Man City vs Copenhagen LIVE: Champions League result and reaction as Erling Haaland secures spot in last-eight

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Manchester City move into the quarter-finals with a comfortable and easy 3-1 victory over FC Copenhagen at the Etihad Stadium.

Any nerves were settled in the opening minutes as Manuel Akanji met a Julian Alvarez corner to volley home the opening goal and it wasn’t long before the second goal went in.

Alvarez took control of a clearance out of the box before fizzinf a ball back into the middle and seeing Kamil Grabara fumble the ball over the line.

Copenhagen threatened to mount a comeback after a fine finish from Mohamed Elyounssi after the visitors broke up the pitch but Erling Haaland’s strike before half-time secured a spot in the next round.

Relive the live action in the blog below and get the latest odds and tips here.

Man City vs FC Copenhagen LIVE

• Manchester City ease past Copenhagen but the real test begins in the Champions League quarter-finals
• FT - City ease into next round with 6-2 aggregate win
• 45+3’ GOAL! - Haaland’s chest down and finish it superb (MCI 3-1 CPH)
• 29’ GOAL! - Elyounoussi scores on the counter (MCI 2-1 CPH)
• 9’ GOAL! - Alvarez scores after Grabara mistake (MCI 2-0 CPH)
• 5’ GOAL! - Akanji volleys in the opener (MCI 1-0 CPH)

[6 March 2024 20:20 · Mike Jones]

Man City 2-0 Copenhagen (5-1 agg)

18 mins: Elias Achouri does well to win Copenhagen a corner and he whips the ball into the penalty area himself. It drops to teenager William Clem who decides to take a shot and smokes a half-volley over the crossbar.

[6 March 2024 20:16 · Mike Jones]

Man City 2-0 Copenhagen (5-1 agg)

15 mins: Close! This could be a massive scoreline for Man City. Matheus Nunes sweeps into space on the right side of the pitch and carries the ball into the box.

He pulls it back looking for Erling Haaland but the pass gets intercepted.

[6 March 2024 20:14 · Mike Jones]

Man City 2-0 Copenhagen (5-1 agg)

12 mins: Mateo Kovacic has gone to ground and needs a bit of treatment from the Man City medics. He doesn’t look too unsteady and City use the time to take on more instructions from Pep Guardiola.

[6 March 2024 20:11 · Mike Jones]

GOAL! Man City 2-0 Copenhagen (5-1 agg) - Alvarez, 9’ ⚽️

9 mins: From another corner Julian Alvarez swings the ball into the box. It comes to Rodri who nods an effort onto the crossbar!

The ball rounds off the upright and comes back to Alvarez who fizzes a cross back into the middle. He finds the goalkeeper who fumbles the ball and drops it over the line.

City are two up inside 10 minutes.

[6 March 2024 20:09 · Mike Jones]

Man City 1-0 Copenhagen (4-1 agg)

8 mins: That’s the goal Pep Guardiola will have wanted. In truth City would not have been nervous about this match but it’s an almost impossible task to score three goals at the Etihad Stadium.

That’s the task facing Copenhagen now.

[6 March 2024 20:07 · Mike Jones]

GOAL! Man City 1-0 Copenhagen (4-1 agg) - Akanji, 5’ ⚽️

5 mins: There’s the opener!

Man City win the first corner of the match with Julian Alvarez scuttling across to take it. He sends an outswinging cross into the penalty area and picks out Manuel Akanji perfectly.

Akanji volleys his effort at goal, drills it with some pace and beats the goalkeeper to send the host in front.

[6 March 2024 20:02 · Mike Jones]

Kick off! Man City 0-0 Copenhagen (3-1 agg)

Copenhagen get the match underway at the Etihad Stadium. They work the ball down the right wing and press high immediately. It’s a decent move but the ball runs out of play and City win a throw in.

[6 March 2024 19:57 · Mike Jones]

Man City vs Copenhagen

Here come the teams.

The light show has finished at the Etihad Stadium and the players are making their way out on the pitch. Man City have a 3-1 advantage on aggregate leading into this tie.

Pep Guardiola has used that advantage to switch out seven of his key players and rest them ahead of the weekend Premier League game against Liverpool.

[6 March 2024 19:50 · Mike Jones]

Man City vs Copenhagen

Last season’s final victory brought Pep Guardiola level with Zinédine Zidane and Bob Paisley with three European Cup wins as a coach in total.

Only Carlo Ancelotti has more with four.

Guardiola, a winner with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, also became the sixth coach to lift the European Cup with two different clubs.

[6 March 2024 19:45 · Mike Jones]

Man City vs Copenhagen

Man City have won each of their last nine games in the Champions League and could become just the third side to win 10 in a row in the competition, after Real Madrid (in February 2015) and Bayern Munich (a run of 15 in November 2020 and a 10-game run in November 2013).