tuesday.

“Anybody that gets the opportunity to play will be happy and give 100% and I felt I did that tonight”, said Delph after being handed his first start of the season.

Shakhtar resisted City’s early pressure and showed their quality going forward when Brazilian playmaker Taison played in compatriot Fred for a one-on-one with Ederson after 10 minutes, but the striker lost his footing and the chance went begging.

Manchester City left-back Benjamin Mendy is set for a prolonged spell on the sidelines due to a knee injury, with manager Pep Guardiola admitting the problem is worse than initially anticipated.

“The first half was very hard for both sides but the second half we were better, kept the ball better and created more chances”.

Kyle Walker says few teams will be able to stop Manchester City if they continue to get it right.

While he is not banned from playing his self-imposed exile from the game is typical of the man. Details of what substance he tested positive for have not yet been made public and he will hope it can be traced back to an innocent mistake. However, they are very confident in away ventures across Europe otherwise. Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus up front are a lethal combination and with De Bruyne, the pair of Silva’s, Sterling providing the amunition from midfield this is a side thats built to win. Leroy Sane shot across goal after jinking his way through the box.

Guardiola said: “They beat one of the best teams in Napoli”.

De Bruyne struck in the 49th minute with a magnificent 20-yard strike into the top right-hand corner of the Shakhtar goal after David Silva’s run had ended with the Spaniard teeing up the opening. In the 1st round of the group round of the City on the road defeated Feyenoord 0: 4. The midfielders Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane, and Fernandinho are scoring compared to past year.

“We could not allow them to dictate because Fred and Stepanenko were incredible”.