Man City 2-1 Dortmund: Phil Foden has final word over Erling Haaland thanks to late winner
By Phil McNultyChief football writer at Etihad Stadium
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Haaland was quick to go over to Foden at the final whistle
Manchester City s Champions League meeting with Borussia Dortmund was billed as the elite stage for one of the most talked-about 20-year-olds in world football - and so it proved.
In this instance, however, it Manchester City s Phil Foden who had the final word over Haaland with the late winner in a fascinating quarter-final first leg.
Haaland had shown flashes of his undoubted brilliance but it was Foden, putting aside the frustration of failing to convert two earlier opportunities, who scored the 89th-minute winner to give Manchester City a slender 2-1 lead to take into the second leg.
Porto v Chelsea: Pepe - is Portuguese defender s reputation an unfair one?
By Marcus AlvesBBC Sport
7 April 20217 April 2021.From the section European Football
Pepe, right, rejoined Porto from Besiktas in 2019 and has led them to the Champions League quarter-finals
Of all the things that have been said about Pepe over his long, successful and controversial career, he s the sweetest person in the world is one of the less expected.
During a decade at Real Madrid, the 38-year-old Portuguese became as renowned for a perceived lack of sportsmanship as he did for being one of Europe s elite defenders.
But those who know him best paint a different picture of one of the modern game s most divisive characters, a player who is enjoying an impressive swansong with Porto, helping them to the Champions League quarter-finals, where they will face Chelsea on Wednesday.
Manchester City’s Champions League last-16 second leg against Borussia Moenchengladbach has been switched from the Etihad Stadium to Budapest due to coron
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