UEFA Champions League: Sporting CF vs Manchester City Player Ratings as City ease into the Quarter Finals with an aggregate score of 5-0.

UEFA Champions League: Sporting CF vs Manchester City Player Ratings as City ease into the Quarter Finals with an aggregate score of 5-0.

Sporting CF vs Manchester City : Sporting CF took on Manchester City in the 2nd leg of the UCL Round of 16. The first leg ended with City thrashing the Portuguese side 5-0 and many fans expected more of the same. The game was not one sided this time and ended 0-0.
Sterling missed a chance in the first half with a poor chip and Paulinho was denied brilliantly at close range by substitute keeper Scott Parker.City progressed into the quarterfinals because of the huge scoreline by which they won the first leg.
Let’s take a look at the player ratings for Manchester City vs Sporting CF:-


Sporting CF vs Manchester City Player Ratings


Manchester City


Ederson Moraes(6.8/10): Manchester Had nothing much to do throughout the game and was subbed off to give Scott Parker some minutes.
Oleksandr Zinchenko (6.6/10): Could not produce as many crosses as that expected of him from wide.
John Stones (6.8/10): Had a decent game, but did not have much work to do. Played some good long balls from the back.
Aymeric Laporte (6.8/10): Did a good job holding a High Line and preventing attacks.
CJ Egan-Riley (7/10): The 19 year old had a decent outing in the UCL and did well from right back.

Ilkay Gundogan (7.4/10): Gundogan looked very composed in midfield and made some good key passes.
Bernardo Silva (6.6/10): Had a decent half of football before being subbed off at half-time.
Fernandinho(7.9/10): Fernandinho held the midfield well like always. He played a lot of good diagonal balls also.
Raheem Sterling (6/10): Sterling squandered a good chance by trying to chip the keeper but failed miserably. Had a game where nothing came off for him.
Gabriel Jesus(6.7/10): Though he had scored after beating the keeper at his near post but saw the goal disallowed.
Phil Foden (7.3/10): Looked dangerous up front, but turned creator a few times also.Was subbed off at half time.

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Substitutions:
Riyad Mahrez (6.4/10): Did not have much of an impact after coming on.
James McAtee(6.9/10): Had a good game and got involved immediately after coming on. Took on defenders and easily dribbled past them.
Scott Parker (7/10): Came on for Ederson and made a good close range save to deny Paulinho.
Luke Mbete(NA)

Sporting CF

Antonio Adán(7.7/10): Sporting CF player made a couple of good saves but his distribution was poor.Also claimed the ball crosses.
Sebastián Coates(7.6/10): Played good passes throughout the game. He also won a majority of the duels and tackles in the match.
Luís Neto(6.9/10): Made some good clearances and blocks playing at the back.
Gonçalo Inácio(6.6/10):Did not impact the game much and lost duels in the match.
Matheus Reis(6.8/10):Made good use of the flank. Made some good dribbles but his crossing accuracy was poor.

Pedro Porro(6.9/10):Made a few good long balls and did well to win duels.His crosses were poor and he lost possession a lot.
Manuel Ugarte(6.2/10): Could not create anything from midfield and was easily run past on multiple occasions.
Bruno Tabata(5.9/10): Lost possession a lot of times due to his poor passing and got bullied during duels.
Paulinho(6/10):Had a poor game where nothing came off for him.He missed a good one on one chance and was denied by a brilliant close range save by Parker.
Pablo Sarabia(6.4/10):: Had an okay game, but only made one progressive pass. Was subbed off in the 58th minute.
Islam Slimani(6.3/10):Had a quiet game and saw little of the ball. Was unable to get a single shot away.

Substitutes:
Marcus Edwards (7/10): Created a good chance for Paulinho who couldn’t convert.
Nuno Santos(6/10): Could not do much after coming on and was a spectator for a majority.
Ricardo Esgaio(7/10):Had just 4 touches of the ball after coming on.
Joao Virginia (NA)
Zouhair Feddal(NA)

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